319 - Taking of hearings by official stenographer.

§  319.  Taking of hearings by official stenographer. Upon any hearing  provided for in article one  hundred  seventy  or  article  one  hundred  eighty  of  the  criminal procedure law, by or before any local criminal  court by which an official stenographer shall have been appointed, under  provision of law therefor, stenographic minutes of the hearing shall  be  taken by such stenographer. Where the defendant is charged with a felony  and  is  either held for the action of a grand jury or not so held, upon  the request of  the  district  attorney  a  copy  of  such  stenographic  minutes,  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  other law, shall be  furnished by such official stenographer to the district attorney of  the  county.    Such stenographer shall be compensated at the rate prescribed  by the civil practice law and rules, and such compensation  shall  be  a  county charge.