In accordance with Section 5 of the Court Reporters Act (705 JLCS 70/5), the employer representatives adopt the following Uniform Schedule of Charges for Transcripts of evidence and proceedings:
1. Transcript charges shall be computed on a “per page” basis.
2. Each page for which a charge is to be made shall meet the minimum standards set forth in the Administrative Regulations for Court Reporting Services in the Illinois Courts.
3. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 607, indigent defendants shall be entitled to a copy of the report of proceedings without charge. Therefore, the original rate shall include one copy for the defendant.
4. Pursuant to the Administrative Regulations, other than transcripts ordered by the State of Illinois, court reporting services employees may charge a premium for expedited production of transcripts as permitted below.
5. In any instance where page rate is set by a collective bargaining contract, to any extent where inconsistencies may exist, the contract shall prevail.
6. The page rates below are effective for requests made on or after July 1, 2017 for appeals and July 21, 2017 for all other transcripts.
7. Regular copy delivery (the period allowed by law or rule or any extensions thereof) charges shall be:
(a) All Originals $4.00 per page
(b) Private Party Copy $1.00 per page
(c) Government Copy $0.50 per page
8. Expedited copy delivery (when the party requests delivery of a transcript more than 24 hours but less than seven (7) days from the request or proceeding) charges shall be:
(a) Expedited Original $4.75 per page
(b) Private Party Copy $1.50 per page
(c) Government Copy $0.50 per page
9. Daily copy delivery (when the party requests delivery within 24 hours from the request or proceeding) charges shall be:
(a) Daily Copy Original $5.50 per page
(b) Private Party Copy $2.00 per page
(c) Government Copy $0.75 per page
10. Daily copy to be delivered within 24 hours of the proceeding must be approved by the judge to whom the case is assigned. If that judge is unavailable, a judge of the circuit to which the case is assigned may enter an order allowing the court reporting services · employee to prepare daily copy.