The City Judge is hereby authorized to establish a Traffic Violations
Bureau to assist the court in the disposition of offenses in relation
to traffic violations.
The Traffic Violations Bureau so established is hereby authorized
to dispose of violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
designated by the court, except the offenses constituting the traffic
infraction of speeding or a misdemeanor or a felony, by permitting
a person charged with an offense within the limits herein stated to
answer, within a specified time, at the Traffic Violations Bureau,
either in person or by written power of attorney in such form prescribed
herein, by paying a fine and, in writing, waiving a hearing in court
or by pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing the person in
charge of the Bureau to make such a plea and pay such a fine in court.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power of attorney by the Bureau
shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation, and the violator
shall be given a receipt which so states. If a person charged with
a traffic violation does not answer, as hereinbefore prescribed, within
a designated time, the Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered
against him forthwith and a warrant to be issued for his arrest and
appearance before the court. 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 of 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 a time specified
by the Bureau.
The 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 shall keep records as are directed
by § 373 of the General Municipal Law and such other records
as shall be directed by the court.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in charge of such person
or persons and shall be open at such hours as the court may designate.