IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA
IN THE MATTER OF THE )
) Case No.79S00-9810-MS-589
APPROVAL OF LOCAL RULES )
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FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY )
ORDER APPROVING AMENDED LOCAL RULE
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULE 15
The judges of the Circuit and Superior Courts have forwarded for approval by this Court an amendment to the local rule for the regulation of court reporter services in accordance with Ind.Administrative Rule 15. Such amendment for Tippecanoe County is set forth as an attachment to this order. This Court finds that the amendment should be approved retroactive to the date it was originally submitted to this Court.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED by this Court that the Order by the Circuit and Superior Courts adopting Local Rule 2003-1 is approved retroactive to February 4, 2003.
The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to all judges in the Circuit and Superior Courts and the Clerk of such courts.
The Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts is directed to enter this order in the Record of Judgments and Orders for such courts and post this order for examination by the Bar and general public of Tippecanoe County.
DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this ________ day of April, 2003.
FOR THE COURT
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Randall T. Shepard
Chief Justice of Indiana
The Court is directing that all proposed amendments to the local rules passed pursuant to Administrative Rule 15 and requests to made amendments be reviewed by your office pursuant to the following guidelines:
1. Rate increases of up to $0.50 per page of any existing page rate are justifiable based upon the increased work product obligations;[1]
2. A minimum fee up to $35.00 per transcript is permissible;
3. Index and Table of Contents pages should be charged at the per page rate being changed for the rest of the transcript;
4. An additional labor charge approximating the hourly rate based upon the court reporter’s annual court compensation may be charged for the time spent binding the transcript and the exhibit binders;
5. A reasonable charge for the office supplies required and utilized for the binding and electronic transmission of the Transcript, pursuant to Indiana Rules of Appellate Procedure 28 and 29, is permissible; the costs for these supplies should be determined pursuant to a Schedule of Transcript Supplies which should be established and published annually by the judge or judges of the county.
TIPPECANOE COUNTY COURTS, LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
LOCAL RULE 2003 - 1
The undersigned courts comprise all of the courts of record of Tippecanoe County, Indiana and hereby adopt the following local rule by which court reporter services shall be governed.
Section One. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply under this local rule:
(1) A Court Reporter is a person who is specifically designated by a court to perform the official court reporting services for the court including preparing a transcript of the record.
(2) Equipment means all physical items owned by the court or other governmental entity and used by a court reporter in performing court reporting services. Equipment shall include, but not be limited to, telephones, computer hardware, software programs, disks, tapes, and any other device used for recording and storing, and transcribing electronic data.
(3) Work space means that portion of the court's facilities dedicated to each court reporter, including but not limited to actual space in the courtroom and any designated office space.
(4) Page means the page unit of transcript which results when a recording is transcribed in the form required by Indiana Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.2, and includes the index and table of contents pages.
(5) Recording means the electronic, mechanical, stenographic or other recording made as required by Indiana Rule of Trial Procedure 74.
(6) Regular hours worked means those hours which the court is regularly scheduled to work during any given work week. Depending on the particular court, these hours may vary from court to court within the county but remain the same for each work week.
(7) Gap hours worked means those hours worked that are in excess of the regular hours worked but hours not in excess of forty (40) hours per work week.
(8) Overtime hours worked means those hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours per work week.
(9) Workweek means a seven (7) consecutive day week that consistently begins and ends on the same days throughout the year; i.e. Sunday through Saturday, Wednesday through Tuesday, Friday through Thursday.
(10) Court means the particular court for which the court reporter performs services. Court may also mean all of the courts in Tippecanoe County.
(11) County indigent transcript means a transcript that is paid for from county funds and is for the use on behalf of a litigant who has been declared indigent by a court.
(12) State indigent transcript means a transcript that is paid for from state funds and is for the use on behalf of a litigant who has been declared indigent by a court.