Bill Text: CA AB990 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Court transcripts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB990 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB990-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 990	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 69954 of the Government Code, relating to
court transcripts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 990, as introduced, Allen. Court transcripts.
   Existing law authorizes a court, party, or person who has
purchased a transcript to reproduce a copy or portion thereof as an
exhibit, pursuant to court order or rule, or for internal use,
without paying a further fee to the reporter, but prohibits otherwise
providing or selling a copy or copies to any other party or person.
   This bill would additionally prohibit distributing, publishing, or
emailing a copy or copies of the transcript to any other party or
person. The bill also would prohibit a court, party, or person that
does not purchase a transcript, but, pursuant to a specified rule of
court, requests another party to lend it that party's copy of the
transcript or is temporarily in possession of the transcript, from
distributing, publishing, emailing, selling, or reproducing a copy or
portion thereof without paying a fee to the reporter. The bill would
provide that a transcript loaned pursuant to that rule of court may
be used only to submit an appellate brief, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69954 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   69954.  (a) Transcripts prepared by a reporter using computer
assistance and delivered on a medium other than paper shall be
compensated at the same rate set for paper transcripts, except the
reporter may also charge an additional fee not to exceed the cost of
the medium or any copies thereof.
   (b) The fee for a second copy of a transcript on appeal in
computer-readable format ordered by or on behalf of a requesting
party within 120 days of the filing or delivery of the original
transcript shall be compensated at one-third the rate set forth for a
second copy of a transcript as provided in Section 69950. A reporter
may also charge an additional fee not to exceed the cost of the
medium or any copies thereof.
   (c) The fee for a computer-readable transcript shall be paid by
the requesting court, party, or person, unless the computer-readable
transcript is requested by a party in lieu of a paper transcript
required to be delivered to that party by the rules of court. In that
event, the fee shall be chargeable as statute or rule provides for
the paper transcript.
   (d) Any court, party, or person who has purchased a transcript
may, without paying a further fee to the reporter, reproduce a copy
or portion thereof as an exhibit pursuant to court order or rule, or
for internal use, but shall not otherwise provide  , distribute,
publish, email,  or sell a copy or copies to any other party or
person. 
   (e) Any court, party, or person that does not purchase a
transcript and, pursuant to Rule of Court 8.153, requests another
party to lend it that party's copy of the transcript or is
temporarily in possession of the transcript, shall not distribute,
publish, email, sell, or reproduce a copy or portion thereof without
paying a fee to the reporter. A transcript loaned pursuant to Rule of
Court 8.153 may be used only to submit an appellate brief, and shall
be returned to the purchasing party in its original condition.