Telephonic Hearing Costs

(a) The party convenienced by holding a hearing telephonically shall pay the telephone cost of the hearing. The court shall pay the telephone cost if the judge is able to avoid traveling to the hearing. The defendant shall pay the cost if the civil defendant, criminal defendant who is not in custody, defense attorney or defense witness is able to avoid traveling to the hearing. The plaintiff or prosecution shall pay the cost if the plaintiff, prosecutor, witness the plaintiff or prosecution, or criminal defendant who is in custody is able to avoid traveling to the hearing. When a hearing is set telephonically at the request of or for the convenience of more than one party, the court may order one of those parties to pay the cost and order to compensate that party for a portion of the cost. the other convenienced parties for (b) The administrative director may, by administrative bulletin, exempt particular categories of hearings from subsection (a) above. (Adopted by SCO 792 effective March 15, 1987; amended by SCO 1725 effective October 15, 2010) 69 ALASKA COURT RULES ALASKA COURT SYSTEM OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN NO. 79 (AMENDED July 22, 2016) TO: ALL HOLDERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN SETS: All Justices All Judges Area Court Administrators Clerk of the Appellate Courts Rural Court Training Assistants All Full-Time Clerks of Court All Magistrates Law Libraries at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau & Ketchikan Senior Staff Administrative Assistant Court Analyst Central Services Manager Judicial Services APD Warrants SUBJECT: COSTS OF TELEPHONIC HEARINGS In accordance with Administrative Rule 48(b), the following categories of hearings are exempt from subsection (a) of Administrative Rule 48: (1) (2) The court system will pay for telephonic hearing costs whenever a court uses the court system’s contracted teleconference provider’s conference system1 to allow a party, witness, attorney, or other required participant to be present at a hearing by telephone. telephonically must pay If the conference system is not available, the party convenienced by holding the the hearing in that assessing the court determines Administrative Rule 48(a), unless telephonic hearing costs to a party would unduly disrupt the conduct of a hearing. telephone costs, as provided The court is authorized to pay for these calls because the cost is anticipated to be minimal, or the convenience to the court outweighs the cost of the calls. Dated: July 22, 2016 /s/______________________________ Christine E. Johnson Administrative Director Amendments: October 1, 2010; August 11, 2014; July 22, 2016 _________________________ 1The court’s current teleconference provider is Level 3 Conferencing, formerly known as Global Crossing Ready Access. 70 RULES OF ADMINISTRATION