N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 71-0521: Certificate by court or justice

§ 71-0521. Certificate by court or justice.

The court or justice, other than a town justice or a village police

justice, before whom any person shall be tried or before whom a

compromise of the civil penalties for a violation of any provision of

this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or under titles 5 through 15

inclusive and title 33 of this article, shall have been made, or the

clerk of the court, if there be a clerk, shall, at the termination of

such trial or proceeding, forthwith mail or deliver to the department at

Albany, or to its representative at such trial or proceeding, a

certified statement of the disposition of the case or proceeding, giving

the date thereof, the name of the defendant, the name of the person upon

whose information the action or proceeding was instituted, the date and

place of the violation, the name of each witness sworn in support of the

charges, and the costs of the court or fees of the justice, and the fees

of the constable, if any. Provided, however, that a town justice or a

village police justice before whom any person shall be tried or before

whom a compromise of the civil penalties for a violation of any

provision of this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or under titles 5

through 15 inclusive and title 33 of this article, shall have been made

shall forthwith mail or deliver to the department at Albany or to its

representative in attendance at such trial or proceeding such certified

statement, and within the first ten days of the month following the

termination of such trial or proceeding deliver to the State Comptroller

at Albany a statement in such form as the Comptroller may require. The

Comptroller upon receipt of such statement shall, as provided in section

71-0507, audit the bills of the justice of the peace and the constable

for fees in such trial or proceeding and shall pay to the persons

entitled thereto the amounts allowed by such audit and shall charge same

to the conservation fund.