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138.03 Application procedures.
No Justice Court Assistance Program funds may be disbursed
unless the Chief Administrator first approves an application
therefor as provided hereunder.
(a) Who may apply. Each town and village having a Justice
Court may make an individual application for funding, or two
or more such towns or villages, or towns and villages, may
make a joint application for funding.
(b) When and where to apply. For a town or village to be
eligible for a disbursement from funds made available by appropriation
to the Unified Court System for the 1999-2000 State fiscal
year, it must file its application therefor with the Chief
Administrator on or before December 1, 1999; and for the 2000-2001
State fiscal year, it must file its application on or before
May 1, 2000. To be eligible for a disbursement from funds
made available by appropriation for any subsequent State fiscal
year, a town or village must file its application with the
Chief Administrator on or before the first day of May preceding
commencement of such fiscal year. Once an application is filed,
it will remain active for two consecutive State fiscal years.
(c) Contents of application. Each application filed with
the Chief Administrator pursuant to this Part must be signed
by at least one justice of the court(s) affected thereby other
than an acting justice, and by the supervisor of any town,
and the mayor of any village, that is party to the application.
Each such application shall be in such form as the Chief Administrator
shall prescribe and shall include the following:
(1) a specification of the amount of funding sought.
(2) a detailed description of the purpose or purposes to
which the funding will be applied.
(3) a detailed description of the court or courts that
will benefit from the funding, 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 or purposes to which the funding will be applied.
(4) information concerning past applications for funding.
(5) a certified copy of a resolution of the legislative
body of each municipality that is a party to the application
evidencing its authorization thereof.
The Chief Administrator may, at any time following the filing
of an application for funding, request that an applicant or
applicants furnish additional information or documentation
to support such application.
(d) Special application by a magistrates' association. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section, one or more duly-organized
county or multi- county magistrates' associations may make
an individual or joint application for funding solely for
the purpose of enabling the provision of appropriate training
for justices and/or for nonjudicial court staff of the courts
represented by such association(s). In such event, the other
provisions of this section shall not apply except that:
(1) the magistrates' association applicant(s) shall be subject
to the same requirements applicable to town and village applicants
pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section; and
(2) the application shall be in such form as the Chief Administrator
shall prescribe and shall be signed by a duly-authorized officer
of the applicant (or by a duly-authorized officer of each
of the applicants if it is a joint application).
Historical Note
Sec. filed Oct. 13, 1999 eff. Oct. 7, 1999. |
