Title: IN RE TEMPORARY ELECTRONIC FILING R
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: AF 14-0745
State: Montana
Issuer: Montana Supreme Court
Date: May 17, 2016

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA AF 14-0745 IN RE TEMPORARY ELECTRONIC FILING RULES. ORDER FILE MAY 1 7 2016 Ei Smith . STATE LERK OF TH OF E SUPREME COUR.' MONTANA On November 19, 2014, the Supreme Court adopted Temporary Electronic Filing Rules. Rule 12(a)(2) allows court reporters to file transcripts electronically. As written the temporary rules did not address the billing for transcripts filed electronically. Based upon feedback from the user groups piloting E-filing and the Montana Court Reporters Association, the Court has determined that Rule 12(a)(2) should be amended to facilitate the payment for electronic filing of transcripts. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, effective immediately, Rule 12(a)(2) of Temporary Electronic Filing Rules is amended as follows (new language underlined): 12. Electronically filing documents in a case on appeal: (a) In the supreme court, including extraordinary writs, supervisory control and original proceedings: 1. The clerk of the originating court may electronically file the originating court record or provide a hyperlink to the court record with a certification that the electronic court record is accurate and complete. 2. Court reporters may electronically file transcripts. For payment purposes, the electronically filed transcript shall be billed as one original, one copy for the Court and a copy for each party to the appeal as outlined in the appellate rules and 3-5-604, MCA. May 17 2016 Case Number: AF 14-0745 The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to the President of the Montana Court Reporters Association, the Montana State Law Library, the State Bar of Montana, the Appellate Defender's Office, the Attorney General's Office, and to each member of the Supreme Court Commission on Technology. DATED this7 A day of May, 2016. Chief Justice at,,.,(toeffe, 2