CHAPTER 486

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
17-80.1:1, to provide for a court reporter in certain courts. P
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Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
17-30.1 :1, as follows:

§ 17-30.1:1. Each judge of a court of record having jurisdiction
over criminal proceedings shall be authorized, in all felony cases, to appoint
a court reporter to report proceedings or to operate mechanical or electrical
devices for recording proceedings, to transcribe the report or record of such
proceedings, to perform any stenographic work related to such report,
record or transcript, and to perform stenographic work relating to habeas
corpus proceedings within such court’s jurisdiction, including work per-
tinent to the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pertinent there-
to. Such reporter shall be paid by the Commonwealth on a per diem or work
basis as appropriate out of the appropriation for criminal charges.