This chapter applies to proceedings in the Los Angeles County Superior Court that would have been within the jurisdiction of the former Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District as of January 21, 2000.
The Organization and Government of CourtsLos Angeles County
Section § 72708
This law states that any legal proceedings that used to be handled by the Municipal Court in the Los Angeles Judicial District before January 21, 2000, are now under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Municipal Court jurisdiction Los Angeles Judicial District
Section § 72709
This law states that the salaries and benefits of official court reporters are to be financed from the Reporters’ Salary Fund.
The salaries and benefits of official reporters shall be paid from the Reporters’ Salary Fund.
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Section § 72710
If a court orders it, the daily fees and benefits for temporary official court reporters are paid from the Reporter's Salary Fund.
On order of the court, the per diem fees and benefits of official reporters pro tempore shall be paid from the Reporter’s Salary Fund.
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Section § 72711
If you're involved in a court case, any fees you have to pay for the services of court reporters are paid to the court clerk and go into the Reporters' Salary Fund. These fees cover the reporters who create transcripts of what's said during court proceedings.
For any written transcripts of court testimony, it's usually the parties in the case who pay, unless the court orders those fees to be paid by the Trial Court Operations Fund. But for felony cases, the transcription fees always come from the Trial Court Operations Fund, not the Reporters' Salary Fund.
(a)CA Government Code § 72711(a) Fees for reporting services payable by law by the parties to proceedings in the court to official reporters or official reporters pro tempore shall be paid to the clerk of the court, who shall deposit them in the Reporters’ Salary Fund.
(b)CA Government Code § 72711(b) Fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the court shall be paid by the parties to official reporters and official reporters pro tempore as otherwise provided by law, and in all cases where by law the court may direct the payment of transcription fees out of the Trial Court Operations Fund, the fee on order of the court shall be paid from the Reporters’ Salary Fund, except fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in felony cases, which shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund.
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Section § 72711.5
This law section specifies that fees for court reporting and transcriptions, whether done electronically or by a court reporter, must be paid by those involved in a court case. These fees are given to the court clerk and placed into the Reporters' Salary Fund. If allowed by law, transcription fees might also be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund, except in felony cases, where they always come from the Trial Court Operations Fund.
The reporting and transcription fees payable pursuant to Section 72711 shall also be payable in the same sums and in the same manner by the parties to proceedings in the court for electronically recording an action or proceeding pursuant to Section 69957 or for transcriptions of testimony and proceedings in the court stenographically recorded. The fees shall be paid to the clerk of the court, who shall deposit them in the Reporters’ Salary Fund. In any case where by law the court may direct the payment of a transcription fee out of the Trial Court Operations Fund, on order of the court the fee for transcription of testimony and proceedings in the court electronically recorded shall be paid from the Reporters’ Salary Fund, except fees for transcription of testimony and proceedings in felony cases, which shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund.
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Section § 72712
This law sets up a special fund called the Reporters’ Salary Fund, allocating $750,000 from the court's revenue. It ensures that each month, shares of the court's income, such as fines, forfeitures, and fees, from cities in the former Los Angeles Judicial District and the county, are deducted proportionately to maintain the $750,000 in the fund. These deductions cover costs related to electronic recording of court proceedings, equipment, and supplies, excluding law library fees.
There shall be set aside from the revenue of the court a revolving fund in the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000). The fund shall be known as the Reporters’ Salary Fund.
At the time of each monthly distribution of the revenue of the court to the cities within the former Los Angeles Judicial District and to the county within which the district was established, the clerk of the court shall deduct proportionately from their respective total shares such sum as will, when added to the sum then remaining in the fund, equal seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) and deposit it in the fund. Such sum shall include the cost incurred pursuant to Section 69957 from electronic recording devices, appurtenant equipment, supplies, recordings, and transcriptions produced from electronic recording of testimony and proceedings in the court.
Deductions from the county’s share of the revenue shall be made from that portion of it distributable to the general fund of the county, and deductions from each city’s share shall be made from that portion of it distributable to the general fund of each city.
For the purposes of this section the “revenue” of the court includes all fines, forfeitures, and fees accruing to the cities or the county, except law library fees.
Reporters’ Salary Fund revenue distribution Los Angeles Judicial District
Section § 72713
This law states that if the Reporters’ Salary Fund doesn't have enough money, the remaining amount needed will be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund. Additionally, the county treasurer will hold the money for the Reporters’ Salary Fund, and the county auditor will be responsible for paying out funds from it.
(a)CA Government Code § 72713(a) If at any time the Reporters’ Salary Fund is insufficient, on order of the court the amount of the deficiency shall be paid from the Trial Court Operations Fund.
(b)CA Government Code § 72713(b) The county treasurer shall be the depositary, and the county auditor the disbursing agent, for the Reporters’ Salary Fund.
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