Handbook for Official Court Reporters - Kansas Judicial Branch

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may, on application to the Board of Examiners (per Supreme Court Rule 307) become a Kansas Certified Court Reporter on the following conditions: ( 1) proof of passage of another state's examination equivalent to or more stringent than the Kansas exam, (2) proof of passage of the other state's examination within three years prior to application in Kansas or proof acceptable to the Board of Examiners of five years' practice experi ence as a court reporter, and (3) successful completion of this state's written examination with respect to the applicant's knowledge of the duties of a court reporter, of court procedure and general legal terminology. [History: Am. effective September 5, 1991; Am. effective January 3, 2006.] Rule 310 TITLE AND RIGHT TO ITS USE (a) Any person to whom a certificate is issued shall have the right to use the title "Certified Court Reporter," or the abbreviation therefor, "C.C.R." Individuals to whom certificates were issued prior to July 1, 2006. may continue to use the title "Certified Shorthand Reporter." or the abbreviation therefor, "C.S.R." The use of such title or abbreviation by a person who does not hold such a certificate shall be regarded as contempt of court and may be punished accordingly. (b) Effective July 1, 2006, certificate holders in Kansas shall register annually on a form provided by the Clerk of the Appellate Courts and shall pay a certification renewal fee established by the Supreme Court Order. On or before May 1 of each year the Clerk of the Appellate Courts shall mail to each certificate holder, at his or her last known address, a statement of the amount of the renewal fee to be paid for the next year. The registration form and renewal fee must be received in the Clerk's Office on or before June 30. Failure of any certificate holder to receive a statement from the Clerk shall not excuse payment of the renewal fee. Every certificate holder shall within thirty days after any change of address notify the Clerk of such change. On July I of each year, all certificates which have not been renewed by payment of the annual renewal fee shall expire. An expired certificate may be reinstated up to and including June 30 of the following year upon payment of the delinquent renewal fee and a reinstatement fee equal in amount to the renewal fee. After that time an expired certificate shall not be subject to reinstatement without examination. (c) A court reporter who is no longer certified may produce certified transcripts of those proceedings which took p lace while the reporter's certificate was valid. [History: Am. effective January 3, 2006.] Handbook for Official Court Report ers Page 51
Rule 311 SUSPENSrON OR REVOCATION Upon reasonable notice to the holder, and after a hearing and for good cause shown, any certificate previously issued may be suspended or revoked by order of the Supreme Court. RULE 312 TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE (a) Any applicant to take the court reporter examination whose application to sit has been approved by the State Board of Examiners of Court Reporters may file with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts a request for a temporary certificate, accompanied by a nonrefundable $50. filing fee. (b) A temporary certificate may be issued to an official court reporter only if recruitment efforts in a particular county have been unsuccessful and the personnel officer requests the Supreme Court to issue a temporary certificate to a person the personnel officer deems qualified and who has an application on file with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts. No filing fee shall be required. (c) The temporary certificate shall be valid until the next regular or special examination held by the Board of Examiners, but if such examination is given within forty days after issuance of a temporary certificate, the candidate may continue to serve under the temporary certificate until the next regular or special examination. No more than one temporary certificate shall be issued to the same person except upon the written recommendation of the State Board of Examiners of Court Reporters. (d) Any reporter working under a temporary certificate shall have in place a tape back-up for any proceedings taken. (e) A transcript certified by a reporter working under a temporary certificate shall have the same effect as one certified by a regularly licensed court reporter. [History: Am. effective July 1, 1982; Am. effective December 3, 1996; Am. effective May 29, 2003; Am. (b) effective January 3, 2006.] Handbook for Official Court Report ers Page 52
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