Section 31.01.01.286 - TRANSCRIPTS01.Form of Transcripts -- Cover Sheet. Transcripts must be prepared on white eight and one-half by eleven-inch (8 1/2" x 11") paper. The lines of each page shall be double-spaced with at least twenty-five (25) lines and no more than thirty (30) lines per page. Quotations, citations, and parenthetical notes may be single-spaced. Each line shall be numbered on the left margin. The cover page of each volume of transcript must show the title of the proceeding, the case number, the presiding officer, the time, and place of hearing, and other information as shown below: Click here to view image
02.Volumes of Transcript -- Indices to Volumes. Each day of hearing must be transcribed in a volume or volumes separate from other days of hearing. Each volume of transcript must begin with a list of the parties who appeared that day and their representatives at hearing that day. This list must be followed with a list of all witnesses whose testimony is reported in that volume, showing the pages at which each witness's testimony begins, what party (if any) called the witness, the pages upon which each other party's examination begins, the pages upon which each Commissioner's or hearing examiner's examination begins, and the pages upon which redirect examination or any party's, Commissioner's or hearing examiner's re-examination begins. These lists must be followed with a list showing all exhibits identified in that volume of transcript (including exhibits accompanying prepared testimony), the pages upon which they are first identified, and, if any exhibits are denied admission, the pages upon which the exhibits are denied admission.03.Matters Included in Transcript. The transcript must contain all discussions on the record while the hearing is in order. Unless otherwise directed by the Commission, the presiding officer, or the Commission Secretary, prepared testimony must be included in the transcript without change or retyping. Witness's corrections to prepared testimony should be made by distributing replacement pages to the reporter and describing those corrections on the record and/or distributing an errata sheet; unless otherwise directed, no corrections other than replacement pages will be made in the prepared testimony before it is incorporated in the transcript, except the reporter may make minor corrections by interlineation in the prepared testimony. Witnesses may have seven (7) days after hearing to distribute replacement pages to all parties and to the reporter, unless the Commission, the presiding officer or the Commission Secretary otherwise directs.04.Marginal Notes. The testimony of all witnesses reported in the transcript must be designated in the lower right margin by the witness's surname and the party sponsoring the witness's testimony. Witnesses not sponsored by any party must be designated "Public." The type of testimony must be shown following the witness's surname as "Di" (direct or redirect), "X" (examination by any party not sponsoring the witness), or "Com" (examination by a Commissioner or hearing examiner). Examples of the designations required by this Rule follow: Accountant, Di; | Accountant, Com; Ratepayer, X |
ABC Company | ABC Company Public |
Discussions on the record that are not testimony or examination may be labeled "argument," "decision," "colloquy," etc., to describe what is reported.
05.Volume Size -- Number of Pages. Transcript volumes should not exceed three hundred (300) pages unless the transcript can be completed in three hundred fifty (350) pages or less. Transcript volumes and pages of all proceedings on the record, including prehearing conferences, hearings, arguments, and any other proceedings on the record, must be numbered consecutively. For example, if a prehearing conference on the record preceded a hearing, the transcript volume and page numbers of the hearing would be numbered consecutively with that of the prehearing conference.06.Number of Copies -- Binding. The reporter shall prepare an original and one (1) copy of the transcript for the Commission. The original of each transcript shall be filed with the Commission Secretary unbound but each volume shall be separated (if applicable). Copies of the transcript shall be fastened at the left margin in spiral or plastic-type binding, so as to open flat.07.Compressed Transcript. Any party may request a compressed transcript having no more than four (4) pages of regular transcript on a page. Each volume of compressed transcript shall contain no more than two hundred (200) pages unless the transcript can be completed in two hundred fifty (250) pages or less. A compressed transcript may be duplexed. The pagination shall be horizontal as follows: 08.Computer-Searchable Transcript. Any party may request a computer-searchable disk of the written transcript. The disk shall be in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) or other searchable format agreed upon by the reporter and the party ordering the disk.09.Purchase of Transcript. Any party or other person may request and pay for a copy of a transcript or portions of the transcript from the reporter.Idaho Admin. Code r. 31.01.01.286