Sec. 140.1. General

This Part shall apply where a Federal, State or local inmate under sentence for conviction of a crime who is seeking to commence a civil action or proceeding, other than a proceeding brought under CPLR article 78 that alleges a failure to correctly award or certify jail time credit due an inmate, brings a motion for permission to proceed as a poor person pursuant to article 11 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR). For purposes of this Part:

(a) appropriate correctional official shall mean the superintendent or other public official in charge of the facility where the inmate is confined; and

(b) inmate's trust fund account shall mean an inmate's correctional facility trust fund account or the institutional equivalent thereof.