Section 70047 Of Article 11. Official Reporters And Fees In Particular Counties From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 11.
70047
. (a) In Contra Costa County, the annual salary of each
regular official reporter shall be based on a four-step salary plan
as established by joint action and approval of the board of
supervisors and a majority of the judges of the court. The step of
entry shall be step one. However, the judges of the court may appoint
any such reporter to a duly allocated exempt position at a higher
step if, in the opinion of the appointing judge, an individual to be
appointed has the experience and qualifications to entitle that
individual to a higher initial step, but in no case may the initial
salary be above the third step of the salary range. Official
reporters shall advance to the next higher step on the salary plan
annually, upon affirmative approval of the appointing authority. The
compensation of each official reporter pro tempore shall be an amount
which is equivalent to 1.05 times the daily wage of the fourth step
in the salary range for full-time official reporters in Contra Costa
County for each day the reporter is on duty under order of the court.
Additional official reporters pro tempore may also be appointed on a
half-day basis as the business of the court requires. Those
reporters shall be compensated at a rate which is 55 percent of the
daily wage of an official reporter pro tempore for each period up to
four hours that the reporter is on duty under the order of the court.
(b) During the hours which the court is open for the transaction
of judicial business, the regular official reporter shall perform the
duties required by law. When not engaged in the performance of any
other duty imposed upon him or her by law, he or she shall render
stenographic or clerical assistance to the judge of the court to
which he or she is assigned as that judge may direct.
(c) The board of supervisors shall adjust the salary of regular
official reporters as part of its regular review of county employee
compensation. The adjustment shall be to that salary level closest to
the average percentage adjustment in basic salaries of the county
classes of superior court clerk, legal clerk, secretary, and clerk
(experienced level), and shall be effective on the same date.