§ 215. Special provisions applicable to appropriations made to the judiciary in the legislature and judiciary budget. 1. The amount appropriated for any program within a major purpose within the schedule of appropriations made to the judiciary in any fiscal year in the legislature and judiciary budget for such year may be increased or decreased by interchange with any other program within that major purpose with the approval of the chief administrator of the courts who shall file such approval with the department of audit and control and copies thereof with the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee except that the total amount appropriated for any major purpose may not be increased or decreased by more than the aggregate of five percent of the first five million dollars, four percent of the second five million dollars and three percent of amounts in excess of ten million dollars of an appropriation for the major purpose. The allocation of maintenance undistributed appropriations made for later distribution to major purposes contained within a schedule shall not be deemed to be part of such total increase or decrease.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, monies appropriated to the judiciary in any fiscal year in the legislature and judiciary budget for such year may be used in part to reimburse state-paid judges and justices, except those of city courts outside the city of New York, for transportation and travel expenses in accordance with section two hundred twenty-two of this chapter; provided, however, such reimbursement may be up to but not in excess of such maximum amount per day as the chief administrator shall prescribe by rule.