New York Vehicle and Traffic Code § 240

Hearings, notice and conduct
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§ 240. Hearings, notice and conduct.  1. Notice of hearing. Whenever a\nperson charged with a parking violation enters a plea of not guilty; or\na person alleged to be liable in accordance with any provisions of law\nspecifically authorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the\nowner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with\ntraffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section\neleven hundred eleven of this chapter through the installation and\noperation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring systems,\nin accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply\nwith certain posted maximum speed limits in violation of subdivision\n(b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this\nchapter through the installation and operation of photo speed violation\nmonitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter;\nor to comply with bus lane restrictions as defined by article\ntwenty-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of\nbus lane photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this\nchapter; or to comply with toll collection regulations of certain public\nauthorities through the installation and operation of photo-monitoring\nsystems, in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand nine\nhundred eighty-five of the public authorities law and sections\nsixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven hundred seventy-four\nof the laws of nineteen hundred fifty; or to stop for a school bus\ndisplaying a red visual signal in violation of section eleven hundred\nseventy-four of this chapter through the installation and operation of\nschool bus photo violation monitoring systems, in accordance with\narticle twenty-nine of this chapter; or to comply with certain posted\nmaximum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of\nsection eleven hundred eighty of this chapter within a highway\nconstruction or maintenance work area through the installation and\noperation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance\nwith article thirty of this chapter; or to comply with gross vehicle\nweight and/or axle weight restrictions in violation of section three\nhundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the applicable\ncovered agency or covered authority as such terms are defined in article\nten of this chapter through the installation and operation of weigh in\nmotion violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article ten of\nthis chapter; or to comply with bus operation-related traffic\nregulations as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter in\nviolation of the rules of the department of transportation of the city\nof New York through the installation and operation of bus\noperation-related photo devices, in accordance with article twenty-four\nof this chapter, contests such allegation, the parking violations bureau\nor the traffic camera violations bureau, as applicable, shall advise\nsuch person personally by such form of first class mail as the director\nmay direct of the date on which such person must appear to answer the\ncharge at a hearing. The form and content of such notice of hearing\nshall be prescribed by the director, and shall contain a warning to\nadvise the person so pleading or contesting that failure to appear on\nthe date designated, or on any subsequent adjourned date, shall be\ndeemed an admission of liability, and that a default judgment may be\nentered thereon.\n  1-a. Fines and penalties. Whenever a plea of not guilty has been\nentered, or the parking violations bureau or the traffic camera\nviolations bureau, as applicable, has been notified that an allegation\nof liability in accordance with provisions of law specifically\nauthorizing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a\nvehicle for failure of an operator thereof: to comply with\ntraffic-control indications in violation of subdivision (d) of section\neleven

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