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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4226 Introduced 11/8/2023, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 705 ILCS 70/7 | from Ch. 37, par. 657 |
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Amends the Court Reporters Act. Provides that each court reporter may be required by the chief judge to (rather than shall) take a test to verify his or her proficiency within one year of employment.
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| | HB4226 | | LRB103 33243 LNS 63052 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Court Reporters Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (705 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 37, par. 657)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7. Proficiency tests.
Each court reporter may be |
| 8 | | required by the chief judge to shall take a test to verify his |
| 9 | | or her proficiency within one year of employment. The test
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| 10 | | shall be prepared and administered by the employer |
| 11 | | representative in
consultation with each of the other employer |
| 12 | | representatives pursuant to standards set by rules. A |
| 13 | | proficiency test passed prior to employment may be accepted by |
| 14 | | the chief judge as proof of proficiency.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-581, eff. 1-1-20.)
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