2020 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner
Article 2-B - Adjudication of Parking Infractions
237 - Functions, Powers and Duties.

§ 237. Functions,  powers  and  duties.  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;
* NB Effective until December 1, 2024
* 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.
* NB Effective December 1, 2024
* 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, 2024
* 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 and Repealed December 1, 2024
* 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 September 20, 2025
* 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 September 20, 2025
* 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 Effective until September 20, 2025
* 12.  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 Effective September 20, 2025 until July 1, 2022
* 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 Effective until July 1, 2022
* 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, 2024
* 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, 2024
* 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, 2024
* 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