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A Future for Court Reporting and Your Job Security
CCRA boasts
a highly successful team of court reporting professionals who are knowledgeable
and skilled in the California legislative arena. CCRA has defeated every
single bill ever introduced to replace court reporters with ER. Since 1980
there have been eleven such attempts. CCRA provides extensive lobbying efforts
in Sacramento and is the only organization lobbying for all reporters, both
officials and freelancers.
Enhanced Court Reporting Environment
CCRA has sponsored key legislation
designed to make your job easier and more enjoyable.
For officials, this includes legislation to provide additional fees for
one-person dailies, additional fees for transcripts on disk, protection
for transcript copies, increase of folio rates, and indemnification for
realtime transcripts.
For freelancers this includes sponsorship of legislation to eliminate
the requirement to be a notary public to swear witnesses at depositions,
indemnification for realtime transcripts, and the right to sell deposition
transcript copies to anyone requesting one, absent a protective order. (Freelancers could previously only sell copies to parties to a case while
other legal professionals were actively selling, trading, and data banking
our transcripts.)
CCRA supported the consumer attorneys with funding and grass roots phone
calls on the 1996 tort reform initiatives. Passage of these initiatives
would have greatly diminished the number of depositions being taken.
CCRA has also sponsored legislation to exempt transcribers from being
classified as employees by the EDD, sponsored legislation to establish the
CSR Board, as well as legislation which created the Transcript Reimbursement
Fund, a fund which gives relief to indigent litigants without court reporters
working for free.
CCRA Online
The only California state publication devoted
to both officials and freelancers, this truly invaluable publication keeps
you informed on professional trends, technological developments, and legislative
and legal issues. Learn what is going on in the reporting community and
the latest developments in your profession. CCRA Online is a monthly electronic
magazine.
Continuing Education Seminars
Exciting, state-of-the-art seminars
and conventions, held at various locations around the state, for your convenience.
These provide professional enhancement and CE accreditation for your NCRA
status on a wide array of reporting-related topics, including recent changes
in the laws which affect you. Meet court reporting's most influential leaders
and make contact with vendors who showcase the latest technology. Networking
events provide you with the opportunity to meet new people and have some
fun!
Insurance Programs
As a CCRA member, you are entitled to group guaranteed issue
health insurance coverage through Aetna, discounted long term income disability
and long term care coverage.
Contact:
Southern
California - Kouzmanoff Financial
800-653-8003
gkouzmanoff@kouzfinancial.com
Northern
California - Dave White & Associates
800-548-2671
x2664
marketing@dwassociates.com
Other Benefits
A credit card is available through MBNA.
Tax Deductions
Contributions or gifts to California Court
Reporters Association are not tax deductible as charitable
contributions for Federal income tax purposes. However, they may be tax deductible under other
provision of the Internal Revenue Code except that portion of your dues, which
are allocated to association lobbying expenses. California Court
Reporters Association estimates that your dues, which are allocated to
lobbying expenses is 56% for the year 2003.
Membership
Information
CCRA Mission Statement
The mission of the California Court Reporters Association is to advance
the profession of verbatim shorthand reporting by promoting professional
reporting excellence through education, research, and the use of state-of-the-art
technology; establishing and maintaining professional standards of practice;
and advocating before legislative and regulatory bodies on issues which
impact the judicial system and others served by the court reporting profession
of California.
CCRA membership
will run 12 months from the last day of the month in which
you join.
Membership in CCRA does not represent an
endorsement by CCRA of the member's company. Members of CCRA are
individuals, not companies.
Membership Types
Regular
Member - $135
Must hold a
valid California CSR license.
Participating
Member - $135
Must have
passed the State of California test for
Hearing Reporters or must have
passed Municipal or Superior court statutory
test for official shorthand reporters in
California or must hold
either the NCRA RPR or RMR
Associate
Member - $135
Must qualify
as an associate under Article IV, Section 2F, of the
CCRA Bylaws.
Retired
Member - $58
Must
have been a CCRA member in good standing for the
last consecutive 10 years and have permanently
retired from the active practice of shorthand
reporting or from the active teaching of shorthand.
Instructor Member - $68
Must be
an instructor in the
court reporting program at an accredited school.
Student
Member - $30
Must not
qualify for Associate, Participating or Regular
Membership.
Must be a student attending a recognized court
reporting school:
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