11RS Senate Bill 60

Senate Bill 60

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Last Action	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to the licensure of court reporters and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	474
Sponsor	J. Higdon
Summary of Original Version	Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 309, regarding the licensing and regulation of court reporters; define terms; prohibit a person from practicing court reporting unless licensed; clarify that a court reporter is not required for any court proceeding, administrative proceeding, deposition, or any other proceeding, but if a court reporter is retained for the proceeding the court reporter must be licensed; establish the Kentucky Board of Court Reporting and its appointment, terms of office, and meeting procedures; delineate the duties of the board; require the board to administer and effectuate the purposes of the Act and to promulgate administrative regulations; establish requirements for licensure; establish the term of the license as two years; allow the board to enter into reciprocal agreements for licensure if the board finds that the state, agency, or other entity has the same or more stringent requirements as the board; include requirements that a nonresident must meet to be licensed; require the board to promulgate licensing fees in an administrative regulation; set fees within specified limits; require the board to promulgate by administrative regulation the specific continuing education required for license renewal; establish other renewal procedures; permit any person engaged in court reporting on the effective date of this Act to be licensed for an initial two-year period if the person applies and certain requirements are met; permit any member of the Kentucky Court Reporters Association holding the certified court reporter designation on the effective date of this Act to apply and be licensed if certain requirements are met; permit any person engaged in court reporting and who holds the Registered Professional Reporter designation or higher to be licensed if certain requirements are met; allow temporary licensure including a limit on the number of temporary licenses issued; require a person conducting business as a court reporting firm to be licensed; indicate the requirements for a person to be licensed as a court reporting firm including the appointment of a designated representative for the firm; establish requirements for the designated representative of the firm; establish renewal procedures for the firm; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations for continuing education for a designated representative for renewal or reinstatement of a firm's license that uses a designated representative not holding a license as a court reporter; indicate the requirements for reinstatement of a court reporter firm license and require the board to establish the reinstatement fee in administrative regulations; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations establishing an inactive status; enumerate grounds of disciplinary action by the board against a licensee; allow the board to impose a fine not to exceed $1,000 in lieu of or in addition to other penalties imposed by the board; add conditions for reinstatement of a license; authorize the board to conduct administrative hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; specify the investigation and complaint process; enable the board to seek remedies at law or equity in the Circuit Court of the county in which the licensee resides to restrain or enjoin unauthorized practice; grant right to an appeal of any final order of the board to the Circuit Court of the county in which the licensee resides; establish a Kentucky Board of Court Reporting fund to fund the board; provide that any amount remaining at the close of the fiscal year not needed to defray expenses incurred by the board shall be transferred to the special account established by KRS 31.185(4) and used to offset the costs of providing court reporting services to indigent parties in criminal cases and to assist indigent parties in obtaining transcripts; name this Act the Kentucky Court Reporter Act of 2011.
Index Headings of Original Version	Occupations and Professions - Court reporter board, establishment of Occupations and Professions - Court reporters, firms, licensure requirements Advertising - Court reporters, firms, licensure requirement Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Court reporters, disciplinary action, hearing process, investigation of Appropriations - Court reporters, Kentucky Board of Court Reporting fund, creation of Associations - Court reporters, membership and licensure Court Reporters - Firms, licensure requirement Court Reporters - State board, licensure establishment of Courts - Court reporter board, establishment of Courts - Court reporters, firms, licensure requirement Fees - Court reporters, licensing fees, establishment of Licensing - Court reporters, firms, requirements

01/06/11	introduced in Senate
02/01/11	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)