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ACT No. 126
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 66
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:976, relative to court reporters; to provide relative to fees for
3 transcripts in the Thirty-Second Judicial District; to provide for fees for cases on
4 appeal; to provide for private civil contracts in matters not on appeal; to provide for
5 a contingent effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:976 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง976. Thirty-Second Judicial District; additional court reporters; transcript fees;
9 contracts
10 A. In addition to the court reporters appointed under the provisions of R.S.
11 13:961A R.S. 13:961(A), the judges of the Thirty-Second Judicial District Court,
12 sitting en banc, and with the approval of the Terrebonne Parish governing authority,
13 may appoint additional qualified court reporters as they deem necessary, who shall
14 serve at the pleasure of the court en banc, and may be assigned to the various
15 divisions of the court, or to the grand jury, as the court en banc may direct.
16 B. Each of said the court reporters shall be paid by the Terrebonne Parish
17 governing authority out of the parish general fund, a salary to be fixed by the judges
18 en banc of the Thirty-Second Judicial District Court subject to the approval of the
19 parish governing authority. The governing authority of the parish shall annually, and
20 at the same time as it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount
21 sufficient to pay the salaries of the said court reporters.
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1 C. In all cases on appeal, the The civil and criminal transcript fee for all
2 court reporters in the Thirty-Second Judicial District should shall not exceed two
3 dollars and seventy-five cents three dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one thirty-two
4 line page and twenty-five seventy-five cents per page copy. These fees shall be
5 charged by and be paid to the court reporter who reported and transcribed the
6 testimony, shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to his salary, and
7 shall be taxed as costs of the suit in which the testimony is taken. When a copy is
8 requested by a litigant, a copy shall be provided and a fee not to exceed one dollar
9 for each page shall be charged and paid to the court reporter.
10 D. For matters not on appeal, a litigant requesting a transcript of testimony
11 or other matter transcribed shall enter into a private civil contract with the court
12 reporter for the payment of fees applicable to those contracts. Such fees shall be in
13 accordance with fees customarily charged in the judicial district for depositions.
14 D.E. In all other respects, the court reporters herein authorized by the
15 provisions of this Section shall be governed and regulated by the provisions of R.S.
16 13:961.
17 Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:62, the increase in court costs
18 or fees as provided for in this Act shall become effective if and when the Judicial Council
19 provides a recommendation that such court costs or fees meet the applicable guidelines in
20 its 2018 Report to the Louisiana Legislature.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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