Pursuant to provisions of Article 14-B, Sections
370 to 373, inclusive, of the General Municipal Law of the State of
New York, a Traffic Violations Bureau is hereby authorized to be established
to assist the Village Justice of the Village of East Rockaway in disposing
of offenses in relation to certain traffic violations.
The Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in charge
of the Village Justice and shall be open at such hours as the Village
Justice of the Village of East Rockaway may designate.
The Traffic Violations Bureau as established
shall dispose of violations of traffic laws and regulations affecting
parking, failure to stop on streets designated as arterial highways
as indicated by full stop signs and operating motor vehicles on one-way
streets in any direction except in the direction indicated by signs
by permitting a person charged with such offense and within the limitations
herein stated to answer within a specified time to the Traffic Violations
Bureau, either in person or by written power of attorney, in such
form as may be prescribed in the chapter creating the Bureau, 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.
Acceptance of the prescribed fine and power
of attorney by the Bureau shall be deemed complete satisfaction for
the violation, and the violator shall be given a receipt which so
states.
If a person charged with a traffic violation
does not answer as hereinbefore prescribed within a designated time,
the Bureau shall cause a complaint to be entered against him forthwith
and a warrant to be issued for his arrest and appearance before the
court.
Such 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, ordinance,
rule or regulation.
The Traffic Violations Bureau as herein authorized
shall keep a record of all violations of which each person shall be
guilty, whether such guilt was established before the Village Justice
or the Bureau, and also a record of all fines collected and the disposition
thereof. It shall also perform such other or additional duties and
keep such other or additional records as shall be prescribed by the
Village Justice or the Board of Trustees.
The power of attorney referred to in § 275-51 hereof shall be in the following form:
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Village of East Rockaway
County of Nassau, New York
Authorization
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To the Traffic Violations Bureau
of the Village Justice Court of the Village of East Rockaway, County
of Nassau, State of New York: _____________________ residing at ____________________
received summons No. ___________ for violation of § ________
of the Code of the Village of East Rockaway.
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That said ______________ did violate
the aforesaid on the _____ day of ______________ 19____, and the undersigned
hereby waives a hearing in court and pleads guilty to the charge and
authorizes the person in charge of said Bureau to make such a plea
and pay a fine of $_____.
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The Traffic Violations Bureau has
informed the undersigned of the right to counsel and of the right
to appear in court to answer to, explain or defend any charge of violation
of any traffic law, ordinance, rule or regulation, and the undersigned
hereby waives such right.
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That the Traffic Violations Bureau
has informed the undersigned of the provisions of § 335-A
of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which states:
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"... The Magistrate, after the arrest
in this state of a resident of this state charged with a violation
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or other law or ordinance relating
to the operation of motor vehicles or motorcycles, and before accepting
a plea, must inform the defendant at the time of his arraignment that,
upon conviction, not only will he be liable to a penalty but that,
in addition, his license to drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle or,
in the case of an owner, the certificate of registration of his motor
vehicle or motorcycle may or must be suspended or revoked in accordance
with the provisions of law governing the charge involved and must
expressly inform the defendant that a plea of guilty is equivalent
to a conviction after trial."
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Dated at East Rockaway, New York,
this _____ day of _________, 19___
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By
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Attorney-in-fact
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Receipt
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No. ______________
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Date
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Received from _______________ the
sum of ___________ dollars ($______) as a fine for a violation of
§ _____ of the Code of the Village of East Rockaway, on
the _____ day of _________ 19____
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Traffic Violations Bureau
Village of East Rockaway
Village Justice Court
By _____________________
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Acceptance of the fine shall be
deemed complete satisfaction for the violation.
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