Bill Text: IL HB4226 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Court Reporters Act. Provides that each court reporter may be required by the chief judge to (rather than shall) take a test to verify his or her proficiency within one year of employment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Judiciary [HB4226 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4226-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Court Reporters Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 7 as follows:
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| 6 | (705 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 37, par. 657)
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| 7 | Sec. 7. Proficiency tests.
Each court reporter may be | ||||||
| 8 | required by the chief judge to shall take a test to verify his | ||||||
| 9 | or her proficiency within one year of employment. The test
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| 10 | shall be prepared and administered by the employer | ||||||
| 11 | representative in
consultation with each of the other employer | ||||||
| 12 | representatives pursuant to standards set by rules. A | ||||||
| 13 | proficiency test passed prior to employment may be accepted by | ||||||
| 14 | the chief judge as proof of proficiency.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 101-581, eff. 1-1-20.)
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