Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and upon consultation with the Administrative Board of the Courts, and with the approval of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, I hereby amend, effective January 1, 2008, section 19.1 of the Rules of the Chief Judge, relating to annual leave for judges, to read as follows:

§ 19.1 Annual Leave for Judges and Justices

A full-time judge or justice of a trial court of the unified court system shall be entitled to four weeks (20 days) of annual leave each year[.], except that a full-time judge or justice of a trial court who has served full-time as a judge or justice for more than five years shall be entitled to five weeks (25 days) of annual leave each year.

Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and upon consultation with the Administrative Board of the Courts, and with the approval of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, I hereby amend, effective January 1, 2008, section 36.2(d)(2) of the Rules of the Chief Judge, relating to fiduciary appointments, to read as follows:

(d) Limitations on appointments based upon compensation

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(2) If a person or entity has been awarded more than an aggregate of [$50,000] $75,000 in compensation by all courts during any calendar year, the person or entity shall not be eligible for compensated appointments by any court during the next calendar year.