In case of the refusal or neglect of the board of supervisors of a county to provide chambers for a resident judge of the court of appeals pursuant to section two hundred eighteen of the county law, the judge may rent and maintain chambers in such county offices suitable for his or her use, and the necessary expense thereof shall be a charge upon the county and, when paid, subject to reimbursement by the state in accordance with section fifty-four-j of the state finance law as if the county had leased the facilities for such chambers.
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