ENROLLED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 49
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES OWEN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:961(F)(1)(o), relative to transcription fees for the Thirty-Sixth
3 Judicial District; to authorize a change in transcription fees in all cases; to provide
4 for the cost per page for an original transcript and copies in appellate cases; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:961(F)(1)(o) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง961. Court reporters; generally
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10 F.(1)
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12 (o) In the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall
13 determine the amount of the fee which shall be paid to the court reporter for the
14 transcription of each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases,
15 which fee shall not be less than one dollar and fifty cents and shall not exceed two
16 dollars and seventy-five cents per thirty-one-line page and the amount of the fee per
17 copy of each page of transcribed testimony, which shall not exceed twenty-five
18 cents.
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1 Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:62, the change in court costs
2 or fees as provided by this Act shall become effective if and when the Judicial Council
3 provides a recommendation that such court costs or fees meet the applicable guidelines in
4 its report to the Louisiana Legislature. No fees shall be imposed or collected without Judicial
5 Council approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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