Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-106.3B

Only the following persons may act and are eligible for

appointment on a full-time or part-time basis as official court

reporters for the courts, including the Workers' Compensation

Commission, Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, and the

Corporation Commission:

1. Persons now certified or hereafter certified by the State

Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters shall be given

primary consideration for appointment;

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2. Persons who, prior to July 1, 1978, were licensed as

licensed shorthand reporters by the State Board of Examiners of

Certified Shorthand Reporters shall be given secondary consideration

for appointment;

3. Persons who, prior to July 1, 1978, were acting shorthand

reporters under a certificate issued by the Chief Justice;

4. When no person eligible for appointment as an official court

reporter, as provided above, is available for appointment, a

presiding judge or a district judge may make application to the

Chief Justice to appoint a shorthand reporter on a temporary basis.

The candidate must file with the State Board of Examiners of

Certified Shorthand Reporters a properly completed application for a

temporary certificate, along with any other supporting documents or

information required by the Board, and shall pay the applicable

examination fee as set forth in the fee schedule issued by the Board

which shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Supreme Court. The

Board shall advise the Chief Justice if the applicant is recommended

for a temporary certificate. The Chief Justice may issue a

temporary certificate valid for not more than twelve (12) months.

The temporary certificate shall be nonrenewable, except in emergency

situations as determined by the Chief Justice. Absent good cause

shown as determined by the State Board of Examiners of Certified

Shorthand Reporters, a temporary certificate holder shall sit for at

least one Oklahoma certified shorthand reporter examination

administered during the term of the temporary certificate. The

holder shall be required to transcribe the examination, and the

examination results shall be reported to the holder's supervisory

judge;

5. The appointment of an official court reporter by a district

or presiding judge shall be subject to the approval of the Chief

Justice. Before giving his approval to the appointment, the Chief

Justice shall determine, with the aid of the Administrative Director

of the Courts, that the appointing judge has given proper

consideration to the statutory preference accorded herein to

certified and licensed reporters; and

6. A temporary court reporter, either while so serving or after

the expiration of this appointment, shall be required to transcribe

any testimony and other proceedings taken by him and to certify that

the transcription is true and correct. A transcript certified by a

temporary court reporter shall have the same effect as one certified

by a regular court reporter.