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SF0108 • 2023

Court reporter fees-district court discretion.

AN ACT relating to courts; requiring fees for transcripts, records and other papers issued by a court reporter to be set by rule of the district court judicial conference; repealing court reporter fees; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Nethercott
Last action
2023-03-02
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/2/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on the immediate effectiveness, only that it follows Wyoming Constitution Article 4, Section 8.

Court Reporter Fees - District Court Control

This law changes how court reporters set fees for transcripts, records, and other papers by allowing district courts to decide these fees instead of setting fixed amounts.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the specific fee amounts that court reporters could charge for certain documents.
  • Requires district courts to create rules about what fees court reporters can charge.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Court reporters who issue transcripts, records, and other papers.
  • People or organizations that need these documents from court reporters.

Terms To Know

District Court Judicial Conference
A group within the district court system that makes rules about how courts operate.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify exactly how the fees will be set, only that they must follow rules made by district courts.
  • It is unclear how this change might affect the cost of getting documents from court reporters.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0108SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Judiciary Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the effective date of the bill to take effect immediately upon completion of all necessary steps for it to become law.

  • Changes the act's effective date to be immediate once all legal requirements are met.
  • The exact timing of when the bill will go into effect is not specified and depends on the completion of unspecified legal processes.

Bill History

  1. 2023-03-02 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 148

  2. 2023-03-02 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0074

  3. 2023-02-28 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0074

  4. 2023-02-28 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0074

  5. 2023-02-28 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0074

  6. 2023-02-28 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 46-12-4-0-0

  7. 2023-02-27 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2023-02-24 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2023-02-22 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2023-02-22 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0

  11. 2023-02-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  12. 2023-01-26 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2023-01-26 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0

  14. 2023-01-25 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2023-01-24 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2023-01-20 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2023-01-20 Senate

    S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  18. 2023-01-16 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary

  19. 2023-01-16 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2023-01-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0351
Bill No.:

SF0108

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

23LSO-0351

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0074

Chapter No.:

148

Prime Sponsor:

Nethercott

Catch Title:

Court reporter fees-district court discretion.

Subject:

Court reporter fees.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill repeals a provision that specifies the amount a court reporter may charge for transcripts, records and other papers required to be made and issued as the official court reporter and instead requires the fees to be set by rule of the district court judicial conference.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
23LSO-0351

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0108

ENROLLED ACT NO. 74,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

AN ACT relating to courts; requiring fees for transcripts, records and other papers issued by a court reporter to be set by rule of the district court judicial conference; repealing court reporter fees; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 5
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3
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410 by creating a new subsection (f) is amended to read:

5
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3
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410.

Fees for civil cases; collection; to be paid into state treasury; liability of reporter for collection.

(f)

Fees for transcripts, records and other papers required to be made and issued as the official reporter shall be set by rule of the district court judicial conference established in W.S. 5
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3
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102(b).

Section 2.

W.S. 5
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3
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410(e) is repealed.

Section 3
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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