Bill Text: CA SB1181 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Shorthand reporters: Transcript Reimbursement Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2010. [SB1181 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1181-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1181	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1181, as introduced, Cedillo. Shorthand reporters: Transcript
Reimbursement Fund.
   Existing law establishes the Court Reporters Board of California
and makes it responsible for issuing a certificate to practice
shorthand reporting to qualified applicants. Under existing law,
until January 1, 2011, excess funds, as specified, generated by the
initial certificate fee collected by the board are transferred from
the Court Reporters' Fund to the Transcript Reimbursement Fund to
provide shorthand reporting services for low-income litigants in
civil cases.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation addressing issues relating to the Transcript
Reimbursement Fund.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation addressing issues relating to the Transcript
Reimbursement Fund.