S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to authorize the city of Jamestown to establish an administrative
tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions; and to amend the
vehicle and traffic law, in relation thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The city of Jamestown, acting through its governing body,
is hereby authorized to establish an administrative tribunal for the
adjudication of parking infractions, subject to the provisions of arti-
cle 2-B of the vehicle and traffic law. Hearing examiners for such
administrative adjudications in the city of Jamestown shall be appointed
by the commissioner of motor vehicles in accordance with paragraph d of
subdivision 2 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law.
S 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 236 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as amended by chapter 342 of the laws of 1981, is amended
to read as follows:
d. The commissioner shall appoint hearing examiners who shall preside
at hearings for the adjudication of charges of parking violations. Hear-
ing examiners shall be appointed and shall serve for such number of
sessions as may be determined by the commissioner and shall receive
therefor, such remuneration as may be fixed. Such hearing examiners
shall not be considered employees of the city in which the administra-
tive tribunal has been established. Every hearing examiner shall have
been admitted to the practice of law in this state for a period of at
least five years, except in cities having a population of one million or
more persons AND IN THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA,
where they shall have been admitted to such practice for a period of at
least three years. Hearing examiners shall be appointed from a list of
eligible candidates who have satisfied the standards established by a
duly constituted committee of the bar association of the county in which
the city is located or, the association of the bar of that city.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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