N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 237: Functions, powers and duties of parking violations bureaus

§ 237. Functions, powers and duties of parking violations bureaus. The

parking violations bureau shall have the following functions, powers and

duties:

1. To accept pleas to, and to hear and determine, charges of parking

violations and, except in a city with a population of one million or

more, abandoned vehicle violations;

2. To provide for penalties other than imprisonment for (a) parking

violations in accordance with a schedule of monetary fines and

penalties, provided however, that monetary penalties shall not exceed

fifty dollars for each parking violation other than (i) in a city with a

population of one million or more, violations committed in spaces where

stopping or standing is prohibited for which monetary penalties shall

not exceed one hundred dollars and, (ii) handicapped parking violations

for which monetary penalties shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars;

and (b) abandoned vehicle violations, except in a city with a population

of one million or more, provided however, that monetary penalties shall

not be less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand

dollars for each abandoned vehicle violation; and (c) a city with a

population of one million or more may impose a monetary penalty of up to

two hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and up to five hundred

dollars for subsequent offenses within a six month period for

tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers

parked overnight on streets in residential neighborhoods;

3. To adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with any applicable

provision of law to carry out the purposes of this article, including

but not limited to rules and regulations prescribing the internal

procedures and organization of the bureau, the manner and time of

entering pleas, the conduct of hearings, and the amount and manner of

payment of penalties;

4. To issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of persons to give

testimony at hearings and to compel the production of relevant books,

papers and other things;

5. To enter judgments and enforce them, without court proceedings, in

the same manner as the enforcement of money judgments in civil actions

in any court of competent jurisdiction or any other place provided for

the entry of civil judgment within the state of New York;

6. To compile and maintain complete and accurate records relating to

all charges and dispositions and to prepare complete and accurate

transcripts of all hearings conducted by the bureau and to furnish such

transcripts to the person charged at said person's own expense upon

timely request, and upon said person complying with the regulations of

the bureau;

7. To remit to the finance administrator, or other appropriate finance

officer, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, all monetary

penalties or fees received by the bureau during the prior calendar

month, along with a statement thereof, and, at the same time, to file

duplicate copies of such statement with the comptroller;

8. To answer within a reasonable period of time all relevant and

reasonable inquiries made by a person charged with a parking violation

or his attorney concerning the notice of violation served on that

person. The bureau must also furnish within a reasonable period of time

to the person charged on his request, and upon complying with the

regulations of the bureau, a copy of the original notice of violation

including all information contained thereon. Failure by the bureau to

comply with the provisions of this subdivision or any part of the

provisions of this subdivision, within forty-five days of such inquiry,

forwarded to the bureau by certified or registered mail, return receipt

requested, will result, upon the request of the person charged, in an

automatic dismissal of all charges relating to and only to that notice

of violation to which the inquiry was made;

9. To prepare and issue a notice of violation in blank to members of

the police department, the fire department, the traffic department and

to other officers as the bureau by regulation shall determine. The

notice of violation or duplicate thereof, when filled in and sworn to or

affirmed by such designated officers, and served as provided in this

article, shall constitute notice of the parking violation charged.

* 10. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of

subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in

accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this chapter or

section eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter as added by section

sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which amended

this subdivision, if authorized by local law adopted pursuant to

subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred eleven-a or pursuant to

subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred eleven-b as added by

section sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which

amended this subdivision;

* NB Effective until December 1, 2027

* 10. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of

subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in

accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-b of this chapter as added

by section sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which

added this subdivision, if authorized by local law adopted pursuant to

subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred eleven-b as added by

section sixteen of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine which

added this subdivision.

* NB Effective December 1, 2027

* NB Repealed December 1, 2029

* 11. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll

collection regulations as defined in and in accordance with the

provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the

public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c

of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred

fifty;

* NB Effective until July 1, 2028

* 11. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of toll

collection regulations as defined in and in accordance with the

provisions of section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the

public authorities law and sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c

of chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred

fifty;

* NB Effective July 1, 2028

* 12. To adjudicate liability of owners in accordance with section

eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for violations of bus lane

restrictions as defined in such section;

* NB Repealed July 1, 2028

* 13. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of

subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty

of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of

this chapter.

* NB Repealed July 1, 2030

* 14. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of

subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in

accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, if

authorized by local law adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of such

section eleven hundred eleven-d.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2029

* 15. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of

subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in

accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter, if

authorized by local law adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of such

section eleven hundred eleven-e.

* NB Repealed December 1, 2029

* 16. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of section

eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter in accordance with section

eleven hundred seventy-four-a of this chapter, if authorized by local

law adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of such section eleven hundred

seventy-four-a.

* NB Effective September 5, 2019 and Repealed December 1, 2029

* 16. To adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of

subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty

of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-d of

this chapter.

* NB Effective September 6, 2019 and Repealed September 6, 2024