§ 120. Expenses of the court. (a) All salaries of the judicial and
non-judicial personnel of the court and all other expenses of the court
whatsoever, except as provided in subdivision (b), shall within the city
of New York, be a city charge and in the counties outside the city of
New York, a county charge; provided however, that the final
determination of the itemized estimates of the annual financial needs of
the court shall be made by the appropriate governing bodies of such
counties and the city of New York in the manner provided in article
seven-a of the judiciary law, and section twenty-nine of article six of
the constitution.

(b) Salaries of support magistrates appointed in proceedings to compel
support pursuant to section four hundred thirty-nine of this act shall
be a state charge payable out of funds appropriated to the office of
court administration for that purpose.