(1) All testimony and argument of all hearings held pursuant to section 8-43-207 concerning any issue arising under articles 40 to 47 of this title shall either be taken verbatim by a hearing reporter or shall be electronically recorded by the division.
Any party in interest may order a transcript at any time from a hearing reporter, acourt reporter provided by any party, or, if the hearing is recorded, from the division. For purposes of a petition to review, a transcript shall be all testimony taken that is relevant to the issue being appealed. In the preparation of transcripts, hearing reporters shall give preference to transcripts as part of the record in a petition to review; except that all transcripts shall be prepared and filed with the office of administrative courts within twenty-five working days after the date they were ordered. Hearing reporters shall be paid for transcripts and copies at the rate set by the supreme court for reporters in courts of record. If a court reporter is unable to meet the time limit specified in this section, any party, at its own expense, or the administrative law judge may contract with another court reporter to ensure the timely preparation of transcripts.
Upon a satisfactory showing to the director in writing that a party petitioning toreview is indigent and unable to pay for the preparation of the transcript, the director may order a transcript to be prepared at the division's expense, and, if the transcript was prepared by a hearing reporter, the division shall pay the hearing reporter the fee therefor.
When a transcript is ordered as part of the record on a petition to review, the originalof the transcript shall be filed with the division where it shall be available to all parties in interest.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 506, § 1, effective July 1. L. 91: (2) amended, p. 1320, § 30, effective July 1. L. 2005: (2) amended, p. 856, § 16, effective June 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-53-106 as it existed prior to 1990.