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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 628
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5 By: Senators Gilmore, B. Davis
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COURT TRANSCRIPT
10 FEES; TO INCREASE THE TRANSCRIPT FEES TO WHICH A
11 COURT REPORTER IS ENTITLED; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COURT
16 TRANSCRIPT FEES; AND TO INCREASE THE
17 TRANSCRIPT FEES TO WHICH A COURT
18 REPORTER IS ENTITLED.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 16-13-506 is amended to read as follows:
23 16-13-506. Court reporters -- Transcript fees.
24 (a)(1) When required to make a transcript of court proceedings, each
25 court reporter of the circuit courts shall be entitled to compensation at the
26 rate of four dollars and ten cents ($4.10) eight dollars ($8.00) per page for
27 the original and two (2) copies and at the rate of fifty cents (50�) one
28 dollar ($1.00) per page for each additional copy.
29 (2) When required to prepare photocopied evidence as part of a
30 transcript, each court reporter shall be entitled to compensation at the rate
31 of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per
32 page for an original and two (2) copies and at the rate of fifty cents (50�)
33 one dollar ($1.00) per page for each additional copy thereafter, with the
34 cost to be paid by the parties ordering transcripts.
35 (3) The circuit court judge in which the court proceeding
36 occurred is exempt from this section The official court reporter for a
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1 circuit judge who maintains a criminal docket is entitled to one hundred
2 fifty percent (150%) of the compensation provided in subdivisions (a)(1) and
3 (a)(2) of this section when producing a record of criminal proceedings for
4 the circuit judge.
5 (4)(A) If the circuit court judge utilized a substitute official
6 court reporter under � 16-13-509 for a court proceeding that the circuit
7 court judge later determines requires a transcript, the substitute official
8 court reporter shall receive additional compensation for producing the
9 transcript for the circuit court judge.
10 (B) The Trial Employees Committee of the Arkansas Judicial
11 Council, Inc., shall develop a policy that shall be implemented by the
12 Administrative Office of the Courts to ensure fair compensation for a
13 substitute official court reporter who is required to produce a transcript
14 for a circuit court judge.
15 (b)(1)(A) In indigent and in forma pauperis proceedings, the
16 compensation to the court reporter for transcripts provided for in subsection
17 (a) of this section shall be paid by the State of Arkansas.
18 (B) However, in In such proceedings, the court reporters
19 shall be entitled to compensation from the state only for the original and
20 two (2) copies of the transcript.
21 (C) If additional persons request copies of the
22 transcript, the court reporter shall be entitled to payment from the persons
23 requesting the copies at the rate specified in subsection (a) of this
24 section.
25 (2) The payments from the state shall be made only upon
26 certification of the payments by the presiding circuit judge and shall be
27 paid by the Administrative Office of the Courts from funds appropriated out
28 of the Court Reporter's Fund.
29 (c) When the state is required to pay the court reporter for the cost
30 of the preparation of a transcript, � 16-13-510 applies and the state shall
31 comply with a court reporter's request for the payment of a deposit under �
32 16-13-510(c)(1).
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