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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 12, 2023
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1396 By: Hasenbeck of the House
and
Floyd of the Senate
[ courts - salaries - effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STA TE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 106.9, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 271, O.S.L. 2022 (20 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 106.9), is amended to read as follows:
Section 106.9 A. Each court reporter regula rly engaged by the
district court, the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims,
or the Corporation Commission shall be paid a salary pur suant to the
salary schedule established b y the annual appropriation for the
district courts and Corporation Comm ission and in accordance with
the job description for the position to which appointed. For fiscal
year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter , each court reporter shall
receive an annual salary of Fifty-three Thousand Dollars
($53,000.00).
B. In addition to their base salaries, official court reporters
who are certified or licensed shorthand reporters and those acting
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shorthand reporters pursuant to paragraph c of Section 106.3B of
this title shall be paid annually the sum of Four Hundred Dollars
($400.00) for each year of service to the district court, the
Workers' Compensation Court, the Workers' Compensation Court of
Existing Claims and the Cor poration Commission, with a maximum of
twenty (20) years of service only to be used for the purpose of
longevity, not to exceed Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) per
year, payable monthly. For the purpose of payment for longevity,
"years of service" is defined as all years served as a certified or
licensed court reporter in the district court, the Workers '
Compensation Court and the Corporation Commission after June 30,
1978. Such longevity payments shall begin on July 1 of each year
following completion of one (1) year's service as defined herein.
C. In addition to their base salaries, official court reporters
who are certified shorthand reporters shall be paid the following:
1. The sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year, payable monthly, to any
official court reporter who is a Registered Professional Reporter
(RPR), as recognized by the State Board of Examiners of Certified
Shorthand Reporters. To qualify as a RPR, an official court
reporter shall have a proficiency level in reporting testimony and
proceedings of a speed of not less than two hundred twenty-five
(225) words per minute in taking a question-and-answer-type
dictation, two hundred (200) words per minute in taking a jury
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charge and one hundred eighty (180) words per minute in taking
literary material, shall pass a Written Knowledge Test with a sco re
of at least seventy percent (70%), all as determined by an
examination recognized by the Board, and shall complete thirty (30)
hours of continuing education per three-year cycle commencing at the
date of recognition;
2. The sum of One Thousand Five Hun dred Dollars ($1,500.00) Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year, payable monthly, to any
official court reporter who is a Registered Merit Reporter (RMR), as
recognized by the State Board of Exami ners of Certified Shorthand
Reporters. To qualify as a RMR, an official court reporter shall
have a proficiency level in repor ting testimony and proceedings of a
speed of not less than two hundred sixty (260) words per minute in
taking a question-and-answer-type dictation, two hundred forty (240)
words per minute in taking a jury charge and two hundred (200) words
per minute in taking literary material, shall pass a Written
Knowledge Test with a score of at least seventy percent (70%), all
as determined by an examination recognized by the Board, and shall
complete thirty (30) hours of continuing education per three-year
cycle commencing at the date of recognition;
3. The sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year, payable monthly, to any
official court reporter who is a Registered Diplomat Reporter (RDR),
as recognized by the Sta te Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand
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Reporters, and who completes thirty (30) hours of continuing
education per three-year cycle commencing at the date of
recognition;
4. The sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) Two
Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year, payable monthly, to any
official court reporter w ho is a Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR),
as recognized by the State Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand
Reporters, and who completes thirty (30) hours of continuing
education per three-year cycle commencing at the date of
recognition; or
5. Any official court reporter who is the holder of more than
one certification shall be compensated in the additional amo unts
specified in paragraphs 1 through 4 of this subsection for each
certification up to a maximum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00)
Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) per year over and above the
reporter's base salary, payable monthly.
D. Court reporters temporarily employed by the district court,
Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, or Corporation
Commission shall be compensated b y the court fund of the court which
they serve at a rate to be set by such court. In addition, court
reporters temporarily employed pursuant to this subsection who are
required by the terms of their employment to travel outside their
county of residence s hall receive reimbursement for mileage actually
and necessarily traveled to and fr om the place of attendance at a
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rate not to exceed the rate of reimbursement specified in the State
Travel Reimbursement Act for state employees. Any travel
reimbursement shall be paid from the court fund of the court where
the service of the temporarily employed court reporter is prov ided.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 106.9A -1 of Title 20, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Administrative Director of the Courts may use available
funds for the acquisition and proper maintenance of court reporter
equipment including software .
B. Any equipment provided to a court reporter pursuant to the
provisions of this section which is lost shall be replaced not later
than thirty (30) days after the loss occurs and no state funds shall
be used for such replacement .
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
April 12, 2023 - DO PASS