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Dear Mr. Bubrig, Sr.:

This office is in receipt of your opinion request of recent date wherein you asked can a sum in excess of $1.50 per 31 line page be charged without a special statute being enacted for the 25th Judicial District and in the event of non-transcription, can any compensation be paid for the untranscribed testimony?

LSA-R.S. 13:961F(1)(a): provides in relevant part:

In all civil and criminal cases a fee not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per thirty-one-line page and twenty-five cents per copy reported and transcribed shall be charged by and be paid to the court reporter who…