Section 12-17-292 - Term; compensation(a) Every supernumerary court reporter shall serve for life and receive annually a salary equal to 50 percent of the state salary payable to the highest paid official court reporter, unless the salary paid to the highest paid official court reporter becomes less than the salary of the official court reporter upon which the salary for a supernumerary court reporter was previously based, and then the salary paid to the supernumerary court reporter may not be reduced on account thereof.(b) The salary payable to a supernumerary court reporter shall be paid out of the State Treasury as other salaries are paid, but a supernumerary court reporter designated to perform services as a court reporter in court shall be compensated, in lieu of the salary specified in subsection (a), in like manner and as official court reporters are paid, for the duration of his or her services in court.Ala. Code § 12-17-292 (1975)
Amended by Act 2018-148,§ 1, eff. 3/1/2018.Acts 1961, No. 817, p. 1204, §3; Acts 1967, No. 753, p. 1607; Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-110; Acts 1987, No. 87-777, p. 1525, §3.