Pursuant to Article XX of the CSBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, full-time attorneys are entitled to be reimbursed in full by their agency for the $350 biennial registration fee.
Most agencies require that you fill out an Expense Reimbursement form, and submit it with the original blue receipt from the New York State Office of Court Administration acknowledging your registration and payment, together with a photocopy (front and back) of your cancelled check. [Please contact your agency's payroll office to verify the procedure in effect and the name and address of the person to whom you should direct your reimbursement request.]
Article XX - Professional Fee Allowance reads as follows:
Section 1
Qualifying full-time employees serving in the titles of Agency Attorney, Agency Attorney Interne, Assistant Attorney, Associate Attorney, Associate Attorney (Taxes), Attorney, Attorney at Law, Attorney (Law Librarian), Attorney (Taxes), Attorney Trainee, Law Clerk, Senior Attorney and Senior Attorney (Taxes) shall be reimbursed for the biennial New York State license fee for practicing attorneys.
Section 2
To qualify for the such professional fee reimbursement a covered employee must have maintained a valid New York State license to practice law and have been in full-pay status with the Employer during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the payment of the biennial New York State license fee for practicing attorneys.
Section 3
Such reimbursement shall be made for the year in which the license fee was actually paid. Covered employees must submit proof of payment and be certified by their employing agency that they were in full-pay status during the (12) months immediately preceding the payment the biennial New York State license fee for practicing attorneys.
Section 4
The total cost of benefits set forth in this Article shall not exceed $173,442 per annum, except that unexpended funds from the preceding year may be credited to the following year, but not beyond. If it should appear that the total cost per annum of maintaining the level of benefits set forth herein would exceed the foregoing funding, the Employer and the Union shall meet to determine what mutually acceptable adjustments need to be made to said benefits levels.
Section 5
Should attorneys employted by the City be exempted from the payment of the biennial New York State license fee for practicing attorneys, the parties shall meet to determine a mutually acceptable alternative use of the 1991-94 Attorneys Agreement Equity Fund.
Section 6
Any issues which may arise concerning the implementation of this agreement shall be referred to a joint labor/management committee which may also discuss any mutually acceptable alternative use(s) of the equity fund monies.
