2006 New York Code - Allocation of cost of maintenance and operation of courts; determination of annual financial needs of the courts.

 
    §  29. a. The legislature shall provide for the allocation of the cost
  of operating  and  maintaining  the  court  of  appeals,  the  appellate
  division  of  the supreme court in each judicial department, the supreme
  court, the court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's court, the
  family court, the courts for the city of New York  established  pursuant
  to  section  fifteen  of  this article and the district court, among the
  state,  the  counties,  the  city  of  New  York  and  other   political
  subdivisions.
    b.  The  legislature  shall provide for the submission of the itemized
  estimates of the annual financial needs of the  courts  referred  to  in
  subdivision  a  of this section to the chief administrator of the courts
  to be forwarded to the appropriating  bodies  with  recommendations  and
  comment.
    c.  Insofar as the expense of the courts is borne by the state or paid
  by the state in the first  instance,  the  final  determination  of  the
  itemized  estimates of the annual financial needs of the courts shall be
  made by the legislature and the governor  in  accordance  with  articles
  four and seven of this constitution.
    d.  Insofar  as  the expense of the courts is not paid by the state in
  the first instance and is borne by counties, the city  of  New  York  or
  other  political  subdivisions,  the final determination of the itemized
  estimates of the annual financial needs of the courts shall be  made  by
  the  appropriate governing bodies of such counties, the city of New York
  or other political subdivisions.