[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Hewlett Neck 12-6-2016 by L.L.
No. 1-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Neck hereby
finds and determines that the best interests of the Village would
be served by the establishment of a Village Justice Court, pursuant
to Village Law § 3-301, having the powers and duties prescribed
in the Uniform Justice Court Act.
A.
There
shall be one elected Village Justice for the Village of Hewlett Neck.
The Mayor shall appoint, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees,
an Acting Village Justice who shall serve when requested by the Village
Justice, or in the absence or inability of the Village Justice to
serve.
B.
The
Village Justice and the Acting Village Justice shall serve without
compensation.
The Village Justice Court of the Village of Hewlett Neck shall
have such jurisdiction as is permitted by the Uniform Justice Court
Act of the State of New York and other laws of the State of New York
and of the County of Nassau.
The office of Village Justice shall be filled by election for
a four-year term in accordance with Village Law § 3-302.
The Acting Village Justice position shall be filled by appointment
by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, at
the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and be for a term of office
of one year.
The Board of Trustees shall be empowered to appoint such employees,
officers and the like as may be required to operate and conduct the
Village Justice Court in accordance with the procedures provided by
law and to provide for the compensation of such employees, officers
and the like. The Board of Trustees shall be empowered to secure such
systems and services as may be required in the operation and conduct
of the Village Court system established within the Village and to
provide for the payment thereof in accordance with law.