COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Revises provisions of law regarding court reporters and the court reporter pool employed by the Louisiana Supreme Court

Repealed the mandate for the state to pay an annual salary of $15,000 to court reporters in the Supreme Court's pool.

Repealed the requirement for the Supreme Court to maintain a pool of 30 emergency court reporters available for assignment to district courts.

Removed the legal definition and authority granted to emergency court reporters appointed by the Supreme Court.

Repealed the rules governing the assignment, duties, and travel expense reimbursement for the court reporter pool.

The enrolled version explicitly defines stenographer-reporters for the Board of Tax Appeals as having the authority of an official reporter and considers them certified digital reporters, a clarification absent in the engrossed draft.

Section 2 was added to specify the effective date of the act upon gubernatorial signature or expiration of the signing period, and upon legislative approval if vetoed.

Official signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor were added to finalize the bill as law.

The legislative digest and summary of amendments, which explain the bill's purpose and history, were removed as they are not part of the final legal text.