[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton 12-2-1977 as Ch. 27
of the 1977 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — Ch. 240.
The Justices of the Peace (Court of Special Sessions) of the
Town of East Hampton are hereby authorized to establish a Traffic
Violations Bureau to assist the Court in the disposition of offenses
in relation to traffic violations.
Such Traffic Violations Bureau shall be in charge of such person
or persons and shall open at such hours as shall be designated in
writing by the Justices of the Peace of the Town of East Hampton.
Such Traffic Violations Bureau shall have such authority to
dispose of traffic violations as may be specified by written order
of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of East Hampton, subject
to the limitation prescribed in § 371, General Municipal
Law.
The jurisdiction and procedure of such Traffic Violations Bureau
shall be as provided in § 371, General Municipal Law.
A person charged with an offense which the Traffic Violations
Bureau is authorized to dispose of may appear in person or by written
power of attorney in the following form:
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I, (name and address of principal) do hereby appoint (name and
address of attorney) my attorney-in-fact to act in my name, place
and stead in any way which I myself could do if I were personally
present with respect to violations of traffic laws for which I am
answerable before the East Hampton Town Traffic Violations Bureau.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed
my seal this ____________ day of __________________________________________
19____
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(Signature of Principal)
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STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON
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On this _____ day of _______________, 19____, before me, the
subscriber, personally appeared... to me known and known to me to
be the same person described in and who executed the foregoing power
of attorney and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
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(Notary Public)
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The Justices of the Peace of the Town of East Hampton shall
designate in writing the fines to be paid for offenses which may be
satisfied at the Traffic Violations Bureau, provided such fines are
within the limits established as penalties for such offenses.
The person in charge of such Traffic Violations Bureau shall
keep a record of all violations of which each person has been guilty
whether such guilt was established in Court or in the Traffic Violations
Bureau, and also a record of all fines collected and the disposition
thereof. Such Traffic Violations Bureau shall also perform such other
or additional duties and keep such other or additional records as
shall be prescribed by the Court.
This ordinance shall take effect 10 days after publication and
posting as required by law.
