1. (1) Commission shall mean the Ethics Commission for the Unified Court System.
2. (2) Employee shall mean a State-paid judge, justice, officer or employee of the Unified Court System.
3. (3) File shall mean to make delivery to the offices of the commission personally, electronically or by mail. The filing date shall be the date the document filed is received in the offices of the commission.
4. (4) Financial disclosure statement shall mean the annual statement approved by the Chief Judge pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 211 of the Judiciary Law.

5. (5) Rule shall mean Part 40 of the Rules of the Chief Judge of the State of New York (22 NYCRR).

   (b) Scope.

   Pursuant to section 40.1(p) of this Title, the commission shall make available for public inspection the information set forth in annual statements of financial disclosure filed pursuant to law and maintained by the commission, except the following information which shall remain confidential: categories of value and amount in statements pertaining to calendar years prior to 2014; names of unemancipated children; and information deleted from public inspection pursuant to section 40.1(l)(6) of this Title. The commission shall also make notices of delinquency available for public inspection. The commission maintains financial disclosure statements pertaining to the current reporting year, and the six previous reporting years.

   (c) Statement inspection officer.

6. (1) The executive director of the commission is designated as the statement inspection officer.

7. (2) The statement inspection officer shall:

   1. (i) maintain a current list of financial disclosure statements available for public inspection;
   2. (ii) respond to all inquiries regarding public inspection of financial disclosure statements;
   3. (iii) receive and process requests for public inspection of financial disclosure statements;
   4. (iv) insure that information deleted from public inspection pursuant to law and regulation is not made available for public inspection;

   5. (v) designate one or more members of the staff of the commission to serve as assistant statement inspection officer; such assistant(s) shall have the same function and responsibilities as the statement inspection officer except as to the designation of other assistants.

      (d) Public inspection of statements.

8. (1) An inspector may obtain copies of financial disclosure statements prepared for public inspection by regular mail or email, or inspect the copies in the ethics commission office. Office inspections can be scheduled every day the office is open for business during the hours of 10:00 a.m. through 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. through 4:00 p.m., or other times at the discretion of the statement inspection officer.
9. (2) An inspector must file a written request for public inspection. Public inspection copies of statements will be provided to the inspector in a timely manner determined by the needs of the inspector, the number of statements requested, and the workload of the ethics commission staff at the time of the request.
10. (3) The financial disclosure statement of an employee who has filed an exemption or deletion request, or whose statement must be revised to cure a deficiency, shall not be available for public inspection pending a decision on the request, or the receipt of the revised statement. The fact that an exemption or deletion request has been made will be confidential; all documents pertaining to the request, including the decision, will also be confidential and not available for public inspection. All documents pertaining to the revision of a financial disclosure statement are confidential and shall not be available for public inspection. If a filer leaves his or her position with the Unified Court System without revising his or her financial disclosure statement, the statement will be made available for public inspection without the revision.
11. (4) If the commission has denied an exemption or deletion request, the financial disclosure statement of the employee who made the request shall not be available for public inspection for 21 days from the date on which notice of the denial is mailed to the employee by the commission.
12. (5) All documents pertaining to a request for public inspection shall be confidential and not available for public inspection. The identities of public inspectors, and the fact that a statement has been inspected, are confidential and will not be made available to the public or to filers.
13. (6) An unredacted copy of a financial disclosure statement, including information not available for public inspection, may be released in compliance with a subpoena.

(a) Definitions.