New York State - Judiciary - JUD - Article 21
ARTICLE 21 COURT LIBRARIES
Section 810. Chief judge's library.
811. Court of appeals judges' law libraries.
812. Appellate division libraries.
813. Court law libraries.
814. Care and management of court law libraries.
815. Supreme court library at Richmond.
§ 810. Chief judge's library. The consultation library of the court of appeals is continued. This library shall be under the exclusive supervision of that court and the chief judge may add thereto from any funds available.
§ 811. Court of appeals judges' law libraries. The law libraries of the judges of the court of appeals are continued. Each judge has sole custody and control of the library assigned to him or to her and on expiration of the judge's term of office he or she shall deliver it to his or her successor. The judge may add to it from any funds available.
§ 812. Appellate division libraries. The libraries heretofore established for the appellate divisions of the supreme court are continued. They are under exclusive supervision of the respective appellate divisions. The justices of the court shall be trustees thereof who shall continue to be vested with all the powers with regard thereto now possessed by those justices.
§ 813. Court law libraries. Each county of the state shall have a court law library which shall be governed as provided by section eight hundred fourteen of this article. Such libraries shall be open to the public, however, the chief administrator of the courts may issue guidelines for the use and operation of such libraries. All supreme court and county court libraries established as of the effective date of this section are continued as court law libraries, including the following as they have been named:
JOSEPH F. BARNARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT POUGHKEEPSIE;
DAVID L. FOLLETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT NORWICH;
HAMILTON ODELL LIBRARY AT MONTICELLO;
EMORY A. CHASE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT CATSKILL;
FRANCIS BERGAN LAW LIBRARY AT ALBANY;
LOUIS H. FOLMER LAW LIBRARY AT CORTLAND;
JOSEPH F. EGAN MEMORIAL SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY AT SCHENECTADY;
ERNEST N. WARREN LAW LIBRARY AT ITHACA;
F. WALTER BLISS SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT SCHOHARIE;
JOSEPH P. MOLINARI SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT COOPERSTOWN;
COURT OF APPEALS LIBRARY AT SYRACUSE;
CHARLES B. SWARTWOOD LAW LIBRARY AT ELMIRA and
F. WARREN TRAVERS SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT TROY.
§ 814. Care and management of court law libraries. 1. Each court law library shall be under the care and management of the chief administrator of the courts. Each shall have a board of trustees, which shall consist of four members, all of whom shall be residents of the county in which the library is located, and who shall be appointed by the chief administrator in accordance with this section. The chair of the board shall be a justice of the supreme court or, if no justice resides in the county, a judge of the county court, family court or of the surrogate's court of the county. Of the remaining members of the board, one shall be an attorney who has been admitted to the practice of law in this state; one shall be a member of the board of supervisors or other legislative body of the county in which the library is located, or in the case of a county wholly contained within a city, of the legislative body of such city, and one member shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the president of the county bar association. In addition to the four members of each board of trustees provided for hereinabove, the chief administrator of the courts may, in his discretion, appoint such other members as he deems appropriate. The members of the board shall serve without pay for a term of two years and shall be eligible to be reappointed to successive terms of office. Membership on a board of trustees shall terminate whenever a member ceases to be a resident of the county, or ceases to hold public office if the holding of such public office was required at the time of such member's appointment to the board. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
2. Each board of trustees shall provide the chief administrator with such assistance as he or she shall require in maintaining and operating the court law library.
3. In the event of any change in the designation of a court law library for the purpose of receiving materials transmitted pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision four of section one hundred two of the executive law, the chief administrator shall cause the previously designated library within such judicial district to transfer all such materials in its possession to the newly designated library.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the supreme court library in borough of Brooklyn nor to the supreme court library at Buffalo until April first, nineteen hundred ninety-four. Such libraries are continued as court law libraries under the provisions of this article effective April first, nineteen hundred ninety-four.
§ 815. Supreme court library at Richmond. The law library for the county officials of the county of Richmond, as now constituted and all of the books therein, shall be the law library of the supreme court of the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial district and shall be in the care and custody and under the control of the justices of the supreme court of the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial district or a majority of them, not designated as justices of the appellate division, who shall be the trustees thereof. The trustees shall have power to receive by gift, devise or bequest any property given or conveyed for the purpose of a law library and to hold and manage and dispose of the same, and may make rules and regulations for the management and protection of said library and prescribe penalties for the violation thereof. They may sue for and recover such penalties and may maintain actions for injury to said library. They may also designate from among their number a library committee or committees, the members of which shall have the power to administer the rules and regulations prescribed by the said trustees. The trustees may employ and appoint such persons as they may deem necessary for the proper care, management and maintenance of said library and fix their salaries. The library and the equipment shall also be available for the use of the surrogate, family and criminal court judges, district attorney and other county officials of the county of Richmond and the judges of the civil court of the city of New York presiding in such county. The librarian and the assistant librarian, shall, in addition to the duties of librarian and assistant librarian, perform any and all duties as may be required of or imposed upon them by said trustees. The trustees may also procure proper furniture for the said library, purchase books therefor and defray all the expenses incidental to its care and management. They shall yearly ascertain the amount necessary for the aforesaid purposes and certify it to the board of estimate who shall provide for raising and paying the same.
Section 810. Chief judge's library.
811. Court of appeals judges' law libraries.
812. Appellate division libraries.
813. Court law libraries.
814. Care and management of court law libraries.
815. Supreme court library at Richmond.
§ 810. Chief judge's library. The consultation library of the court of appeals is continued. This library shall be under the exclusive supervision of that court and the chief judge may add thereto from any funds available.
§ 811. Court of appeals judges' law libraries. The law libraries of the judges of the court of appeals are continued. Each judge has sole custody and control of the library assigned to him or to her and on expiration of the judge's term of office he or she shall deliver it to his or her successor. The judge may add to it from any funds available.
§ 812. Appellate division libraries. The libraries heretofore established for the appellate divisions of the supreme court are continued. They are under exclusive supervision of the respective appellate divisions. The justices of the court shall be trustees thereof who shall continue to be vested with all the powers with regard thereto now possessed by those justices.
§ 813. Court law libraries. Each county of the state shall have a court law library which shall be governed as provided by section eight hundred fourteen of this article. Such libraries shall be open to the public, however, the chief administrator of the courts may issue guidelines for the use and operation of such libraries. All supreme court and county court libraries established as of the effective date of this section are continued as court law libraries, including the following as they have been named:
JOSEPH F. BARNARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT POUGHKEEPSIE;
DAVID L. FOLLETT MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT NORWICH;
HAMILTON ODELL LIBRARY AT MONTICELLO;
EMORY A. CHASE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT CATSKILL;
FRANCIS BERGAN LAW LIBRARY AT ALBANY;
LOUIS H. FOLMER LAW LIBRARY AT CORTLAND;
JOSEPH F. EGAN MEMORIAL SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARY AT SCHENECTADY;
ERNEST N. WARREN LAW LIBRARY AT ITHACA;
F. WALTER BLISS SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT SCHOHARIE;
JOSEPH P. MOLINARI SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT COOPERSTOWN;
COURT OF APPEALS LIBRARY AT SYRACUSE;
CHARLES B. SWARTWOOD LAW LIBRARY AT ELMIRA and
F. WARREN TRAVERS SUPREME COURT LIBRARY AT TROY.
§ 814. Care and management of court law libraries. 1. Each court law library shall be under the care and management of the chief administrator of the courts. Each shall have a board of trustees, which shall consist of four members, all of whom shall be residents of the county in which the library is located, and who shall be appointed by the chief administrator in accordance with this section. The chair of the board shall be a justice of the supreme court or, if no justice resides in the county, a judge of the county court, family court or of the surrogate's court of the county. Of the remaining members of the board, one shall be an attorney who has been admitted to the practice of law in this state; one shall be a member of the board of supervisors or other legislative body of the county in which the library is located, or in the case of a county wholly contained within a city, of the legislative body of such city, and one member shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the president of the county bar association. In addition to the four members of each board of trustees provided for hereinabove, the chief administrator of the courts may, in his discretion, appoint such other members as he deems appropriate. The members of the board shall serve without pay for a term of two years and shall be eligible to be reappointed to successive terms of office. Membership on a board of trustees shall terminate whenever a member ceases to be a resident of the county, or ceases to hold public office if the holding of such public office was required at the time of such member's appointment to the board. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
2. Each board of trustees shall provide the chief administrator with such assistance as he or she shall require in maintaining and operating the court law library.
3. In the event of any change in the designation of a court law library for the purpose of receiving materials transmitted pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision four of section one hundred two of the executive law, the chief administrator shall cause the previously designated library within such judicial district to transfer all such materials in its possession to the newly designated library.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the supreme court library in borough of Brooklyn nor to the supreme court library at Buffalo until April first, nineteen hundred ninety-four. Such libraries are continued as court law libraries under the provisions of this article effective April first, nineteen hundred ninety-four.
§ 815. Supreme court library at Richmond. The law library for the county officials of the county of Richmond, as now constituted and all of the books therein, shall be the law library of the supreme court of the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial district and shall be in the care and custody and under the control of the justices of the supreme court of the state of New York in the thirteenth judicial district or a majority of them, not designated as justices of the appellate division, who shall be the trustees thereof. The trustees shall have power to receive by gift, devise or bequest any property given or conveyed for the purpose of a law library and to hold and manage and dispose of the same, and may make rules and regulations for the management and protection of said library and prescribe penalties for the violation thereof. They may sue for and recover such penalties and may maintain actions for injury to said library. They may also designate from among their number a library committee or committees, the members of which shall have the power to administer the rules and regulations prescribed by the said trustees. The trustees may employ and appoint such persons as they may deem necessary for the proper care, management and maintenance of said library and fix their salaries. The library and the equipment shall also be available for the use of the surrogate, family and criminal court judges, district attorney and other county officials of the county of Richmond and the judges of the civil court of the city of New York presiding in such county. The librarian and the assistant librarian, shall, in addition to the duties of librarian and assistant librarian, perform any and all duties as may be required of or imposed upon them by said trustees. The trustees may also procure proper furniture for the said library, purchase books therefor and defray all the expenses incidental to its care and management. They shall yearly ascertain the amount necessary for the aforesaid purposes and certify it to the board of estimate who shall provide for raising and paying the same.
