NAC533.220. Hearings: Reporting by court reporter; availability and costs of transcripts.

     1. The State Engineer will ensure that proceedings at hearings are reported by a certified court reporter.

     2. The original and one copy of the transcript of the proceedings must be filed with the State Engineer.

     3. The applicant and the protestant shall bear equally the fees of the court reporter for:

     (a) The appearance of the court reporter;

     (b) The travel expenses of the court reporter; and

     (c) Reporting and transcribing the portion of the transcript consisting of comments by the State Engineer and the public.

     4. The applicant and the protestant shall bear pro rata, based on the percentage of the transcript taken up by their own case, the fees of the court reporter for reporting and transcribing the portion of the transcript taken up by the applicant’s and the protestant’s case.

     5. Any person may obtain a copy of a transcript prepared under this section by requesting such a copy from the Office of the State Engineer or the court reporter and upon payment of the actual cost of obtaining the copy from the court reporter.

     (Added to NAC by St. Engineer, eff. 2-8-95)