§ 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.