RULE 80                                                
                      COURT REPORTERS                                            
                                                                                 
    (a) (Reserved.)                                                              
    (b) Electronic Recording. In any civil or criminal proceedings,              
electronic or mechanical recording devices approved by the Administrator         
for the Courts may be used to record oral testimony and other oral               
proceedings in lieu of or supplementary to causing shorthand notes thereof       
to be taken. In all matters the use of such devices shall rest within the        
sole discretion of the court.                                                    
    (c) Recording Proceedings in Superior Court by Means of Videotape. All       
superior courts that elect to use video equipment to record proceedings          
shall comply with courtroom procedures published by the Office of the            
Administrator for the Courts.