[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-17-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
The Town Board of the Town of Dryden is hereby authorized to appoint not more than four Town constables to have powers in both civil and criminal matters as court attendants and enforcement officers for the Town of Dryden Justice Court.
Pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 22, to the extent the provisions of this article are inconsistent with Town Law §§ 20 and 23, it is the intent of this article to supersede such sections.
[Adopted 6-19-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
This article is adopted pursuant to authority given towns under of Municipal Home Rule Law § 10(1)(i) and General Municipal Law § 370, which permit a Town to authorize the Town justice court to establish a traffic violations bureau to assist the court in the disposition of certain infractions in relation to traffic violations.
The traffic violations bureau is limited to the disposition of Village of Dryden parking tickets, to which the alleged violator pleads guilty. All fines assessed for a parking violation of a Village of Dryden ordinance or local law shall inure to the Village of Dryden. All non-guilty pleas shall be subject to adjudication and disposition in the court.
The Town justices are authorized to make arrangements with any public officer designated by them as may be necessary, convenient or prudent to administer such bureau including accepting pleas of guilty, collecting fines designated by the court for pleas of guilty to such tickets, issuing receipts for such fines collected, accounting, at least monthly, for moneys received, and the payment to the Village Treasurer, at least monthly, all such monies received.
The Town justices are further authorized to do any and all acts, and take any and all steps necessary, convenient or prudent to implement the traffic violations bureau, provided such acts and steps are consistent with this article and General Municipal Law Article 14-B.
The Town justices may designate the fines to be paid for parking tickets for those violators pleading guilty which fines may be satisfied at the bureau, provided such fines are within the limits established as penalties for such offenses.