Power of city court judges to appoint; compensation

(a) The judges of the city courts of this state having concurrent jurisdiction with the superior courts of this state to try misdemeanor cases and to try civil cases where the amount involved exceeds $500.00, where not otherwise specifically provided for by law, may appoint an official court reporter, as defined in Article 2 of this chapter, whose compensation for reporting criminal and civil cases and for attendance upon court shall be the same as provided by the Judicial Council pursuant to Code Section 15-5-21. The court reporter reporting and transcribing civil cases shall be paid by the party or parties requesting the reporting or transcribing. (b) This Code section shall not apply to the city courts of this state where provision has been made by law prior to February 13, 1950, for the appointment of the official reporters of city courts. (Ga. L. 1950, p. 149, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6.) 15-14-3. Power of division judges to appoint and remove; oath; duties. Each of the judges of the superior and city courts in all circuits where there may be more than one division, whether the same is civil or criminal, shall appoint and at such judge’s pleasure remove a court reporter, as defined in Article 2 of this chapter, for such judge’s respective division. The court reporter, before entering on the duties of the court reporter’s office, shall be duly sworn in open court to perform faithfully all the duties required. It shall be the court reporter’s duty to attend all sessions of the court for which such court reporter is appointed and, when directed by the judge, to record exactly and truly 218 15-14-4 or take stenographic notes of the testimony and proceedings in the case tried, except the argument of counsel. (Ga. L. 1876, p. 133, § 1; Code 1882, § 4696a; Ga. L. 1894, p. 53, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4446; Civil Code 1910, § 4984; Ga. L. 1914, p. 59, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-3102; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6.)