N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-0209: Convictions; bail forfeitures; failure to appear

§ 71-0209. Convictions; bail forfeitures; failure to appear.

1. The trial court or clerk thereof shall certify to the commissioner

the facts of any case involving a violation of any provision of this

chapter, or of any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant thereto,

(a) within five days of the date of conviction of such violation;

(b) within five days of a forfeiture of bail in such case; or

(c) within ninety days of a failure of the defendant to appear on the

initial date of appearance, or any adjourned date for appearance or

trial.

2. The commissioner may, by regulation, provide for the form and

content of such certification and limit the violations for which

certifications shall be required. Such certifications shall be

presumptive evidence of the facts therein contained and may, in the

discretion of the commissioner, be recorded in the records of the

department. In the event a conviction which has been so recorded is

subsequently reversed, the commissioner, upon receiving due notice

thereof, shall record such fact in such records.

3. Upon the conviction of any person of a violation for which a

certification must be made to the commissioner, pursuant to this

section, the court or clerk shall also enter such conviction on any

license or certificate issued by the department if such entry is

required by the regulations of the commissioner.