New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter I - Standards and Administrative Policies
Subchapter B - Administrative Delegations Of The Chief Judge
Part 80 - Administrative Delegation Number 1
Section 80.1 - Chief Administrator of the Courts; general powers and duties
Universal Citation: 22 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 80.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The Chief Administrator shall supervise on behalf of the Chief Judge the administration and operation of the unified court system, except as otherwise provided in section 80.3 of this Part with respect to the Appellate Divisions and Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court, and section 80.4 with respect to the Court of Appeals.
(b) In the exercise of this delegated responsibility and in accordance with the standards and administrative policies established, approved and promulgated pursuant to article VI, section 28(c) of the Constitution, the Chief Administrator shall:
(1) prepare the itemized estimates of
the annual financial needs of the unified court system. These itemized
estimates, approved by the Court of Appeals and certified by the Chief Judge,
shall be transmitted by the Chief Administrator to the Governor and to the
chairmen of the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees and the Assembly Ways
and Means and Judiciary Committees not later than the first day of
December;
(2)
establish the regular hours, terms and parts of court, and assign judges and
justices to them, in consultation and agreement with the Presiding Justices of
the appropriate Appellate Divisions on behalf of their respective courts;
provided that if the Chief Administrator and the Presiding Justices are unable
to agree, the matter shall be determined by the Chief Judge. Consultation and
agreement shall not be required for temporary assignments, nor for the
establishment of temporary hours, terms and parts of court;
(3) appoint and remove, upon
nomination or recommendation of the appropriate administrative judge,
supervising judge or judge of the court in which the position is to be filled
or the employee works, or other administrator, all nonjudicial officers and
employees, except the county clerks, commissioners of jurors, nonjudicial
officers and employees of the town and village courts, and personal assistants
who serve as law clerks (law secretaries) and secretaries to judges and
justices;
(4)
designate deputies and administrative judges in accordance with section
80.2
of this Part. The Chief Administrator may delegate to any deputy,
administrative judge, assistant or court any administrative power or function
delegated to the Chief Administrator;
(5) enforce and supervise the execution
of the standards and administrative policies established, approved and
promulgated pursuant to article VI, section 28(c) of the
Constitution;
(6)
adopt administrative rules for the efficient and orderly transaction of
business in the trial courts, including but not limited to calendar practice,
in consultation with the Administrative Board of the Courts or the appropriate
Appellate Divisions;
(7) make rules, in consultation with the
Administrative Board of the Courts, to implement article 16 of the Judiciary
Law;
(8) establish an
administrative office of the courts; appoint and remove deputies, assistants,
counsel and employees as may be necessary; fix their salaries within the
amounts made available by appropriation; and as may be necessary, establish
regional budget and personnel offices for the preparation of budgets of the
courts and the conduct of personnel transactions affecting nonjudicial officers
and employees of the unified court system located within their
regions;
(9)
establish programs of education and training for judges and nonjudicial
personnel;
(10)
appoint advisory committees as he shall require, to advise him in relation to
the administration and operation of the unified court system;
(11) supervise the
administration and operation of law libraries of the unified court
system;
(12)
designate law journals for the publication of court calendars, judicial orders,
decisions and opinions, and notices of judicial proceedings;
(13) supervise the maintenance
and destruction of court records;
(14) accept as agent of the unified
court system any grant or gift for the purposes of carrying out any of his
powers or duties or the functions of the unified court system, and contract on
behalf of the unified court system for goods and services;
(15) exercise all powers and
perform all duties on behalf of the unified court system as a public employer,
pursuant to article 14 of the Civil Service Law (Taylor Law), as the chief
executive officer pursuant to that article;
(16) adopt classifications and allocate
positions for nonjudicial officers and employees of the unified court system,
and revise them when appropriate; and
(17) have any additional powers and
perform any additional duties assigned by the Chief Judge.
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