Bill Text: NY A05123 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Jamestown to establish an administrative tribunal for the adjudication of parking infractions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A05123 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05123-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5123
                              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:
    1    Section  1.  The city of Jamestown, acting through its governing body,
    2  is hereby authorized to establish an  administrative  tribunal  for  the
    3  adjudication  of parking infractions, subject to the provisions of arti-
    4  cle 2-B of the vehicle and  traffic  law.  Hearing  examiners  for  such
    5  administrative adjudications in the city of Jamestown shall be appointed
    6  by  the commissioner of motor vehicles in accordance with paragraph d of
    7  subdivision 2 of section 236 of the vehicle and traffic law.
    8    S 2. Paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section 236 of  the  vehicle  and
    9  traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 342 of the laws of 1981, is amended
   10  to read as follows:
   11    d. The commissioner shall appoint hearing examiners who shall  preside
   12  at hearings for the adjudication of charges of parking violations. Hear-
   13  ing  examiners  shall  be  appointed  and shall serve for such number of
   14  sessions as may be determined by  the  commissioner  and  shall  receive
   15  therefor,  such  remuneration  as  may  be fixed. Such hearing examiners
   16  shall not be considered employees of the city in which  the  administra-
   17  tive  tribunal  has  been established. Every hearing examiner shall have
   18  been admitted to the practice of law in this state for a  period  of  at
   19  least five years, except in cities having a population of one million or
   20  more  persons AND IN THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA,
   21  where they shall have been admitted to such practice for a period of  at
   22  least  three  years. Hearing examiners shall be appointed from a list of
   23  eligible candidates who have satisfied the standards  established  by  a
   24  duly constituted committee of the bar association of the county in which
   25  the city is located or, the association of the bar of that city.
   26    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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