MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2004 Regular Session
To: Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
By: Representative Blackmon
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FEE A COURT REPORTER MAY RECEIVE PREPARING TRANSCRIPTS AND OTHER PAPERS FOR APPEAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-7-89, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-7-89. Each court reporter shall receive Two Dollars ($2.00) per page, except as otherwise provided in this section, for each transcript of testimony and exhibits to the testimony, or copy of such transcript and exhibits, which shall be taxed as costs to each party or individual who may obtain such transcript or copy thereof. For an appeal from any court, each court reporter shall receive Three Dollars ($3.00) per page for each transcript of testimony and exhibits to the testimony, or copy of such transcript and exhibits, which shall be taxed as costs to each party or individual who may obtain the transcript or copy. The court reporter shall file with the clerk an original and one (1) copy of the transcript, together with all exhibits to the testimony, for which copy no charge shall be made.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.