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Court transcribers press Judiciary Committee to raise $3-per-page rate set in 1988
Summary
Approved court transcribers and court advocates asked the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to update General Laws chapter 221, §88 by increasing the original transcript page rate from $3 to $4.50 and by adopting periodic cost-of-living increases after more than three decades without an adjustment.
A group of approved court transcribers, trial-court representatives and defenders urged the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to report H.16‑49/S.11‑68 favorably, asking the committee to modernize the payment scheme that compensates transcribers who prepare official court transcripts.
Witnesses told the committee the current original-page rate of $3 was set in 1988 and has not been adjusted for inflation. Several transcribers described the job as time-consuming and research-intensive; witnesses said preparing a transcript can require roughly three hours of…
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