Suffolk County, NY Article XXVI Jurisdiction and Procedure of District Court

§ C26-1 Applicability of statute.

The civil and criminal jurisdiction of and practice and procedure in the District Court of Suffolk County shall be as set forth in the Uniform District Court Act.

§ C26-2 Designation of enforcement officer.

The Sheriff of Suffolk County is hereby designated the enforcement officer for the District Court of Suffolk County as defined in the Uniform District Court Act. The territorial jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Suffolk County as enforcement officer under the Uniform District Court Act shall be throughout the County of Suffolk.

§ C26-3 Disposition of fines and penalties.

[Amended 6-17-2014 by L.L. No. 32-2014]

All fines and penalties imposed and collected by any judge of the court sitting as a court of special sessions or as a magistrate's court shall be paid over to the County Comptroller and be credited by him to the First Judicial District, except as follows:

A. Fines and penalties collected in cases arising out of the violation of the ordinances or regulations of any town or village shall be paid at least monthly into the treasury of such town or village.

B. Fines and penalties which by any general state law are payable to the State of New York or to any department, commission or agency thereof shall be paid as in such general state law provided, at least monthly.

C. Fines and penalties collected for violation of the Conservation Law[1] and of laws and ordinances in relation to the use of the public highways by motor vehicles, trailers and motorcycles shall be disposed of as now or hereafter required by law except as provided in Subsection D of this section and except further that fines and penalties collected in cases arising out of the violation of the ordinances of the Long Island State Park Commission adopted pursuant to § 775 the Conservation Law,[2] and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be paid over to the County Comptroller and credited to the First Judicial District.

[1] Editor's Note: This Conservation Law has been replaced by the Environmental Conservation Law.

[2] Editor's Note: Section 775 of the Conservation Law was repealed by L. 1961, c. 32, as being obsolete.

D. Fines and penalties which by general state laws, but for this section, would be required to be paid to a town or any officer of a town shall be paid instead to the County Comptroller and credited to the First Judicial District.

§ C26-4 Judicial hearing officers.

[Added 12-18-2012 by L.L. No. 9-2013]

Where the trial of a traffic or parking infraction is authorized or required to be tried before the District Court of Suffolk County, and such traffic and parking infraction does not constitute a misdemeanor, felony, violation of Subdivision 1 of § 1192, Subdivision 5 of § 1192, § 397-a, or Subdivision (g) of § 1180 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or a violation of Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 4 of § 14-f or Clause (b) of Subparagraph (iii) of Paragraph c of Subdivision 2 of § 1140 of the Transportation Law, or any offense that is part of the same criminal transaction, as that term is defined in Subdivision 2 of § 40.10 of the Criminal Procedure Law, as such a misdemeanor, felony, violation of Subdivision 1 of § 1192, Subdivision 2 of § 1192, § 397-a or Subdivision (g) of § 1180 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, or a violation of Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 4 of § 14-f or Clause (b) of Subparagraph (iii) of Paragraph c of Subdivision 2 of § 1140 of the Transportation Law, the administrative judge of the County in which the trial court is located may assign judicial hearing officers to conduct such a trial, in accordance with § 1690 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.