such employee is paid at a per-page rate which is not less than—
(i)#
the maximum rate established by State law or local ordinance for the jurisdiction of such public agency,
(ii)#
the maximum rate otherwise established by a judicial or administrative officer and in effect on July 1, 1995 , or
(iii)#
the rate freely negotiated between the employee and the party requesting the transcript, other than the judge who presided over the proceedings being transcribed, and