Bill Text: MS HB1481 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Court reporters; increase fee charged per page.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-20 - Referred To Judiciary A;County Affairs [HB1481 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2025-HB1481-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A; County Affairs
By: Representatives Horan, Owen
House Bill 1481
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PER PAGE FEES THAT CAN BE CHARGED BY COURT REPORTERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-7-89, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-7-89. Each court
reporter shall receive * * * Four Dollars ($4.00) per page
for each transcript of testimony, or copy of such transcript, which shall be
taxed as costs to each party or individual who may obtain such transcript or
copy thereof. The court reporter shall file with the clerk an original and one
(1) copy of the transcript, for which copy no charge shall be made.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
