New Jersey § 2b:7-4

§ 2b:7-4.

a. When a transcript of a stenographic record or other recording in any court or in any

other proceeding recorded at the direction of the Supreme Court is made, at the request

of any person, the original and copies thereof shall be prepared in the manner prescribed

by the Rules of Court of the State of New Jersey and the standards fixed by the Administrative

Director of the Courts and paid for at the rate of $3.00 for each page of an original

standard delivery transcript and $0.50 for each of the copies thereof. If the transcript is furnished to a judge of the court, by court order, the reporter

shall be paid at the same rates, and in the same manner and from the same sources

as the reporter's salary or per diem fees are paid. b. Beginning on the first day of July 2005, and on the first day of each fifth July

thereafter, the rates and fees set forth in subsection a. of this section shall be

increased to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as follows: the foregoing

fees and rates shall be multiplied by a fraction, the denominator of which shall be

the CPI for March 2000 and the numerator of which shall be the CPI for the March immediately

preceding the applicable July 1. For the purposes of this subsection, “ CPI ” shall mean that table in the Consumer Price Index published by the United States

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, now known as the “Consumer Price

Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items, New York-Northern New

Jersey (index: 1982-1984 equals 100).” If this CPI shall be discontinued, then the Administrative Director of the Courts

shall designate any successor Consumer Price Index of the United States Bureau of

Labor Statistics, or any successor agency thereto, for the New York-Northern New Jersey

area . c. Except as to transcripts that are to be paid for by the State or county, the person

preparing the transcripts may require any person requesting a transcript to prepay

the estimated fee therefor in advance of delivery of the transcript. d. The Supreme Court may adopt Rules of Court and the Administrative Director of the

Courts may issue directives to implement the purposes of this act.