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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-60 (2025)

Appointment of official court reporters. Definitions. Adoption of policies and procedures

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(a) As used in this chapter:

(1) “State's attorney” means a state's attorney, assistant state's attorney, deputy assistant state's attorney and special deputy assistant state's attorney;

(2) “Public defender” means a public defender, assistant public defender, deputy assistant public defender and Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel;

(3) “Public official” means any official of (A) the state, (B) any state agency, board or commission, or (C) a municipality of the state acting in an official capacity;

(4) “Transcript” means the official written record of a proceeding, or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, testimony and arguments of counsel, produced in the Superior, Appellate or Supreme Court, by an official court reporter, a court recording monitor or any other entity designated by the Chief Court Administrator; and

(5) “Transcript page” means a page consisting of twenty-seven double-spaced lines on paper eight and one-half by eleven inches in size, if printed, with sixty spaces available per line, on paper or stored in an electronic medium that is retrievable in a perceivable form.

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall appoint official court reporters for the court as the administrator determines the business of the court requires.

(c) The Chief Court Administrator shall adopt policies and procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the establishment and administration of a system of fees for production of expedited transcripts.

(1949 Rev., S. 7727; 1957, P.A. 199, S. 2; 445, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 16, S. 1; P.A. 76-436, S. 73, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 20, 65; P.A. 78-280, S. 78, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 58; P.A. 84-529, S. 2; P.A. 15-85, S. 9; P.A. 19-64, S. 4; P.A. 21-104, S. 41; P.A. 22-26, S. 15; P.A. 24-108, S. 12.)

History: 1969 act deleted requirement that court reporter for Waterbury be a resident of that city; P.A. 76-436 authorized appointment of assistant court reporters, changed reporters' term of appointment from two years to one year and added provisions re salary and examination requirements, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-576 substituted judicial district for county and deleted specific reference to Waterbury, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 specified that committee of judges has power to remove reporters from office and deleted reference to reporters' receipt of compensation as was received in common pleas court pursuant to compensation plan under Sec. 51-12; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs., deleted provisions re salaries and appointment of court reporter for Stamford and added “provided for under section 51-63” after “examination”; P.A. 84-529 deleted requirement of annual appointment of court reporters by judges of the superior court at their annual meeting in June and deleted Subsec. (b) re one-year term of office of court reporters, relettering former Subsec. (c) accordingly; P.A. 15-85 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re appointment of stenographers as official court reporter and assistant court reporters; P.A. 19-64 added new Subsec. (a) defining “state's attorney”, “public defender”, “public official”, “transcript” and “transcript page”, redesignated existing Subsec. (a) as new Subsec. (b), deleted former Subsec. (b) re appointment and placement in higher salary classification of court reporters who had not passed examinations provided for in Sec. 51-63 and added Subsec. (c) re Chief Court Administrator to adopt policies and procedures to implement provisions of chapter, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-104 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by adding “or any other entity”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-26 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “transcript page”, May 10, 2022; P.A. 24-108 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting Chief Court Administrator for judges of the Superior Court and an authorized committee thereof re appointment of official court reporters, effective June 4, 2024.

See Sec. 51-63 re salary and fees of court reporters.

See Sec. 51-166 re annual meeting of judges.

Former statute cited. 128 C. 290.

Cited. 33 CA 311.

Cited. 36 CS 9; 43 CS 246.

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Cited in 3 cases, 1979–1993 · leading case: State v. Reddick, 635 A.2d 848 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993).
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State v. Reddick, 635 A.2d 848 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 51-60 (a) provides: “The judges of the superior court shall appoint one skillful stenographer for each judicial district to be the official court reporter of the superior court therein, and shall appoint as many stenographers to be assistant court reporters…”
Fromer v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 649 A.2d 542 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1993). · cites it 2× “The defendant clerk, in his brief, points out that official court reporters and assistant court reporters are appointed by the judges of the Superior Court pursuant to General Statutes § 51-60 (a). Similarly, court monitors are employed by the judicial branch pursuant to General…”
State v. Anonymous, 36 Conn. Supp. 9 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 51-60. Trial notes by counsel cannot meet the advantage of an official transcript and a litigant is entitled to all reasonable means of ensuring a fair and just trial.”
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