[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 4-3-73 as Local Law No. 1, 1973, effective 4-6-73. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bicycles — See Ch. 4.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 47A.
Tow trucks — See Ch. 51.
Traffic Safety Department — See Ch. 52A.
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Ch. 53.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 59.
Abandoned vehicles and vessels — See Ch. 60.
Vehicular uses on Fire Island — See Ch. 61.
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Editor's Note: This chapter supersedes former Ch. 52, Traffic Safety Board, adopted 4-6-71 as Local Law No. 1, 1971; readopted 10-5-71 as Local Law No. 2, 1971; amended 1-16-73.
The Town Board of the Town of Islip hereby finds and declares it to be in the best interests of the citizens of the Town of Islip to create and provide for the appointment of a Traffic Safety Board.
The Board shall be known as the "Town of Islip Traffic Safety Board" and shall consist of a minimum of five (5) members, who shall be appointed by the Town Board for a term not exceeding two (2) years. The presiding officer or Chairman of the Board shall be designated by the Town Board from the members so appointed to the Board. The Town Board shall have authority to remove any member of said Board so appointed for cause after a public hearing if requested. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
The Town of Islip Traffic Safety Board shall do the following:
A. 
Promote and encourage street and highway traffic safety.
B. 
Formulate Town-wide highway safety programs and coordinate efforts of interested parties and agencies engaged in traffic safety education.
C. 
Cooperate with County and state officials in the formulation and execution of traffic safety programs and activities.
D. 
Coordinate and direct all local activities related to the implementation of the state highway safety program, as approved by the Governor of the State of New York or by his designee.
E. 
Conduct meetings within the Town whenever and wherever the Board shall deem it advisable and invite to such meetings parties and agencies, public and private, interested in traffic regulation control and safety education.
F. 
Promote safety education for drivers and pedestrians.
G. 
Obtain and assemble motor vehicle acts and data and analyze, study and consolidate such data for educational and informational purposes.
A. 
Members of the Board appointed pursuant to § 52-2 hereof shall be residents of the Town of Islip, and may be private citizens or public officials, either elected or appointed, interested in promoting and encouraging traffic safety. Experience in the following areas is desirable, but not mandatory:
(1) 
Planning and transportation.
(2) 
Police.
(3) 
Education.
(4) 
Highways.
(5) 
Legal.
(6) 
Medical.
B. 
The Director of the Department of Traffic Safety and the liaison Councilman for the Town Board shall be voting ex officio members of the Board.
The members of the Town of Islip Traffic Safety Board shall serve without compensation. Subject to the provisions of Article 16A of the Executive Law of the State of New York, the Town Board may appropriate funds to defray the costs and expenses of the activities of the Board in the performance of its duties set forth hereinabove, and to accept and appropriate to said purposes funds provided to the Town of Islip pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966.
This local law shall be effective when the appropriate certified copies are filed with the Secretary of State and the Comptroller of the State of New York pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.