[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Baxter
Estates 2-3-2003 by L.L. No. 4-2003. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Baxter Estates has determined that
it will further the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Village
for the Village to have its own Justice Court to adjudicate local traffic,
criminal and building and zoning matters. The Board of Trustees has determined
that the creation of the office of Village Justice, with one Village Justice
to be elected and the other to be appointed as Acting Village Justice in the
absence of the Village Justice, will be sufficient to meet the needs for local
law enforcement.
Pursuant to Village Law § 3-301, Subdivision 2a, the Village
of Baxter Estates does hereby create the office of Village Justice.
There shall be one elected Village Justice for the Village of Baxter
Estates. The Mayor shall appoint, subject to Board approval, a person to act
as Acting Village Justice in the absence or inability to serve of the elected
Village Justice.
The Office of Village Justice shall be filled at election for a four-year
term in accordance with § 3-302, Subdivision 3, of the Village Law.
The Acting Village Justice position shall be appointed at the annual meeting
of the Board of Trustees following the yearly Village elections and shall
be for a one-year term.
All Village Justices for the Village of Baxter Estates shall be required
to meet all eligibility requirements of § 3-300 of the Village Law,
the Election Law, the Uniform Justice Court Act, rules of the Office of Court
Administration, the Public Officers Law, and any other law, rule or regulation
of the State of New York pertaining to the office. The Village Justice of
the Village of Baxter Estates shall be a resident of the Village. The Acting
Village Justice need not be a resident of the Village, but must be a resident
of the County of Nassau.
The Village Justice and Acting Village Justice of the Village of Baxter
Estates shall be empowered and have all the rights and duties as authorized
by law for all other Village Justices and Acting Village Justices within the
State of New York in accordance with all state laws, rules and regulations
pertaining to same.
Compensation for the Village Justice and Acting Village Justice, if
any, shall be established from time to time by the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Baxter Estates during its budget process. The Village Justice and
Acting Village Justice may serve without compensation, if none is authorized
by the Board of Trustees.
