§ 1209-a. Transit adjudication bureau. 1. Establishment. There is\nhereby created in the authority a transit adjudication bureau. The head\nof such bureau shall be the executive director, who shall be appointed\nby the president of the authority. The executive director may delegate\nthe powers and duties conferred upon the executive director by this\nsection to such qualified officers and employees of the bureau as he may\ndesignate.\n 2. Hearing officers. The president of the authority shall appoint\nhearing officers who shall preside at hearings for the adjudication of\ncharges of transit or railroad infractions, as hereinafter defined and\nthe adjudication of allegations of liability for violations of the rules\nand regulations of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in\naccordance with section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of this\nchapter, and who, as provided below, may be designated to serve on the\nappeals board of the bureau. Every hearing officer shall have been\nadmitted to the practice of law in this state for a period of at least\nthree years, and shall be compensated for their services on a per diem\nbasis determined by the bureau.\n 3. Jurisdiction. The bureau shall have, with respect to acts or\nincidents in or on the transit or railroad facilities of the authority\nor the metropolitan transportation authority or a subsidiary thereof\ncommitted by or involving persons who are sixteen years of age or over,\nand with respect to violation of toll collection regulations of the\ntriborough bridge and tunnel authority as described in section\ntwenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this chapter, non-exclusive\njurisdiction over violations of: (a) the rules which may from time to\ntime be established by the authority under subdivision five-a of section\ntwelve hundred four of this chapter; (b) article one hundred thirty-nine\nof the health code of the city of New York, as it may be amended from\ntime to time, relating to public transportation facilities; (c) article\nfour of the noise control code of the city of New York, as it may be\namended from time to time, insofar as it pertains to sound reproduction\ndevices; (d) the rules and regulations which may from time to time be\nestablished by the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in accordance\nwith the provisions of section twenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this\nchapter; and (e) rules and regulations which may from time to time be\nestablished by the metropolitan transportation authority or a subsidiary\nthereof in accordance with the provisions of section twelve hundred\nsixty-six of this chapter. Matters within the jurisdiction of the bureau\nexcept violations of the rules and regulations of the triborough bridge\nand tunnel authority shall be known for purposes of this section as\ntransit or railroad infractions, as applicable. Nothing herein shall be\nconstrued to divest jurisdiction from any court now having jurisdiction\nover any criminal charge or traffic infraction relating to any act\ncommitted in a transit or toll facility, or to impair the ability of a\npolice officer to conduct a lawful search of a person in a transit or\nrailroad facility. The criminal court of the city of New York shall\ncontinue to have jurisdiction over any criminal charge or traffic\ninfraction brought for violation of the rules of the authority, the\ntriborough bridge and tunnel authority or the metropolitan\ntransportation authority or a subsidiary thereof, as well as\njurisdiction relating to any act which may constitute a crime or an\noffense under any law of the state of New York or any municipality or\npolitical subdivision thereof and which may also constitute a violation\nof such rules. The bureau shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the\nenvironmental control board and the administrative tribunal of the\ndepartment of health over the aforesaid provisions of the health code\nand noise control code of the city of New York.\n 4. General powers. The bureau s
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