Oklahoma § 20-106.9 - Court reporters - Salaries

§ 20-106.9. Court reporters - Salaries

A. Each court reporter regularly engaged by the district court,

the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims, or the

Corporation Commission shall be paid a salary pursuant to the salary

schedule established by the annual appropriation for the district

courts and Corporation Commission and in accordance with the job

description for the position to which appointed. For fiscal year

2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, each court reporter shall

receive an annual salary of Fifty-three Thousand Dollars

($53,000.00).

B. In addition to their base salaries, official court reporters

who are certified or licensed shorthand reporters and those acting

shorthand reporters pursuant to paragraph 3 of Section 106.3B of

this title shall be paid annually the sum of Four Hundred Dollars

($400.00) for each year of service to the district court, the

Workers’ Compensation Court, the Workers’ Compensation Court of

Existing Claims and the Corporation Commission, with a maximum of

twenty (20) years of service only to be used for the purpose of

longevity, not to exceed Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) per

year, payable monthly. For the purpose of payment for longevity,

“years of service” is defined as all years served as a certified or

licensed court reporter in the district court, the Workers’

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Compensation Court, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing

Claims and the Corporation Commission after June 30, 1978.

Longevity payments shall be made on July 1 of each year following

completion of the first year of service as defined herein.

C. In addition to their base salaries, official court reporters

eligible for longevity payments pursuant to subsection B of this

section shall be paid an annual equipment allowance of Three

Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00). Payments for such allowance shall be

made on July 1 of each year following completion of the first year

of service as defined in subsection B of this section.

D. In addition to their base salaries, official court reporters

who are certified shorthand reporters shall be paid the following:

1. The sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year,

payable monthly, to any official court reporter who is a Registered

Professional Reporter (RPR), as recognized by the State Board of

Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters. To qualify as a RPR, an

official court reporter shall have a proficiency level in reporting

testimony and proceedings of a speed of not less than two hundred

twenty-five (225) words per minute in taking a question-and-answertype dictation, two hundred (200) words per minute in taking a jury

charge and one hundred eighty (180) words per minute in taking

literary material, shall pass a Written Knowledge Test with a score

of at least seventy percent (70%), all as determined by an

examination recognized by the Board, and shall complete thirty (30)

hours of continuing education per three-year cycle commencing at the

date of recognition;

2. The sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year,

payable monthly, to any official court reporter who is a Registered

Merit Reporter (RMR), as recognized by the State Board of Examiners

of Certified Shorthand Reporters. To qualify as a RMR, an official

court reporter shall have a proficiency level in reporting testimony

and proceedings of a speed of not less than two hundred sixty (260)

words per minute in taking a question-and-answer-type dictation, two

hundred forty (240) words per minute in taking a jury charge and two

hundred (200) words per minute in taking literary material, shall

pass a Written Knowledge Test with a score of at least seventy

percent (70%), all as determined by an examination recognized by the

Board, and shall complete thirty (30) hours of continuing education

per three-year cycle commencing at the date of recognition;

3. The sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year,

payable monthly, to any official court reporter who is a Registered

Diplomat Reporter (RDR), as recognized by the State Board of

Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, and who completes thirty

(30) hours of continuing education per three-year cycle commencing

at the date of recognition;

4. The sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per year,

payable monthly, to any official court reporter who is a Certified

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Realtime Reporter (CRR), as recognized by the State Board of

Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, and who completes thirty

(30) hours of continuing education per three-year cycle commencing

at the date of recognition; or

5. Any official court reporter who is the holder of more than

one certification shall be compensated in the additional amounts

specified in paragraphs 1 through 4 of this subsection for each

certification up to a maximum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00)

per year over and above the reporter’s base salary, payable monthly.

E. Court reporters temporarily employed by the district court,

Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims, or Corporation

Commission shall be compensated by the court fund of the court which

they serve at a rate to be set by such court. In addition, court

reporters temporarily employed pursuant to this subsection who are

required by the terms of their employment to travel outside their

county of residence shall receive reimbursement for mileage actually

and necessarily traveled to and from the place of attendance at a

rate not to exceed the rate of reimbursement specified in the State

Travel Reimbursement Act for state employees. Any travel

reimbursement shall be paid from the court fund of the court where

the service of the temporarily employed court reporter is provided.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 299, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974. Amended

by Laws 1975, c. 297, § 8, emerg. eff. June 7, 1975; Laws 1976, c.

269, § 4, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976; Laws 1978, c. 228, § 3, eff.

July 1, 1978; Laws 1979, c. 230, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Laws

1980, c. 280, § 6, emerg. eff. June 11, 1980; Laws 1981, c. 281, §

6, emerg. eff. June 29, 1981; Laws 1982, c. 357, § 6, emerg. eff.

June 2, 1982; Laws 1985, c. 203, § 38, operative July 1, 1985; Laws

1988, c. 302, § 6, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 264, § 6,

operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 37, operative July 1,

1990; Laws 1994, c. 340, § 2; Laws 1995, c. 328, § 6, eff. July 1,

1995; Laws 1996, c. 57, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 311, §

1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 37, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Laws

2001, c. 418, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 343, § 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 2004; Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 36, § 1; Laws 2007, c.

84, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2011, c. 36, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2011; Laws 2019, c. 31, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 2019; Laws 2021,

c. 461, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 271, § 1, eff. July 1,

2022; Laws 2023, c. 263, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.

NOTE: Laws 1996, c. 300, § 5 amended the effective date of Laws

1996, c. 57, § 8 from January 1, 1997 to July 1, 1996.

NOTE: Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess. c. 36, § 2 provides for an effective

date of July 1, 2006, but c. 36 does not contain an emergency clause

and the proposed effective date falls within 90 days of the

adjournment of the Legislature, and pursuant to § 58 of Article V of

the Constitution is ineffective.

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