IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PINELLAS AND PASCO COUNTIES, FLORIDA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2007-080 PA/PI-CIR 

 

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RE:     COURT REPORTING FEES

 

Rule of Judicial Administration 2.535(g)(2) requires the Chief Judge, after consultation with the circuit court and county court judges in the circuit, to enter an administrative order developing and implementing a circuit-wide plan for court reporting of all proceedings required to be reported at public expense using full or part-time Court employees or independent contractors. 

 

Further, section 29.0195, Florida Statutes, requires the Trial Courts Administrator of each circuit to recover expenditures for State-funded services, including costs for transcription services, when those services have been furnished to a user of the State court system.

 

To update the rates charged by the Administrative Office of the Courts for transcription services and make rates consistent throughout the Sixth Circuit, it is hereby

 

ORDERED:

            1.         Effective October 1, 2007, the fees charged by the Administrative Office of the Courts for transcription services of proceedings where the Court is required to provide a record will be the calculated actual cost of the service including the cost of recovery.  Those rates are:

 

 

PRODUCTION TIME REQUESTED

ORIGINAL

COPY WHEN ORDERED WITH ORIGINAL

COPY WHEN ORDERED SUBSEQUENT TO ORIGINAL

APPEAL TRANSCRIPT (ORIGINAL PLUS 2 COPIES)

 

 

 

 

 

ROUTINE

$5.00 per page

$1.00 per page

$2.00 per page

$7.00 per page

 

 

 

 

 

EXPEDITED: ONE BUSINESS DAY

$8.50 per page

$1.00 per page

$2.00 per page

$10.50 per page

 

 

 

 

 

EXPEDITED: TWO BUSINESS DAYS

$7.50 per page

$1.00 per page

$2.00 per page

$9.50 per page

 

 

 

 

 

EXPEDITED:  THREE BUSINESS DAYS

$6.50 per page

$1.00 per page

$2.00 per page

$8.50 per page

 

 

 

 

 

EXPEDITED: TEN BUSINESS DAYS

$5.25 per page

$1.00 per page

$2.00 per page

$7.25 per page

 

            2.         If an original transcript is ordered, a copy of the original transcript on compact disk may be ordered for $5.00 per disk.            

 

            3.         Fees to read back a portion of the record are $15.00 per quarter hour.

 

            4.         The procedures for requesting and filing transcripts are in the Court Reporting Plan, Administrative Order 2007-079 PA/PI-CIR.  All terms and conditions of Administrative Order 2007-079 PA/PI-CIR remain in full force and effect. 

 

            5.         Nothing in this Order shall affect the contracts entered into between the Court and any court reporter.

 

            Effective October 1, 2007, Administrative Order Nos. 2004-030 PA/PI-CIR and 2005-038 PA/PI-CIR are hereby rescinded. 

 

            DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, this ____ day of September, 2007.

 

                                                                                                ____________________________

                                                                                                Robert J. Morris, Jr., Chief Judge

 

 

cc:        All Judges

            The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

            The Honorable Robert H. Dillinger, Public Defender

            The Honorable Ken Burke, Clerk of Court, Pinellas County

            The Honorable Jed Pittman, Clerk of Court, Pasco County

            Debbie Gay, Assistant Court Services Director, Pasco County Clerk’s Office

            Carol Heath, Director, Court Services Division, Pinellas County Clerk’s Office

            Gay L. Inskeep, Trial Courts Administrator

            Kerry Rice, Deputy Courts Administrator, Pasco County

            Bar Associations, Pasco and Pinellas Counties

            Law Libraries, Pasco and Pinellas Counties