15-14-1. Power of superior court judges to appoint and remove court reporters; oath and duties; utilization of digital recording systems.

The judges of the superior courts shall have power to appoint and, at their pleasure, to remove a court reporter, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22, for the courts of their respective circuits. The court reporter, before entering on the duties of the court reporter’s office, shall be duly sworn in open court to perform faithfully all the duties required of the court reporter by law. It shall be the court reporter’s duty to attend all courts in the circuit for which such court reporter is appointed and, when directed by the judge, to record exactly and truly or take stenographic notes of the testimony and proceedings in the case tried, except the arguments of counsel. Except as provided for in subsection (k) of Code Section 5-6-41, the judges may provide for the recording of cases and proceedings via a digital recording system, as defined in Code Section 15-14-22, and as provided for by uniform court rules adopted and published by order of the Supreme Court with the advice and consent of The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia when such recording is authorized pursuant to Code Section 5-6-41.