SB87 Alabama 2012 Session

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.