SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1226 & CS for SB 734

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 965196

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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 85, between lines 17 and 18,

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17         Section 39.  Section 25.3835, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         25.3835  Court reporting; purpose; definition;

20  registration required; registry of court reporters created;

21  registration number required on transcripts.--

22         (1)  PURPOSE.--The Legislature recognizes that there is

23  a public need for independent court reporters and that it is

24  necessary to assure the public and litigants that they will

25  always be able to identify and locate a court reporter who

26  recorded and transcribed any portion of an official

27  proceeding, testimony, deposition, or trial and, therefore,

28  deems it necessary to require registration of court reporters.

29         (2)  COURT REPORTING DEFINED.--The term "court

30  reporting" means the act of making a verbatim record of spoken

31  word, whether by use of written symbols, stenomask equipment,

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  1  or electronic devices, in any proceeding pending in any of the

  2  state or federal courts of the state, including all discovery

  3  proceedings conducted in connection therewith, and all

  4  proceedings required by statute to be reported by a certified

  5  or official court reporter or any administrative hearing or

  6  official proceeding. Court reporting does not include the act

  7  of electronic recording or the transcription of any electronic

  8  recording.

  9         (3)  REGISTRATION REQUIRED.--Notwithstanding s. 25.383,

10  effective January 1, 2003, all court reporters must be

11  registered with the Florida Court Reporters Association.

12         (4)  REGISTRY OF COURT REPORTERS CREATED.--The Florida

13  Court Reporters Association is authorized to create and

14  maintain a registry of all court reporters who transcribe any

15  proceeding held in the state. The association shall determine

16  an annual fee to be collected by the association for the

17  purpose of maintaining a statewide registry of all Florida

18  court reporters. The registration fee must cover the normal

19  and customary costs associated with the creation and

20  maintenance of the registry. Upon registration, the

21  association shall issue each court reporter a registration

22  number that must appear on all transcripts taken or used in

23  any court proceeding, administrative hearing, or official

24  meeting of any public body. The Florida Court Reporters

25  Association shall make available to the general public upon

26  request the current business location information for any

27  court reporter registered within the state.

28         (5)  REGISTRATION NUMBER REQUIRED ON ALL

29  TRANSCRIPTS.--Effective June 1, 2003, all transcripts taken or

30  transcribed by any court reporter in any proceeding must

31  contain the registration number of the court reporter who

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  1  recorded and transcribed the proceeding.

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  3  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 6, line 20, after the semicolon

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11         creating s. 25.3835, F.S.; providing

12         legislative purpose with respect to court

13         reporters; defining "court reporting";

14         requiring court reporters to be registered;

15         creating a registry of court reporters;

16         requiring registration numbers on all

17         transcripts;

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