Hawaii Revised Statutes 606-13 – Salary and perquisites of official court reporters
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 606-13
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
- Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
- Official court reporter: means a certified shorthand reporter employed by the courts of the State to provide court reporting services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 606-13.5
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Each official court reporter shall receive for services as prescribed in § 606-12 the salary that may be appropriated from time to time as compensation for the official court reporter‘s services in court. Each official court reporter may charge and collect fees for transcripts requested by the parties, including state courts, pursuant to rules promulgated by the supreme court through its rulemaking authority. The fees for transcripts ordered by a party shall be paid by the party ordering the same and, except in the case of the attorney general, the public defender, or the county or prosecuting attorneys or corporation counsels, no official court reporter shall be required to perform any such service until the fees have been paid or the amount of the estimated cost of the fees deposited with the clerk of the court.
Where the court, of its own motion, orders a transcript to be prepared of the whole or any part of the testimony in a civil cause, it may, in its discretion, direct the payment of the charges therefor, and the taxation of the same as costs, in such manner as to it may seem just. Where the attorney general, the public defender, or the county or prosecuting attorney or corporation counsel, desires transcripts for official use, either original or copy, the official court reporter may be paid for same by warrant upon the treasury of the State or county, as the case may be.
Official court reporters or other persons preparing transcripts shall provide, at their own expense, all supplies directly related to the preparation thereof.