P.R. Laws tit. 4A, § 3
When the Administrative Judge orders the stenographer to record his notes of a specific case on magnetic tapes, the latter shall proceed to record them within the term of ten (10) days starting as of the date of the notification of said order and within the said term he shall send written notice of the preparation of the recording to the Clerk of the Court. The Clerk of the Court shall immediately appoint one or more court stenographers or any other personnel thereof to make the transcript of said recording, except in the case when the Administrative Judge has authorized the party or parties to prepare the same. The person or persons appointed to transcribe the evidence shall deliver the said transcript to the Clerk within the term agreed upon with the latter, term which shall not exceed thirty (30) days. As soon as the Clerk receives the said transcript he shall submit it to the corresponding stenographer for the latter to check and duly certify it. The stenographer shall present the duly corrected and certified transcript of evidence to the Clerk of the Court within a term not exceeding ten (10) days to be counted from the date it was delivered to him. As soon as the Clerk files the duly certified record he shall deliver half of the fees deposited to the stenographer and in the event the transcript has been made by personnel of the court he shall deliver the other half to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefit of the State, according to the rules in force. Whenever the transcript is prepared by private personnel furnished by the party or parties at their request and as ordered by the Administrative Judge, half of the fees shall be delivered to the stenographer and the rest shall be returned to the corresponding party or parties. After a written grounded [sic] petition and in the presence of extraordinary circumstances the terms set forth herein may be extended through a written order of the Administrative Judge.
History —July 14, 1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.