The Town Justice of the Town/Village of East
Rochester having jurisdiction of traffic violations in the Town/Village
of East Rochester is hereby authorized, pursuant to Article 14-B of
the General Municipal Law, to establish a Traffic Violations Bureau
to assist the Court in the disposition of offenses in relation to
traffic violations.
This Bureau, to be termed the "Town/Village
of East Rochester Traffic Violations Bureau," shall be in charge of
such person or persons and shall be open at such hours as shall be
designated by the Town Justice of the Town/Village of East Rochester
having jurisdiction of traffic violations in said Town/Village.
The Town Justice aforementioned shall designate
the fines to be paid for the first, second and third offenses, which
may be satisfied at the Traffic Violations Bureau as provided in this
chapter, provided that these fines are within the limits now or hereafter
established as penalties for violations of traffic laws, rules and
regulations of the Town/Village of East Rochester.
The Traffic Violations Bureau so established
shall have authority to dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances,
rules and regulations when such offenses shall not constitute the
traffic infraction known as "speeding" or a misdemeanor or a felony.
Pursuant to § 371 of Article 14-B of the General Municipal
Law, any person who shall have been within the preceding 12 months
guilty of a number of parking violations in excess of such maximum
number as may be designated by the court, or three or more violations
other than parking violations, shall not be permitted to appear and
answer to a subsequent violation at the Traffic Violations Bureau,
but must appear in court at the time specified by such Bureau.
The aforementioned Traffic Violations Bureau
is not authorized to deprive a person of his right to counsel or to
prevent him from exercising his right to appear in court in answer
to, to explain or to defend any charge of a violation of any traffic
law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
POWER OF ATTORNEY
As mentioned above, any written statement written in the
presence of a witness and to which statement the witness shall affix
his signature, stating that the person executing the same and charged
with a violation is thereby appearing and answering to the charge,
pleading guilty thereto, waiving a hearing in court and authorizing
the person in charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau to make such
a plea in his stead, in court.