§ 1803. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided in subdivision five of section two hundred twenty-seven of this\nchapter and as provided in section eleven hundred ninety-seven of this\nchapter, section ninety of the state finance law and sections fourteen-f\nand one hundred forty of the transportation law, all fines and penalties\ncollected under a sentence or judgment of conviction of a violation of\nthis chapter or of any act relating to the use of highways by motor\nvehicles or trailers, now in force or hereafter enacted, shall be\ndistributed in the following manner:\n a. for a violation which occurs in a city, town or suburban town, any\nfine or penalty shall be paid to the city, town or suburban town in\nwhich the violation occurs, when such violation is of (1) any of the\nprovisions of title seven of this chapter, but including violations of\nsection eleven hundred eighty only when occurring in state parks for\nwhich the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation has\nestablished maximum speed limits pursuant to section sixteen hundred\nthirty and the violations could have been charged under either such\nestablished maximum speed limits or another section of this chapter, and\nwhen involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to section\nsixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four, sixteen hundred\nsixty-two-a, sixteen hundred sixty-three or sixteen hundred seventy, and\nexcluding violations of sections eleven hundred eighty-two, eleven\nhundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve of this chapter, or (2) any\nordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to article two-E\nof the transportation law or section sixteen hundred thirty of this\nchapter by the East Hudson Parkway Authority or by its successor, or the\nCounty of Westchester Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation,\nor the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation. For\npurposes of this paragraph, violations shall be deemed to be violations\nof any such ordinance, order, rule or regulation when they occur on\nhighways under the jurisdiction of the enumerated entities and the\nviolations could have been charged under either such ordinance, order,\nrule or regulation or another section of this chapter.\n b. for a violation which occurs in a village in which the office of\nvillage justice is established, any fine or penalty shall be paid to the\nvillage in which the violation occurs, when such violation is of (1) any\nof the provisions of title seven of this chapter, but including\nviolations of section eleven hundred eighty only when occurring in state\nparks for which the office of parks, recreation and historic\npreservation has established maximum speed limits pursuant to section\nsixteen hundred thirty and the violations could have been charged under\neither such established maximum speed limits or another section of this\nchapter, and when involving maximum speed limits established pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four or\nsixteen hundred seventy, and excluding violations of sections eleven\nhundred eighty-two, eleven hundred ninety-two and twelve hundred twelve\nof this chapter, or (2) any ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted\npursuant to article two-E of the transportation law or section sixteen\nhundred thirty of this chapter by the East Hudson Parkway Authority or\nby its successor, or the County of Westchester Department of Parks,\nRecreation and Conservation, or the state office of parks, recreation\nand historic preservation. For purposes of this paragraph, violations\nshall be deemed to be violations of any such ordinance, order, rule or\nregulation when they occur on highways under the jurisdiction of the\nenumerated entities and the violations could have been charged under\neither such ordinance, order, rule or regulation, or another section of\nthis chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of th
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