- (a) Whenever any employee, department, or other person actively interested in a matter before the board and for which a hearing will be or has been held, requests that the board prepare a transcript, the board may establish reasonable fees for the preparation, production, and dissemination of that transcript.
- (b) The fee established by the board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not exceed the prevailing rate or cost for a transcript, but shall in no event exceed the actual cost of preparation, production, and dissemination of a transcript.