All employees of the Department of Buildings, the Department
of Sanitation, the Department of Highways and the Department of Public
Safety who are now or hereafter charged with the responsibility to
perform inspection and/or enforcement duties with regard to the laws,
codes, ordinances, rules and regulations within the general jurisdiction
of their respective departments are hereby further empowered to enforce
any statute, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation relating to
parking, licensing of occupations or businesses, fire prevention and
safety, health and sanitation (including maintenance of roads and
sidewalks), building, zoning and planning, and to issue appearance
tickets returnable in the District Court of Nassau County for violation(s)
thereof.
Nothing herein shall be construed in such a manner as to authorize
enforcement of any laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations,
including the issuance of appearance tickets, by any person who has
not fulfilled express requirements or achieved necessary qualifications
therefor as may be provided under applicable state or federal laws.
Nothing herein shall be construed as curtailing the authority
of any employee of the Department of Buildings, the Department of
Sanitation, the Department of Highways and/or the Department of Public
Safety, heretofore existing under the laws, codes, ordinances, rules
and regulations within the general jurisdiction of their respective
departments.
[Added 9-3-2019 by L.L.
No. 68-2019, effective 9-27-2019]
A. For
purposes of this section, the following words shall mean:
ASSAULT
Causing injury to another person with intent to cause physical
injury; recklessly causing physical injury to another person; causing
physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a
dangerous instrument with criminal negligence; or intentionally making
contact with another person by means of a foreign object or throwing
or spraying a liquid.
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
An employee of the Department of Buildings, the Department
of Sanitation, the Department of Highways, the Department of Public
Safety, the Department of Conservation and Waterways, or the Town
Clerk's Office who is now or hereafter charged with the responsibility
to perform inspection and/or enforcement duties with regard to the
laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the Town of Hempstead,
New York State law, or federal law.
B. Any
person who assaults a Town of Hempstead enforcement official who is
acting in the course of and in pursuit of his/her official duties
as a Town of Hempstead enforcement official shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by not less than 15 days in jail and not more than one
year in jail.