§ 4-22-4-1 — Transcript fees; transcripts provided at state expense; transcripts provided at reproduction cost under federal law

(a) As used in this section, "court reporter" has
the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-2-1(k).
(b) Whenever a transcript is furnished to a litigant or other party
interested in any industrial accident case heard before any state
department, board, or commission, or to any petitioner, remonstrator,
intervener, or any other party in any proceeding before the utility
regulatory commission, the fee for the transcript shall be the property
of the court reporter employed by the state department, board or
commission who has prepared the transcript.
(c) A party litigant in an industrial accident case or a party in a
proceeding before the utility regulatory commission may be provided
a transcript at state expense if the party litigant or party files a verified
application for provision of a transcript and it is established in a
hearing upon the application that:
(1) the applicant will perfect an appeal for which the transcript is
requested;
(2) no other person or party in the proceeding has filed a request
for a transcript which transcript would be available to the
applicant; and
(3) the applicant lacks sufficient resources, and cannot reasonably
obtain sufficient resources, to pay for the transcript.
(d) Whenever any state department, board, or commission orders
that a transcript be provided to a person or party litigant under
subsection (c), the court reporter to whom the fee is due shall prepare
a statement, under oath, of the cost of preparation of the transcript.
Upon receipt of the statement, the state department, board, or
commission shall certify the statement and present it to the state
comptroller who shall pay the cost of the transcript out of the state
general fund.
(e) Whenever any state agency is required by federal law to provide
a person or party litigant with a copy of a transcript at reproduction cost
only, the court reporter to whom the fee is due shall prepare separate
statements of the cost of production of the transcript and the cost of
reproduction of the transcript. The statement for production of the
transcript shall be presented to the state agency which shall pay the
statement out of the funds appropriated to it, and the statement for
reproduction of the transcript shall be presented to the person or party
litigant who has requested the reproduction of the transcript.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.218, s.1. As amended by Acts 1979,
P.L.26, SEC.1; P.L.23-1988, SEC.2; P.L.9-2024, SEC.100; P.L.9-2025,
SEC.1.