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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1101
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides relative to court reporters
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:2557(B), relative to the Board of Examiners of Certified2
Shorthand Reporters; to require the board to provide notice of an investigation; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:2557(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2557. Suspension of certificate; hearings; procedure7
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B. The Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters may upon its9
own motion and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person setting10
forth facts which if proved would constitute grounds for refusal to issue or renew,11
or suspension or revocation of any such certificate, investigate the actions of any12
person applying for, holding, or claiming to hold any such certificate, or any person13
practicing court reporting as defined in this Chapter without first having obtained a14
certificate hereunder. At the commencement of any such investigation, notice shall15
be provided to any person subject to the investigation and shall provide the nature16
and subject of the investigation. Neither the board nor its members, individually or17
in their official capacities, shall be liable for undertaking such an investigation or for18
subsequent actions when acting in good faith under this Chapter.19
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Broadwater HB No. 1101
Abstract: Requires the Board of Examiners for Certified Shorthand Reporters to provide
notice of an investigation.
Present law authorizes the Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, on its own
motion or if requested in writing by verified complaint, to investigate the actions of any
person applying for, holding, or claiming to hold any certificate, or any person practicing
court reporting without first having obtained a certificate.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that at the commencement of any such
investigation, notice shall be provided to any person subject to the investigation and shall
provide the nature and subject of the investigation.
(Amends R.S. 37:2557(B))