Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 705 - COURTS
705 ILCS 75/ - Court Reporter Transcript Act.

(705 ILCS 75/0.01) (from Ch. 37, par. 660.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Court Reporter Transcript Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 37, par. 661)
Sec. 1.

The official court reporter in attendance at any arraignment wherein
the accused upon conviction shall, or may be punished by imprisonment in
the penitentiary, shall take full stenographic notes of the proceedings,
including in particular the plea or change of plea by the accused and the
receipt and entry thereof by the court, the admonishment given by the court,
the inquiries made by the court on the matters required by Rules 401 and
402 of the Illinois Supreme Court and the answer of the accused. When required
by Court rule or otherwise ordered by the court, the reporter shall transcribe
such notes and the transcript shall be filed in the case and become a part
of the common law record.

(Source: P.A. 80-1007.)

(705 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 662)
Sec. 2.

In any case arising under "An Act to provide a remedy for persons
convicted and imprisoned in the penitentiary, who assert that rights
guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States or the State
of Illinois, or both, have been denied, or violated, in proceedings in
which they were convicted", approved August 4, 1949, in which the
presiding judge has determined that the post-conviction petition is
sufficient to require an answer, it shall be the duty of the official
court reporter to transcribe, in whole or in part, his stenographic
notes of the evidence introduced at the trial in which the petitioner
was convicted, if instructed so to do by the State's Attorney or by the
court.

(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3443.)

(705 ILCS 75/3) (from Ch. 37, par. 663)
Sec. 3.

Upon order of the court, the official court reporter shall transcribe
and furnish an original and a copy or copies of the pre-trial
proceedings and the
proceedings at the trial of any person where, pursuant to Rule 607 of
the Illinois Supreme Court, an order could be entered so requiring, if
the defendant is convicted.

(Source: P.A. 90-505, eff. 8-19-97.)

(705 ILCS 75/4) (from Ch. 37, par. 664)
Sec. 4. The reporter, in full for all his services in connection with the
transcribing and filing or furnishing the transcripts referred to in
this Act, shall be paid a fee as provided in Section 5 of the Court
Reporters Act. All such fees shall
be paid out of the State Treasury on the warrant of the chief judge of the
circuit employing the court reporter,
from appropriations made to the Comptroller for such purpose, upon
presentation of a
certificate signed by the presiding judge setting the amount due said
reporter. Such certificate shall as to each original transcript (and
a copy or copies where fee for a copy or copies is authorized
by statute or Illinois Supreme Court Rule)
set forth the title and number of
the cause in which the transcript was required to be furnished, the
nature of the proceedings transcribed (whether an arraignment,
proceedings at criminal trial or proceedings at post-conviction hearing)
and the fee approved therefor. The employer representative, as defined in the
Court Reporters Act, may prescribe the form
of the certificate and furnish same.

(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)

(705 ILCS 75/5) (from Ch. 37, par. 665)
Sec. 5.

Where the court has authorized a person other than the
official reporter who took the stenographic notes to transcribe the same
the person making and filing or furnishing such transcript (and a copy or
copies
when authorized by statute or Illinois Supreme Court Rule) shall be entitled to
the fee.

(Source: P.A. 90-505, eff. 8-19-97.)

(705 ILCS 75/6) (from Ch. 37, par. 666)
Sec. 6.

The reasonable fees of a court reporter incurred in preparing
the transcript of proceedings for purposes of appeal in cases in which a
minor has been found to be abused, neglected or dependent shall be fixed by
the court and shall be charged to a parent or other person liable under the
law for the support of the minor, to the extent that person is able to pay.
Any portion of such fees which the person is unable to pay shall be paid
from the general fund of the county.

(Source: P.A. 86-827.)