§ 849-I — Application procedures

New York § 849-I

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law JUD: Judiciary
• Art. 21-B: Justice Court Assistance Program

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§ 849-i. Application procedures. 1. Each town and village having a\njustice court may make an individual application for funds available\npursuant to this article, or two or more such towns or villages, or\ntowns and villages, may make a joint application for such funds. All\napplications shall be submitted to the chief administrator of the courts\nfor his or her approval.\n 2. The chief administrator shall require that applications submitted\nfor funding provide such information as he or she deems necessary,\nincluding at least the following:\n (a) The amount of funding sought.\n (b) A detailed description of the purpose or purposes to which the\nfunding will be applied.\n (c) A detailed description of the court or courts making the\napplication, including information as to staffing, caseload, budget and\nfacilities as well as general information about the community or\ncommunities served, where such general information would be pertinent to\nthe purpose to which the funding will be applied.\n 3. In determining whether to approve an application, the chief\nadministrator shall consider:\n (a) Whether the applicant has complied with all rules and regulations\ngoverning the program and all pertinent provisions of this article;\n (b) The likely impact of approving such application upon the court or\ncourts to be affected thereby, upon the communities served, and upon the\njudiciary generally;\n (c) The availability of other sources of funding to pay some or all of\nthe costs for which the application seeks funding under the program;\n (d) The number and content of all other applications for funding then\navailable under the program;\n (e) The extent of funding already received under the program by the\napplicant (or joint applicants) pursuant to past applications; and\n (f) The magnitude of the funding appropriated for the purposes of this\narticle.\n 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator\nshall not approve any application for funding in excess of thirty\nthousand dollars unless such application is a joint application and the\naggregate funding sought thereunder does not exceed an amount equaling\nthe product of the number of joint applicants making such application\nand thirty thousand dollars.\n