SB135 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Court Reporting, Board of, members, compensation eliminated, requirement for annual report to Governor and Secretary of State eliminated, written knowledge exam, entities that may administer added, education requirements changed, grandfathering deadline added, temporary license further provided for, certain fees authorized, Secs. 34-8B-4, 34-8B-5, 34-8B-10, 34-8B-14, 34-8B-15, 34-8B-17 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides for the Alabama Board of Court Reporting.

This bill would do all of the following: Eliminate board member compensation; eliminate the requirement that the board make an annual report to the offices of the Governor and Secretary of State; add entities that may administer the written knowledge examination; change the education requirement for court reporters from high school to a court reporting program; provide a deadline date to make application for the grandfathering provision; provide that the temporary license authorized under current law would be effective 18 months from the date of issuance, not the graduation date; and authorize a change of information fee and reasonable processing fees.

To amend Sections 34-8B-4, 34-8B-5, 34-8B-10, 34-8B-14, 34-8B-15, and 34-8B-17 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Board of Court Reporting; to eliminate board member compensation; to eliminate the requirement that the board make an annual report to the offices of the Governor and Secretary of State; to add entities that may administer the written knowledge examination; to change the education requirement for court reporters from high school to a court reporting program; to provide a deadline date to make application for the grandfathering provision; to provide that the temporary license authorized under current law would be effective 18 months from the date of issuance, not the graduation date; and to authorize a change of information fee and reasonable processing fees.

Subjects

Court Reporting, Board of