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Editor's Note: The sections contained within
this article were not adopted by any specific piece of legislation
but are an inherent part of all vehicle and traffic legislation according
to statute.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York.
The person so designated within such legislation
enacting a particular regulation shall install and maintain traffic
control devices when and as required under the provisions of this
chapter to make effective the provisions of said chapter, and may
install and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he
may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic under the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York, subject to the provisions
of §§ 1682 and 1684 of that law.
Unless otherwise noted within this chapter,
every person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation of
any provision of this chapter which is not a violation of any provision
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall, for
a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than
$50 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment; for a second such conviction within 18 months
thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$100 or by imprisonment for not more than 45 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction within
18 months after the first conviction, such person shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
