N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 80.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 80.1 - Chief Administrator of the Courts; general powers and duties

(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.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 22 § 80.1