§ 1690. Authority of the Nassau county and Suffolk county district\ncourt judicial hearing officers and the city of Buffalo judicial hearing\nofficers and the city of Rochester judicial hearing officers. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, where the trial of a traffic\nor parking infraction is authorized or required to be tried before the\nNassau county district court or Suffolk county district court, and such\ntraffic and parking infraction does not constitute a misdemeanor,\nfelony, violation of subdivision one of section eleven hundred\nninety-two, subdivision five of section eleven hundred ninety-two,\nsection three hundred ninety-seven-a, or subdivision (g) of section\neleven hundred eighty of this chapter, or a violation of paragraph (b)\nof subdivision four of section fourteen-f or clause (b) of subparagraph\n(iii) of paragraph c of subdivision two of section one hundred forty of\nthe transportation law, or any offense that is part of the same criminal\ntransaction, as that term is defined in subdivision two of section 40.10\nof the criminal procedure law, as such a misdemeanor, felony, violation\nof subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-two, subdivision two\nof section eleven hundred ninety-two, section three hundred\nninety-seven-a or subdivision (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of\nthis chapter, or a violation of paragraph (b) of subdivision four of\nsection fourteen-f or clause (b) of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph d of\nsubdivision two of section one hundred forty of the transportation law,\nthe administrative judge of the county in which the trial court is\nlocated, may assign judicial hearing officers to conduct such a trial.\nSuch judicial hearing officers shall be village court justices or\nretired judges either of which shall have at least two years of\nexperience conducting trials of traffic and parking violations cases and\nshall be admitted to practice law in this state. Where such assignment\nis made, the judicial hearing officer shall entertain the case in the\nsame manner as a court and shall:\n (a) determine all questions of law;\n (b) act as the exclusive trier of all issues of fact;\n (c) render a verdict;\n (d) impose sentence; or\n (e) dispose of the case in any manner provided by law.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the trial of a\ntraffic infraction is authorized or required to be tried before the\nBuffalo city court, and such traffic infraction does not constitute a\nmisdemeanor, felony, violation of subdivision one of section eleven\nhundred ninety-two, subdivision five of section eleven hundred\nninety-two, section three hundred ninety-seven-a, or subdivision (g) of\nsection eleven hundred eighty of this chapter, or a violation of\nparagraph (b) of subdivision four of section fourteen-f or clause (b) of\nsubparagraph (iii) of paragraph c of subdivision two of section one\nhundred forty of the transportation law, or any parking, stopping,\nstanding or pedestrian offense, or 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 such a misdemeanor,\nfelony, violation of subdivision one of section eleven hundred\nninety-two, subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-two,\nsection three hundred ninety-seven-a or subdivision (g) of section\neleven hundred eighty of this chapter, or a violation of paragraph (b)\nof subdivision four of section fourteen-f or clause (b) of subparagraph\n(iii) of paragraph d of subdivision two of section one hundred forty of\nthe transportation law, or any parking, stopping, standing or pedestrian\noffense, the administrative judge of the eighth judicial district may\nassign judicial hearing officers to conduct such a trial. Such judicial\nhearing officers shall: (i) be residents of the city of Buffalo; and\n(ii) be village or town court justices, city court judges or retired\njudges or justices all of whic
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