S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9910
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 28, 2014
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Weinstein)
-- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the New York city
county clerks' operations offset fund
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 2 of section 39 of the judi-
ciary law, as amended by section 6 of part Z of chapter 56 of the laws
of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
(a-1) (i) Effective for each state fiscal year beginning April first,
[nineteen hundred ninety-five] TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, the state comp-
troller shall, on or before the end of [that] SUCH fiscal year: (1)
EITHER deduct from any moneys payable to the city of New York from the
local assistance account as state aid for the support of local govern-
ment the amount certified to him or her by the chief administrator of
the courts [immediately following the close of] DURING such fiscal year
pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph OR BILL THE CITY FOR
SUCH CERTIFIED AMOUNT, and (2) transfer [the] SUCH CERTIFIED amount [of
such deduction] from the local assistance account to the New York city
county clerks' operations offset fund OR, IF THE CITY HAS BEEN BILLED
FOR SUCH CERTIFIED AMOUNT, DEPOSIT ANY RESULTING PAYMENT IN THE NEW YORK
CITY COUNTY CLERKS' OPERATIONS OFFSET FUND.
(ii) On or before [March] OCTOBER first in each year commencing with
[March] OCTOBER first, [nineteen hundred ninety-six] TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
TEEN, the chief administrator shall determine and certify to the comp-
troller the difference between (1) the amount of the disbursements under
the judiciary budget made during the fiscal year ending the previous
March thirty-first for the payment of services and expenses incurred [in
that fiscal year] by the offices of the county clerks of the city of New
York, excluding services and expenses incurred by those offices in
discharge of a county clerk's powers and duties as commissioner of
jurors, and (2) the aggregate receipts derived by the state from the
fees specified in paragraphs one and two of subdivision (f) of section
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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eight thousand twenty and section eight thousand twenty-one of the civil
practice law and rules during the fiscal year [commencing April first,
nineteen hundred ninety] ENDING THE PREVIOUS MARCH THIRTY-FIRST.
[(iii) On or before March first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, and
each March first thereafter, the chief administrator shall determine the
actual difference between (1) the amount of the disbursements under the
judiciary budget made during the fiscal year ending the previous March
thirty-first for the payment of services and expenses incurred in that
fiscal year by the offices of the county clerks of the city of New York,
excluding services and expenses incurred by those offices in discharge
of a county clerk's powers and duties as commissioner of jurors and (2)
the aggregate receipts derived from the state from the fees specified in
paragraphs one and two of subdivision (f) of section eight thousand
twenty and section eight thousand twenty-one of the civil practice law
and rules during the preceding fiscal year. The chief administrator
shall compare this actual amount of difference with the projected amount
of difference calculated pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph
and certify the difference between the two amounts to the comptroller.
Such amount shall be added to, or deleted from, as the case may be, the
amount of the deduction made from state aid payments to the city of New
York pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.]
S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2014.