Gov. Code, § 72711.5

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.