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2003 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-166 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-166. Court reporters.
Each judge of a court of record having jurisdiction over criminal proceedings
shall be authorized, in all felony cases, and habeas corpus proceedings 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 pertinent to the court's findings of fact
and conclusions of law pertinent thereto. Such reporter shall be paid by the
Commonwealth on a per diem or work basis as appropriate out of the appropriation for
criminal charges.