SECTIONS 70136-70139 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 70136-70139

70136. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the monthly
salary of each full-time official reporter of the Superior Court in
Santa Cruz County shall be as follows:

Step 1: $1,614
Step 2: $1,685
Step 3: $1,758
Step 4: $1,834
Step 5: $1,941

The initial hiring rate for each position shall be step 1.
However, the judges of the superior court may appoint any such court
reporter at a higher initial step if, in the opinion of the judges of
the superior court, an individual to be appointed has such
experience and qualifications to entitle that individual to such
higher initial step.
In addition to the compensation provided in this article, each
full-time reporter of the superior court shall be entitled to, and
shall receive the same vacation, sick leave, salary step
advancements, and similar privileges and benefits as are now or may
hereafter be provided for the employees of the county.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, compensation
for each official reporter pro tempore shall be sixty-five dollars
($65) a day for each day such reporter pro tempore is on duty under
order of the court. Each reporter pro tempore shall receive from the
county the necessary traveling and other expenses when necessarily
called from other counties.
(c) Each full-time official reporter and each official reporter
pro tempore shall receive the salaries specified in subdivisions (a)
and (b), respectively, unless the board of supervisors of Santa Cruz
County by ordinance provides for compensation in excess of the
specified amounts, in which event the amount set by ordinance shall
apply.

70137. Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the
court shall be paid by the litigant to full-time official reporters
or to official reporters pro tempore as otherwise provided by law. In
all cases where by law the court may direct the payment of
transcription fees out of the county treasury, such fees shall, upon
order of the court, be paid from the General Fund, including fees for
transcription of testimony of proceedings in criminal cases as
provided in Sections 69947 to 69953, inclusive, of this code, which
shall be paid from the county treasury.

70138. (a) The official reporter shall perform the duties required
by law. When not actually engaged in the performance of any other
duty imposed by law, the official reporter shall render stenographic
or clerical assistance, or both, to the judge or judges of the
department to which such reporter is assigned as such judge or judges
may direct.
(b) The official reporter in each department shall be selected by
and serve directly under the authority and control of the judge
thereof, provided, however, that whenever the services of an official
reporter are not required in the actual prosecution of the business
of his department, the presiding judge of the superior court may
temporarily assign any such reporter to act as an official reporter
for another department of the superior court or as an official
reporter of a municipal court within the same county.

70139. (a) A reporter's filing fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be
paid in actions and proceedings as specified in Section 68090.5 in
the Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
(b) In addition to any fee otherwise required, in civil cases that
last longer than one judicial day, a fee per day equal to the per
diem rate for official reporters pro tempore shall be charged to the
parties for the services of an official reporter for the second and
each successive day a reporter is required.
(c) In addition to any fee otherwise required, in a civil case in
which a court orders a daily transcript necessitating the services of
two phonographic reporters, the party requesting the daily
transcript shall pay a fee per day equal to the per diem rate for
official reporters pro tempore for the services of the second
reporter for the first and each successive day.