N.Y. Judiciary Law § 849-i: Application procedures

§ 849-i. Application procedures. 1. Each town and village having a

justice court may make an individual application for funds available

pursuant to this article, or two or more such towns or villages, or

towns and villages, may make a joint application for such funds. All

applications shall be submitted to the chief administrator of the courts

for his or her approval.

2. The chief administrator shall require that applications submitted

for funding provide such information as he or she deems necessary,

including at least the following:

(a) The amount of funding sought.

(b) A detailed description of the purpose or purposes to which the

funding will be applied.

(c) A detailed description of the court or courts making the

application, including information as to staffing, caseload, budget and

facilities as well as general information about the community or

communities served, where such general information would be pertinent to

the purpose to which the funding will be applied.

3. In determining whether to approve an application, the chief

administrator shall consider:

(a) Whether the applicant has complied with all rules and regulations

governing the program and all pertinent provisions of this article;

(b) The likely impact of approving such application upon the court or

courts to be affected thereby, upon the communities served, and upon the

judiciary generally;

(c) The availability of other sources of funding to pay some or all of

the costs for which the application seeks funding under the program;

(d) The number and content of all other applications for funding then

available under the program;

(e) The extent of funding already received under the program by the

applicant (or joint applicants) pursuant to past applications; and

(f) The magnitude of the funding appropriated for the purposes of this

article.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator

shall not approve any application for funding in excess of thirty

thousand dollars unless such application is a joint application and the

aggregate funding sought thereunder does not exceed an amount equaling

the product of the number of joint applicants making such application

and thirty thousand dollars.