NY Pub Auth L § 1680-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 4 - Dormitory Authority 1680-C - Creation of the Court Facilities Capital Review Board.

§  1680-c.  Creation  of the court facilities capital review board. 1.   There is hereby created a court facilities  capital  review  board.  The   voting  membership  of the board shall consist of four persons appointed   by the governor, of which one shall be upon the  recommendation  of  the   temporary  president  of  the senate, one upon the recommendation of the   speaker of the assembly, and one upon the recommendation  of  the  chief   judge of the court of appeals. The members of the board shall vote among   themselves  to  determine who shall serve as chairman. Any determination   of the board shall be evidenced by a certificate thereof executed by all   the members entitled to vote on the matter so certified. Each member  of   the  board  shall  be  entitled  to designate a representative to attend   meetings of the board in his place and to vote or otherwise act  on  his   behalf  in his absence. Notice of such designation shall be furnished in   writing to the board by the designating member. A  representative  shall   serve at the pleasure of the designating member during the member's term   of  office.  A representative shall not be authorized to delegate any of   his duties or functions to any other person.2. The governor shall also appoint two nonvoting members to the  court   facilities  capital  review  board  of  which  one  shall  be  upon  the   recommendation of the minority leader of the senate  and  one  upon  the   recommendation  of  the  minority leader of the assembly. Each nonvoting   member shall  be  entitled  to  designate  a  representative  to  attend   meetings of the board in his place.3.  The  chief  executive  officer  of each participating municipality   shall submit the capital plan pursuant to section two  hundred  nineteen   of  the  judiciary  law  to the chief administrator of the courts. On or   before January first, April first, July first, and October first of each   year commencing with the year nineteen hundred eighty-eight,  the  chief   administrator of the courts shall submit to the court facilities capital   review  board  the  capital  plan of each political subdivision that has   submitted such a plan pursuant to section two hundred  nineteen  of  the   judiciary  law,  together  with  the  appropriate  facility  design  and   performance plan, if any, prepared by the dormitory  authority  pursuant   to  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  thirteen of section sixteen hundred   seventy-eight of this chapter.The court facilities capital review board shall act  on  each  capital   plan  within  sixty days of the submission of such plan to the board. As   part of its consideration of each capital plan, the board  shall  review   and   approve   overall   plans  and  cost  estimates  for  the  design,   acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,  improvement,   furnishing  or  equipping  of facilities of the courts and court-related   agencies of the unified court system. Before approving any such plans or   cost estimates, the  court  facilities  capital  review  board  must  be   satisfied  that  the  facilities  to  which they relate are suitable and   sufficient for the transaction of the  business  of  the  unified  court   system.  Approval  of each political subdivision's capital plan shall be   by unanimous vote of the voting membership of the board.  In  the  event   that  the  chief  administrator  of  the  courts and the chief executive   officer of the political subdivision submitting a capital plan agree  on   the  plan,  the  capital  plan may be disapproved only by an affirmative   vote of at least two voting members of the board. If the board does  not   act  on  a capital plan within sixty days of the submission of such plan   to the board, the capital plan shall be approved or disapproved  by  the   chief administrator of the courts.The court facilities capital review board shall consider, in approving   or disapproving a capital plan for each political subdivision, the legal   obligation of the political subdivision under section thirty-nine of the   judiciary  law  to  provide  goods, services and facilities suitable and    sufficient for the transaction of the  business  of  the  unified  court   system,  and such political subdivision's fiscal capacity, including but   not limited to total taxes  raised,  total  income  generated,  existing   municipal debt and overall capital needs.4.  Nothing  contained  in this section shall be construed to limit or   diminish the authority of the chief administrator of the courts pursuant   to subdivision three of section thirty-nine and section thirty-nine-a of   the judiciary law to  determine  whether  a  political  subdivision  has   ceased  or  failed to provide goods, services or facilities suitable and   sufficient for the transaction of business,  and  to  notify  the  state   comptroller of such determination.