Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and upon consultation with the Administrative Board of the Courts, and with the advice and consent of the New York Court of Appeals, I hereby amend, effective nunc pro tunc as of April 1, 2006, section 34.2(b)(3) of the Rules of the Chief Judge, relating to the definition of minor repairs for State reimbursement, to read as follows:

The term minor repairs shall mean such repairs as are required to replace a part, to put together what is torn or broken, or to restore a surface or finish, where such repairs will preserve and/or restore a court facility to full functionality; and shall include only: (a) painting, carpeting, and other resurfacing of, or finish work related to, or renovation of, the interiors of spaces used by the unified court system and (b) a uniform percentage of other building maintenance costs, said percentage to be established for each state fiscal year by the chief administrator. The chief administrator may set a different percentage for a particular political subdivision upon a showing that minor repairs constitute a greater percentage of other building maintenance costs in that political subdivision than the uniform percentage established by the chief administrator.

Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts, I hereby amend, effective immediately, section 202.70(a) of the Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme and County Courts, relating to the monetary thresholds of the Commercial Division, to read as follows:

(a) Monetary thresholds

Except as set forth in subdivision (b), the monetary thresholds of the Commercial Division, exclusive of punitive damages, interests, costs, disbursements and counsel fees claimed, are established as follows: