New York General Municipal Code § 371

Jurisdiction and procedure
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* § 371. Jurisdiction and procedure.  1. A traffic violations bureau\nso established may be authorized to dispose of violations of traffic\nlaws, ordinances, rules and regulations when such offenses shall not\nconstitute the traffic infraction known as speeding or a misdemeanor or\nfelony, and, if authorized by local law or ordinance, to adjudicate the\nliability of owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven\nhundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law in accordance with section\neleven hundred eleven-a of such law or section eleven hundred eleven-b\nof such law as added by sections sixteen of chapters twenty, and\ntwenty-two of the laws of two thousand nine which amended this\nsubdivision, or section eleven hundred eleven-d of such law, or section\neleven hundred eleven-e of such law or section eleven hundred\nseventy-four-a of such law.\n  2. The Nassau county traffic and parking violations agency, as\nestablished, may be authorized to assist the Nassau county district\ncourt, and the Suffolk county traffic and parking violations agency, as\nestablished, may be authorized to assist the Suffolk county district\ncourt, in the disposition and administration of infractions of traffic\nand parking laws, ordinances, rules and regulations and the liability of\nowners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred\neleven of the vehicle and traffic law in accordance with section eleven\nhundred eleven-b of such law and the liability of owners for violations\nof section eleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law in\naccordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of such law,\nexcept that such agencies shall not have jurisdiction over (a) the\ntraffic infraction defined under subdivision one of section eleven\nhundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law; (b) the traffic\ninfraction defined under subdivision five of section eleven hundred\nninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law; (c) the violation defined\nunder paragraph (b) of subdivision four of section fourteen-f of the\ntransportation law and the violation defined under clause (b) of\nsubparagraph (iii) of paragraph c of subdivision two of section one\nhundred forty of the transportation law; (d) the traffic infraction\ndefined under section three hundred ninety-seven-a of the vehicle and\ntraffic law and the traffic infraction defined under subdivision (g) of\nsection eleven hundred eighty of the vehicle and traffic law; (e) any\nmisdemeanor or felony; or (f) any offense that is part of the same\ncriminal transaction, as that term is defined in subdivision two of\nsection 40.10 of the criminal procedure law, as a violation of\nsubdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and\ntraffic law, a violation of subdivision five of section eleven hundred\nninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, a violation of paragraph (b)\nof subdivision four of section fourteen-f of the transportation law, a\nviolation of clause (b) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph c of\nsubdivision two of section one hundred forty of the transportation law,\na violation of section three hundred ninety-seven-a of the vehicle and\ntraffic law, a violation of subdivision (g) of section eleven hundred\neighty of the vehicle and traffic law or any misdemeanor or felony.\n  2-a. The Buffalo traffic violations agency, as established in\nsubdivision four of section three hundred seventy of this article, may\nbe authorized to assist the Buffalo city court in the disposition and\nadministration of infractions of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and\nregulations except that such agency shall not have jurisdiction over (a)\nthe traffic infraction defined under subdivision one of section eleven\nhundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law; (b) the traffic\ninfraction defined under subdivision five of section eleven hundred\nninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law; (c) the violation defined\nunder paragraph (b) of subdivision four of sec

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