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40 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 2.2 - Court Reporting Service Plan (2/22/06) [Judicial].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_2_2.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • During this period of ttansitioo, the Twentieth Judicial Cit<ult hereby implements a hybrid plan which shall incorporate multiple service delivery strategies for the reporting or recording of all proceedings required to be reported or recorded at public expense. • IL APPLICAJIL! PROQ!EDING8 - This Administrative Order and the contracts entered into in accordance with the terms of this Administrative Order and the other authorities cited herein shall apply to all criminol and juvenile proceedinga, including depositions, and any other judicial proceedinga • TerminolQgy- The term "electronic recording" shall include audio tape recording, videocassette tape recording, or recording by any other electronic means, including, but not limited to. digital or other technology. • Admir>ian..tive Order shall be kept on file with the Court Adminian..tor. • QUALIFICATIONS - Each independent contract court reporter whooe services are utili7.ed pursuant to a contract shall be a proficient Computer-aided Transcriptlon (CAT) court reporter. • Should it become necessary to obtain court reporting servil:es in addition to those contemplated by the contracts, the Court Administrator shall cootdlnate the provision of such court reporting services and shall en'""" the proficiency of the court reporters udlized. • As an officer of the court, the court reporter shall comply with all rules and starures governing the proceeding which are applicable to court reporters, and the failure to do so shall constilllte neglect of duty for which sanctions may be imposed in the exercise of the court's inherent authority, or purs1liUlt to Florida Stalllte I • NqrIFICATION PROV!SlQN -In accordance with the doties and obligations of independent contract court reporters as officers of the court pursuant to the authorities cited above, when a request is made fur a transcript or portion thereof from a court "'POfler, such reporter shall forthwith notify, in writing. or orally if written notification is not practicable, all other partieo to the action !hat a req- has been received. • This provision shall not apply to any transcript ordered by the court. • RETENTION OF RECORDS • All independent contract court reporters governed by this Administrative Order shall retain all original notes and electronic records, including dictionaries, of the proeeedings or depositions in strict accordance with Fla. • Office to record any proceedings unless those proceedings are required to be recooled at public expense. • Partiea to civil actions shall ammge for an independent coun reporter !o record those proceedings that the Coun is not required to record or report at pnblic expense. • The procedures to ensure a reliable and secure record and compliance with applicable statutes and rules of coutt sba1l be promulgated by the Court Administrator, shall be oo file in the Eleclronic Court • Officers of the Court· Employees of the Administrative Office of the Courts who perform electronic court recording and its related functions, as well as any other persons authorized by the Court Administrator to perform these functions, shall be officers of the court and sba1l not disclose or discuss auy confidential information to which they may be privy. • Office of the Courts or independent contract transcriptionists, shall meet the qualifications established by the Chief Judge or the Court Administrator lo ensure the pers<>n's ability to rranscribe the proceedings and to certify the - of the transcripts. • Electrollic Court Recot<ling Office pursuant to !bis Administrative Order shall be submitted in writing to the Electronic Court llecmling Office. • Tile request shall be on a fonn available from the Admiuistrative Office of the Courts or the Electronic Court Recording Office, and, if applicable. on any other form approved by the Florida Supreme Court as set forth in the Florida • If the transcript or copy of the original recording is to be provided at public expen>e, the party shall attach to the request a conformed copy of the court order authorizing the trans<:ription at public expense. • If the request is for transcripts or copies of original recordings which may include coofidentisl information, the request must be accompanied by an appropriate court order. • Recording Office for a transcript, the Electronic Court Recording Office shall forthwith notify, in writing, or orally if written notification is not practicable, all other parties to the action that a request has been received. • In instances where independent contract ttanscriptiouisll are used, it shall be the responsibility of the independeot contract 6 -- 6 of 11 -- transcriptionist to notify, in writing, or orally if written noilikadon is not p:llCticable, all • This provision shall not •PPIY to any tmlSCript or copy of an electronic recording ordered by the court. • On-Recm! Events WbeJ! CO!lltl\eporter Presgit • If a court reporter records a proceeding (trial, hearing, or other court event), the request for a copy of the proceeding shall be submitted to the court reporter. • As such, the incidental eleclroOic recordings of off. record discussions or oonversatians, if any. do not constitute a record of the judicial branch to which the public is entitled access, as defined by Fla. • In addition, !I should be noted that all off-record conversations between attorneys and their clients are protected by the attomey-<:lient privilege and shall remain confidential. • GBRTIPICATION OF TRANSCRIPTS QR Ill .EC!'RONJC RECORDIWS • All persons lr1UlSCn'bing elecironic recordings, whether court personnel or independent contract 1 -- 7 of 11 -- llallscriptioobts, shall certify the llallscript as a true and accurate text of the electronlc recordiJlg of the proceeding or deposition. • All court personnel providing • copy of the original recording on electronic medium, such aa compact dlslrette, shall ctttify the copy to be true and occunte. • DISPUTES AS TO ACCURACY - If any dispure arises os to whether any transcript trul)' discloses what occurred, the disputing party shall motion the presiding court for settlement of the dispute, and, upon order of the court, the transcript shall be made to confonn accordingly. • Electronic Court Recording .staff pursuant to this Administrative Order shall be properly identilied and securely stored in accordance with procedure1 promulgated by the Court • PURPQ!>B -The purpcoe of this subsection is to require the use of all measures necessary to expedile the preparation of the transcript Those measures shall include, but are not limited to, the following: !. • TRANSQUPl'S - In addition to the foregoing requirements, the independent court 8 -- 8 of 11 -- reporter in caaes in which the State seeb the death penalty and all capilal postconviction beorinp shall be responsible for otrict compliance with Fla. • E!.lJCTRQNIC COURT RECQRDlNG - Fee schedules for transcripts or copies of electronically recorded proceedings or depoailions required to be reported at public expense shall be on file in the Eleclronlc Court Recording Office. • On and after July I, 2004, the rates set forth on all fee schedules shall comport with the applicable rates established by the Twentieth Judicial • If applicable rates have not been established by the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Article V Indigent Services Corm:nittee, the rates for ele<tronic court recording and ll1>WiCription services shall be established by the Chief Judge"' the • COURT RBPORTING !lY INDBP1iNDW CONTRACTORS - Fees and rates for the re<ording and transcription by independent contract court reporters of court proceedings or depositions required to be reported at public expense shall be as set forth in the court reporting contracta referenced herein. • On and after July I, 2004, those rates shall comport with the applicable rates established by the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Article V Indigent Services • Ardcle v lndigem ServiceB Committee. the rates for the recording and -plion by independent contract court""""'°" shall be established by conuac~ and the Court Adminl•tra!or may negotlate <lifferent rates in circumstances not contemplated by the contracts. • Such circUD'.IStanCes may include. but are not limited~ out..of-clrcuit services, real-time reporting,, or such other manner, mode <>r method of court reporting .. circumstances may warr..t If different rates are not agreed to in advance, the rates established in the contracts shall apply. • TRANSCR!nS - All !nln8cripts must comply with the requirements of Fla. • In the event that the P™iding judge is unavailable and the Pl""' of time requires immediate validation of such costs, such mOOOll$ may be presented to the duty judge on <:all at the time of the request Any request submitted to an independent cootract court reporter or to the Elec!rollic Court Rec-Ording Office for ttanscription at public expense shall be accompanied by a conformed copy of the court order authorizing the ttanscriptioo at public expense.
During this period of ttansitioo, the Twentieth Judicial Cit<ult hereby implements a hybrid plan which shall incorporate multiple service delivery strategies for the reporting or recording of all proceedings required to be reported or recorded at public expense.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 0cc42b52c302aa99b7232a34be1e8f43b280c8edc44a30dfa38805693b45d112. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
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