[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Kensington 12-21-1983 by L.L. No. 4-1983. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 146.
A.
Authorization to establish. The Village Justice Court of the Village
of Kensington, Nassau County, New York, is hereby authorized to establish
a Traffic Violations Bureau to assist the Court in the disposition
of offenses in relation to traffic violations.
B.
Authorization to dispose of traffic violations. Such Traffic Violations
Bureau, when established, is authorized to dispose of violations of
traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations when such offenses
do not constitute the traffic infraction known as "speeding" or a
misdemeanor or felony, by permitting a person charged with an offense,
within the limitations stated in Article 14-B of the General Municipal
Law, to answer, at any time from the receipt of the summons and a
time 48 hours prior to the return day thereof, at such Traffic Violations
Bureau, either in person or by written general or special power of
attorney, 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 a plea and pay such a fine in
court.
C.
General powers; procedure.
(1)
Such Traffic Violations Bureau shall have the powers and shall be
subject to the limitations set forth in Article 14-B of the General
Municipal Law and shall be subject to such additional limitations
as the court establishing it may designate.
(2)
The procedure before such Traffic Violations Bureau shall be that
provided in said Article 14-B of the General Municipal Law.
