The Town Board of the Town of Ossining hereby authorizes the
Justice Court of the Town of Ossining to establish a Traffic Violations
Bureau, pursuant to Article 14-B, §§ 370, 371 and 373,
of the General Municipal Law, to aid said Court in the disposition
of traffic offenses when such traffic offenses shall not constitute
a traffic infraction known as "speeding" or a misdemeanor or felony.
Said Bureau shall be in charge of such person or persons and
shall be open at such hours as the Justice Court of the Town of Ossining
may designate.
Said Traffic Violations Bureau so established is authorized
to dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations,
including parking violation tickets, when such offenses shall not
constitute the traffic infraction known as "speeding" or a misdemeanor
or felony, by permitting a person charged with an offense, within
the limitations herein stated, to answer, within a specified time,
at the Traffic Violations Bureau, either in person or by written power
of attorney as herein prescribed, by paying a prescribed fine and,
in writing, waiving a hearing in Court, pleading guilty to the charge
and authorizing the person or persons in charge of the Bureau to make
such a plea and pay such a fine.
The Town Justices of the Town of Ossining shall be authorized
to prescribe the form of complaint in all cases involving a violation
of any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation relating to parking,
which complaint shall be known as a "parking violation ticket."
Said Traffic Violations Bureau of the Town of Ossining shall
not be authorized to deprive a person of his or her right to counsel
or to prevent him or her from exercising his or her right to appear
in Court to answer, explain or defend any charge of a violation of
any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
The Justice Court shall designate the fines to be paid for offenses
which may be satisfied at the Bureau as hereinbefore stated, provided
that such fines are within the limits established as penalties for
such offenses.
The Traffic Violations Bureau, as herein authorized, shall keep
a record of all violations of which each person has been guilty, whether
such guilt was established in Court or in the Bureau, and shall also
maintain a record of all fines collected and the disposition thereof.
It shall also perform such other duties and keep such other or additional
records as shall be prescribed by the Court and/or the Town Board
of the Town of Ossining.
All persons who shall appear by written power of attorney must
execute the waiver and plea on any uniform traffic or parking ticket
or a waiver and plea in substantially the following form and shall
forward the same to the Traffic Violations Bureau, in addition to
the sum prescribed by the Justice Court of the Town of Ossining, to:
Traffic Violations Bureau, Justice Court of the Town of Ossining,
86-88 Spring Street, Ossining, New York 10562.
Authorization and Waiver
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I, the undersigned, hereby waive a hearing in the Justice Court
of the Town of Ossining, County of Westchester, and plead guilty to
the charge specified herein. I authorize the person or persons in
charge of the Traffic Violations Bureau of said Court to make such
a plea and pay the prescribed fine in Court. All statements are made
under penalty of perjury.
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Affirmed the _____ day of _____________, 20___.
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