§ 10-131. Court reporters.

(a)

The judges of the said state court shall have the power to appoint, and at pleasure remove, an official court reporter for each judge. Such official reporters shall be sworn in open court faithfully to perform all the duties required of them by the judges of said court, and it shall be their duty, when directed by one of the judges of said court, to attend the court and to exactly and truly record or take stenographic notes of the testimony and proceedings in the case tried. The compensation of the said official reporters is hereby fixed [as provided by law] per annum. Such compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the authority having charge of the fiscal affairs of Cobb County in the same manner as other county expenses are paid or upon the order of the presiding judges of the said state court, same being for attendance in court as directed by said judges and for the taking down of such criminal felony committal hearings as are required by law to be reported.

(b)

In addition to the above salaries, such official court reporters of the state court of Cobb County shall be compensated by the requesting party in misdemeanor cases at a rate not to exceed $0.20 per 100 words for takedown. For the preparation of criminal trial transcripts the said official reporters shall be compensated for each legal page 8½ inches by 14 inches, having thereon at least 23 lines, the sum of $0.60 per page for each transcript copy required, and said compensation shall be paid by the authority having charge of the fiscal affairs of Cobb County upon order of the presiding judges. Such reports [reporters] shall be compensated the further sum of $0.30 per page for each additional copy or copies as may be ordered by any party or parties; provided, however, when the copies are requested by any state or county officer, the copy shall be furnished at actual cost of duplication, and when duplicated by the officer, a copy shall be furnished without expense.

(c)

The official court reporters of the state court of Cobb County shall be paid by parties litigant in civil cases at a rate not to exceed $0.20 per 100 words for takedown and $0.55 per legal page 8½ inches by 14 inches, having thereon at least 23 lines, for each transcript copy required by an appellant. Any additional copy or copies of the appellant's transcript which may be ordered by an appellee, or any other person, shall not exceed the rate of $0.30 per page of such transcript. In all transcripts an exhibit page shall be compensated for at the same rate as the transcript pages, or the actual cost of reproducing such exhibit, whichever is greater, regardless of the number of lines involved, provided the cost of reproducing an exhibit, whether by carbon, photostatic or photographic means, shall be borne by the court reporter.

(1964 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1006), page 3211, § 27(g)—(i); 1968 Ga. Laws (Act No. 965), page 2948, § 4; 1971 Ga. Laws (Act No. 660), page 3605, § 4; 1973 Ga. Laws (Act No. 47), page 2124, § 1; 1973 Ga. Laws (Act No. 554), page 3176, § 1)

Editor's note

O.C.G.A. § 15-5-21 provides that the Judicial Council of Georgia shall set court reporter fees.