9-13-111 - Issuance of certification without examination; requirements. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 9-13-111. Issuance of certification without examination; requirements.
 

Upon application and payment of the application fee within six (6) months of the effective date of this chapter [July 2, 1994] and upon a showing of residence within the State of Mississippi, certification without examination shall issue to: 
 

(a) Any official court reporter serving on January 3, 1996, in a Mississippi court on a full-time basis, if such reporter is actually engaged in verbatim reporting through shorthand symbols or the stenomask method. 

(b) Any free-lance reporter actually engaged in verbatim reporting through shorthand symbols or the stenomask method and who had been so engaged as of July 2, 1994. 

(c) Any person enrolled in any public or private institution in the State of Mississippi on July 2, 1994, who is majoring in a course of study in court reporting and who receives a degree in such course of study. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1994, ch. 599, § 15; Laws, 1996, ch. 484, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 11, 1996).