A. The County shall designate a leave code to be known as "Court Transcript Leave." Such leave shall be a leave-without-pay for all other purposes, but shall be treated as compensated time for the purposes of maintaining the employee's medical and dental benefits.

B. Court Transcript Leave may be requested by regular, full-time Court Reporters and with the approval of the Judges' Executive Committee and Managing Reporter may be granted when necessary to complete court transcripts.

C. The Managing Court Reporter or Presiding Judge shall first work towards filling vacancies created by such leave with existing County Court Reporters. If no County Court Reporter is available, an employee who has been approved for Court Transcript Leave may designate a Court Reporter Pro-Tem, who has been approved by the Judge and who will be paid by the County.