N.Y. Education Law § 360: Powers to Regulate Traffic on University Grounds

§ 360. Powers to Regulate Traffic on University Grounds. 1. For the

purpose of providing for the safety and convenience of its students,

faculty, employees, and visitors within and upon the property, roads,

streets, and highways under the supervision and control of the state

university, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to:

a. Adopt and enforce such provisions of the vehicle and traffic law,

or any rules of the state department of transportation adopted under the

authority of that law, as control or regulate vehicular or pedestrian

traffic and parking.

b. Adopt and enforce such additional rules and regulations for the

control of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and parking as local

authorities are permitted to adopt and enforce pursuant to the vehicle

and traffic law.

c. Adopt and enforce campus rules and regulations not inconsistent

with the vehicle and traffic law relating to parking, vehicular and

pedestrian traffic, and safety. Such rules and regulations may include

provisions for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by towing

or otherwise of vehicles parked in violation of such rules at the

expense of the owner, the payment of fees for the registration or

parking of such vehicles, provided that such campus rules and

regulations may provide that any veteran attending the state university

as a student shall be exempt from any fees for parking or registering a

motor vehicle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner

or operator of such vehicles for each violation of the regulations.

However, no such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity

to be heard conducted by an officer or board designated by the board of

trustees. Such fines, in the case of an officer or employee of state

university, may be deducted from the salary or wages of such officer or

employee found in violation of such regulations, or in the case of a

student of state university found in violation of such regulations, the

university may withhold his or her grades and transcripts until such

time as any fine is paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the term

"veteran" shall mean a member of the armed forces of the United States

who served in such armed forces in time of war and who (i) was honorably

discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service,

or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the

veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad

conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT

veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and

has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from

such service.

d. To erect, operate and maintain at the entrance or entrances to any

such grounds and at other appropriate points thereon or therein

appropriate control lights, signs and signals.

2. A violation of any section of the vehicle and traffic law or of any

rule of the state department of transportation made applicable as

provided in paragraphs a or b of subdivision one hereof, shall be a

misdemeanor or traffic infraction as designated in such law or rules as

the case may be, and shall be punishable as therein provided. Such laws,

rules and regulations shall be enforced, and violations thereof where

designated a misdemeanor or traffic infraction shall be punishable in

any court having jurisdiction in the territory in which such violations

shall occur.

3. Notice of all such laws, rules, and regulations adopted or made

applicable pursuant to paragraphs a and b of subdivision one shall be

given by filing a copy of all such laws, rules and regulations in the

office of the secretary of state, the office of the clerk of the city,

town, or village where they may be enforced, and in the office of the

campus security director or such other location as may be designated by

the campus chief administrative officer. Notice of campus rules and

regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision one shall be

given by filing in the office of the campus security director or such

other location as may be designated by the campus chief administrative

officer.

4. The persons designated as police officers by the board of trustees,

pursuant to paragraph l of subdivision two of section three hundred

fifty-five of this chapter, shall have the power among all other police

powers to issue a uniform traffic summons and complaint as provided in

the vehicle and traffic law and simplified traffic informations as

provided for in the criminal procedure law for traffic violations

committed within the geographical area of employment of such police

officers, such informations to be administered pursuant to the

provisions of article two-A of the vehicle and traffic law, where

applicable.