SB2128ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 5/16/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2128

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2128 on page 21, by replacing line 20 with "closed microphone voice dictation silencer that is capable of digital translation into text, of"; and

on page 22, by replacing lines 8 through 21 with "certificate as a certified shorthand reporter has been issued under this Act shall be designated as a Certified Shorthand Reporter and not otherwise, and any such certified shorthand reporter may, in connection with his or her practice of shorthand reporting, use the abbreviation "C.S.R." or the title "Court Reporter". Every person to whom a valid existing certificate as a certified voice writer reporter has been issued under this Act shall be designated as a certified voice writer reporter and not otherwise, and any such certified voice writer reporter may, in connection with his or her practice of voice writer reporting, use the abbreviation "C.V.W.R." or "Court Reporter". No person other than the holder of a valid existing certificate under this Act shall use the applicable titles or designations authorized under this Section title or designation of "Certified Shorthand Reporter", "Court Reporter", or "C.S.R.", either directly or"; and

on page 23, line 21, by replacing "9 7" with "7"; and

on page 23, line 22, by replacing "Six" with "At least 5 Six"; and

on page 24, by replacing lines 1 through 10 with "for 10 ten years. , One member may be a certified voice writer reporter who either is actively engaged in the practice of voice writer reporting and is in good standing in this State or is actively engaged in the practice of voice writer reporting and in good standing in another jurisdiction, and has applied for certification in this State. One and one member must be a member of the public who is not certified under this Act, or a similar Act of another jurisdiction. Members of the Board shall have no liability in any action based upon any disciplinary proceeding or other activity performed in good faith as members of the Board."; and

on page 57, immediately below line 6, by inserting the following:

"Section 67. The Court Reporters Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(705 ILCS 70/5) (from Ch. 37, par. 655)

Sec. 5. Means of reporting; transcripts. The court reporter shall make a full reporting by means of stenographic hand or machine notes, voice writer reporting, or a combination thereof, of the evidence and such other proceedings in trials and judicial proceedings to which he is assigned by the chief judge, and the court reporter may use an electronic instrument as a supplementary device. In the event that the court utilizes an audio or video recording system to record the proceedings, a court reporter shall be in charge of such system; however, the appointment of a court reporter to be in charge of an audio or video recording system shall not be required where such system is the judge's personal property or has been supplied by a party or such party's attorney. To the extent that it does not substantially interfere with the court reporter's other official duties, the judge to whom, or a judge of the division to which, a reporter is assigned may assign a reporter to secretarial or clerical duties arising out of official court operations.

Unless and until otherwise provided in a Uniform Schedule of Charges which may hereafter be provided by rule or order of the employer representative, a court reporter may charge not to exceed 25¢ per 100 words for making transcripts of his notes. The fees for making transcripts shall be paid in the first instance by the party in whose behalf such transcript is ordered and shall be taxed in the suit.

The transcripts shall be filed and remain with the papers of the case. When the judge trying the case shall, of his own motion, order a transcript of the court reporter's notes, the judge may direct the payment of the charges therefor, and the taxation of the charges as costs in such manner as to him may seem just. Provided, that the charges for making but one transcript shall be taxed as costs and the party first ordering the transcript shall have preference unless it shall be otherwise ordered by the court.

The change made to this Section by this amendatory Act of 1987 is intended to apply retroactively from and after January 1, 1987.

(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)"; and

on page 63, by replacing line 8 with "Reporters Act or a court reporter under the Court Reporters Act, no testimony taken in any litigation in this"; and

on page 63, by replacing line 12 with "shall be considered part of the administrative record.".