COURT REPORTING SERVICES.

(a) Court reporting services relating to the preparation of a document or other record in a civil or criminal suit by a notary public or a court reporter licensed by the Judicial Branch Certification Commission are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter if the document is:

(1) prepared for the use of a person participating in a suit or the court in which a suit or administrative proceeding is brought; and

(2) sold to a person participating in the suit.

(b) Court reporting services covered by this section include services in the preparation of a:

(1) deposition or discovery document;

(2) transcript of testimony; and

(3) statement of facts.

(c) The exemption provided by this section applies to a document or record on audio or video tape or a computer readable format and courtroom presentation of same.

(d) Court reporting services by a video photographer who is not a court reporter and who videotapes or films a deposition, testimony, discovery document, or statement of fact pertaining to a civil or criminal suit are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter if the services are provided and sold as described by Subsections (a)(1) and (2).