§ 58. Verification of appearance ticket. (1) Where an appearance\nticket has been served in lieu of arrest as authorized by article one\nhundred fifty of the criminal procedure law, in cases relating to\nviolation of any provision of law, rule or regulations restricting the\nparking of vehicles upon any street where no parking or\nalternate-side-of-the-street parking regulations have been posted and in\ncases relating to the violation of any provision of law, rule or\nregulation prohibiting, regulating, directing, controlling, or\nrestricting the parking of vehicles in and on highways where such\nviolation interferes with the performance of sanitation functions\nenumerated in paragraphs one, two, three and four of subdivision a of\nsection seven hundred fifty-three of the New York city charter and in\ncases relating to violation of the health code and those provisions of\nthe administrative code pertaining to the jurisdiction of the sanitation\nfunction of the department of sanitation of the city of New York and in\ncases relating to a violation of section three hundred eighty-a of the\nvehicle and traffic law, by an officer or employee of such department\nwho is a special patrolman by appointment of the police commissioner of\nthe city of New York, the officer or employee of such department\nassigned to act in the capacity of superintendent or assistant\nsuperintendent of the borough in which the service of such appearance\nticket is reported, is empowered, upon written authorization of the\ncommissioner of sanitation a copy of which shall be filed with the court\nin the manner provided by rule or order of court, to administer to such\nspecial patrolman all necessary oaths in connection with the execution\nof the accusatory instrument to be presented in court by such special\npatrolman in the prosecution of such offense. The total number of\nborough and assistant borough superintendents authorized to administer\noaths pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed twenty-five. As used\nin this section, the term "parking" shall mean and include the parking,\nstanding and stopping of vehicles at meters and off-street parking\nmetered areas and on any highway in the city as such terms are defined\nin the traffic regulations of the city promulgated pursuant to law; and\nthe term "highway" shall mean and include any highway or public highway\nas defined in sections one hundred thirty-four and sixteen hundred\nforty-two of the vehicle and traffic law. Except for the service of an\nappearence ticket relating to a violation of section three hundred\neighty-a of the vehicle and traffic law, nothing contained herein shall\nauthorize a special patrolman to issue an appearance ticket for a\nviolation of any law, rule or regulation regulating the movement, or\nconduct of vehicular or pedestrian traffic where such violation\ninterferes with the performance of sanitation functions enumerated in\nparagraphs one, two, three and four of subdivision a of section seven\nhundred fifty-three of the New York city charter.\n (2) Where an appearance ticket has been served by a member of the\npolice force of the port of New York authority in lieu of arrest in\ncases authorized by article one hundred fifty of the criminal procedure\nlaw, the officer of such police force assigned to desk duty at the\nfacility of the port of New York authority where the service of such\nappearance ticket is reported, is hereby authorized to administer to the\npolice officer all necessary oaths in connection with the execution of\nthe accusatory instrument to be presented in court by such officer in\nthe prosecution of such offense.\n (3) Where an appearance ticket has been served by a member of the\ntransit police force of the board of transportation of the city of New\nYork in lieu of arrest in cases authorized by article one hundred fifty\nof the criminal procedure law, an officer of such transit police force\nwith the grade of sergeant or lieutenant is hereby authori
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