This article shall be known as the "Local Law Establishing a
Traffic Violations Bureau for the Village of New Hempstead."
The Board of Trustees of the Village of New Hempstead, wishing
to assist the residents of the Village and the Justice Court in the
disposition of offenses relating to traffic and parking violations,
does hereby, pursuant to § 370 of the General Municipal
Law, create a Traffic Violations Bureau.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be authorized to dispose
of any violations of the traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
when such offenses shall not constitute the traffic infraction known
as "speeding" or a misdemeanor or felony.
If a person charged with a traffic violation does not answer the violation, as prescribed in §
13-5, within a time specified on the notice of violation, the Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against said person and a warrant to be issued for said person's 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 a maximum number
to be established 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 before 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
a person of his right to counsel or to prevent him from exercising
his right to appear in court to answer to, explain or defend any charge
of a violation of any traffic law, rule or regulation.
The Justice Court shall designate the fines to be paid for offenses
which may be satisfied at the Bureau as provided in this article,
provided that such fines are within the limits established as penalties
for such offenses.