Opinion No. Oag 29-90, (1990)

KENNETH J. BUKOWSKI, Corporation Counsel Brown County

You have asked for my opinion as to whether under section753.19, Stats., a county must "provide free copy machine services for state-employed court reporters when those court reporters make copies of transcripts for non-indigent litigants when the court reporters are being paid by the litigant for the transcript copies?"

In my opinion, the answer is no.

You state that court reporters charge the recipients of the transcripts for copies while at the same time refusing to reimburse the county for the use of the copying facilities.

Section 753.19…