N.Y. Judiciary Law § 121: Official referees of the municipal court of the city of New York

§ 121. Official referees of the municipal court of the city of New

York. Every official referee of the municipal court of the city of New

York in the first or second judicial department who, pursuant to former

provisions of this section, is acting and in the discharge of his duties

as such official referee at the time this section as hereby amended

takes effect, may continue to act as referee and to hear and report upon

or to hear and determine any action, claim, motion, matter or proceeding

referred to him as provided in this section.

To any such official referee of the municipal court of the city of New

York there may be referred to hear and report upon or to hear and

determine by the president justice or acting president justice of that

court any action, matter, claim, motion or proceeding pending in such

court which now or hereafter may be referable by statute or rules and

practice of court, in which the president justice or acting president

justice shall deem that for any reason the expense of such reference

should not be borne by the parties to such action, claim, matter, motion

or proceeding, and such official referee of the municipal court of the

city of New York shall not charge or receive from the parties to the

action, claim, motion, matter or proceeding referred to him any fee or

compensation for any services rendered as such referee. The justices of

the appellate division in each department shall also have power to fix

the times and places for the hearing of references by the official

referees of the municipal court of the city of New York hereby continued

in office, and to assign such official referees for such service to any

court of record within such department, and to adopt, amend or rescind

rules therefor.

If the services of a stenographer shall be required in the action,

claim, matter, motion or proceeding so referred, an official

stenographer shall be selected by such official referee of the municipal

court of the city of New York from the official stenographers of that

court, and the parties to the action, claim, matter, motion or

proceeding shall not be required to pay any of the fees of such

stenographer for taking the testimony and furnishing one copy thereof to

the referee if the referee shall order such copy.