2006 New York Code - Authority To Attend Meetings Of Association.

 
    § 143. Authority to attend meetings of association. Judges discharging
  the  duties of family court judge may attend conferences and meetings of
  the  association  of  judges  of  the  family  court,  and  the   fiscal
  authorities   responsible  for  paying  their  respective  salaries  are
  authorized and required to  approve  and  pay  the  necessary  traveling
  expenses  incurred  by  such  judges  in  attending such conferences and
  meetings, if within the authorized appropriation.