Bill Text: MS HB1481 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Court reporters; increase fee charged per page.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-20 - Referred To Judiciary A;County Affairs [HB1481 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2025-HB1481-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A; County Affairs

By: Representatives Horan, Owen

House Bill 1481

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PER PAGE FEES THAT CAN BE CHARGED BY COURT REPORTERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 25-7-89, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     25-7-89.  Each court reporter shall receive * * *Two Dollars and Forty Cents ($2.40) Four Dollars ($4.00) per page for each transcript of testimony, or copy of such transcript, which shall be taxed as costs to each party or individual who may obtain such transcript or copy thereof.  The court reporter shall file with the clerk an original and one (1) copy of the transcript, for which copy no charge shall be made.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.


feedback