[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Russell Gardens 6-8-1981 as L.L. No. 3-1981. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
For the purpose of assisting the Village Justice in the disposition
of offenses in relation to traffic violations and pursuant to the
provisions of Article 14-B of the General Municipal Law of the State
of New York, the Village Justice is hereby authorized to establish
a Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in the charge of such
person or persons and shall be open at such hours as the Village Justice
of said village may designate.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall dispose of violations of
traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations respecting all offenses
and traffic infractions other than speeding or those designated as
a misdemeanor by permitting a person charged with an offense or infraction,
within the limitations herein set forth, to answer, on the return
date specified in the summons therefor, between the hours of 9:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, at the
Traffic Violations Bureau by paying a prescribed fine and, in writing,
waiving a hearing in court, pleading guilty to the charge and authorizing
the person in charge of the Bureau to make such plea and pay such
fine in court.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine 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 on the return date specified in the summons
as aforesaid, 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 guilty of three or more
violations other than parking violations shall not be permitted to
appear and to answer to a subsequent violation at the Traffic Violations
Bureau, but must appear in court at a time specified by the Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall not be authorized to deprive
any person of his right to counsel or to prevent him from exercising
any right to appear in court to answer to, explain or defend any charge
of a violation of any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
The Village Justice shall designate the fines to be paid for
the first and subsequent 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 a record of all violations
of which each person has been guilty, whether such guilt was established
in court or in the Bureau, and also a record of all fines collected
and the disposition thereof. It shall also perform such other or additional
duties and keep such other or additional records as shall be prescribed
by the court and the Board of Trustees.
