SECTIONS 72708-72713 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 72708-72713

72708. This chapter applies to proceedings in the Los Angeles
County Superior Court that would have been within the jurisdiction of
the former Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District as
of January 21, 2000.

72709. The salaries and benefits of official reporters shall be
paid from the Reporters' Salary Fund.

72710. On order of the court, the per diem fees and benefits of
official reporters pro tempore shall be paid from the Reporter's
Salary Fund.

72711. (a) Fees for reporting services payable by law by the
parties to proceedings in the court to official reporters or official
reporters pro tempore shall be paid to the clerk of the court, who
shall deposit them in the Reporters' Salary Fund.
(b) Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the
court shall be paid by the parties to official reporters and official
reporters pro tempore as otherwise provided by law, and in all cases
where by law the court may direct the payment of transcription fees
out of the Trial Court Operations Fund, the fee on order of the court
shall be paid from the Reporters' Salary Fund, except fees for
transcription of testimony and proceedings in felony cases, which
shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund.

72711.5. The reporting and transcription fees payable pursuant to
Section 72711 shall also be payable in the same sums and in the same
manner by the parties to proceedings in the court for electronically
recording an action or proceeding pursuant to Section 69957 or for
transcriptions of testimony and proceedings in the court
stenographically recorded. The fees shall be paid to the clerk of the
court, who shall deposit them in the Reporters' Salary Fund. In any
case where by law the court may direct the payment of a transcription
fee out of the Trial Court Operations Fund, on order of the court
the fee for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the court
electronically recorded shall be paid from the Reporters' Salary
Fund, except fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in
felony cases, which shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations
Fund.

72712. There shall be set aside from the revenue of the court a
revolving fund in the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars
($750,000). The fund shall be known as the Reporters' Salary Fund.
At the time of each monthly distribution of the revenue of the
court to the cities within the former Los Angeles Judicial District
and to the county within which the district was established, the
clerk of the court shall deduct proportionately from their respective
total shares such sum as will, when added to the sum then remaining
in the fund, equal seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000)
and deposit it in the fund. Such sum shall include the cost incurred
pursuant to Section 69957 from electronic recording devices,
appurtenant equipment, supplies, recordings, and transcriptions
produced from electronic recording of testimony and proceedings in
the court.
Deductions from the county's share of the revenue shall be made
from that portion of it distributable to the general fund of the
county, and deductions from each city's share shall be made from that
portion of it distributable to the general fund of each city.
For the purposes of this section the "revenue" of the court
includes all fines, forfeitures, and fees accruing to the cities or
the county, except law library fees.

72713. (a) If at any time the Reporters' Salary Fund is
insufficient, on order of the court the amount of the deficiency
shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund.
(b) The county treasurer shall be the depositary, and the county
auditor the disbursing agent, for the Reporters' Salary Fund.