Section 70044.

When needed in order that the judicial business of the superior court in the county may be diligently carried on and a particular matter may proceed to trial or hearing without delay, a pro tempore official reporter may be appointed to perform the duties of a phonographic reporter in such matter, or until a regular official reporter becomes available for such service. A pro tempore official reporter for such service may be appointed by the presiding judge of the court and the judge presiding in the department where such reporter will serve. If such appointment is made for service in a contested matter, it shall be made only pursuant to a written stipulation of the parties appearing at the trial or hearing or other proceeding to be reported by such pro tempore reporter.

A pro tempore official reporter who has passed the test on qualifications and has a certificate thereof on file among the records of the court as prescribed by Section 69943, and who has been appointed a pro tempore official reporter by a majority of the judges of such court pursuant to Section 69941, may serve in any matter without further order of the court or stipulation of the parties.

(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1259.)