§ 360 — Powers to Regulate Traffic on University Grounds

§ 360. Powers to Regulate Traffic on University Grounds. 1. For the\npurpose of providing for the safety and convenience of its students,\nfaculty, employees, and visitors within and upon the property, roads,\nstreets, and highways under the supervision and control of the state\nuniversity, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to:\n a. Adopt and enforce such provisions of the vehicle and traffic law,\nor any rules of the state department of transportation adopted under the\nauthority of that law, as control or regulate vehicular or pedestrian\ntraffic and parking.\n b. Adopt and enforce such additional rules and regulations for the\ncontrol of vehicular or pedestrian traffic and parking as local\nauthorities are permitted to adopt and enforce pursuant to the vehicle\nand traffic law.\n c. Adopt and enforce campus rules and regulations not inconsistent\nwith the vehicle and traffic law relating to parking, vehicular and\npedestrian traffic, and safety. Such rules and regulations may include\nprovisions for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by towing\nor otherwise of vehicles parked in violation of such rules at the\nexpense of the owner, the payment of fees for the registration or\nparking of such vehicles, provided that such campus rules and\nregulations may provide that any veteran attending the state university\nas a student shall be exempt from any fees for parking or registering a\nmotor vehicle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner\nor operator of such vehicles for each violation of the regulations.\nHowever, no such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity\nto be heard conducted by an officer or board designated by the board of\ntrustees. Such fines, in the case of an officer or employee of state\nuniversity, may be deducted from the salary or wages of such officer or\nemployee found in violation of such regulations, or in the case of a\nstudent of state university found in violation of such regulations, the\nuniversity may withhold his or her grades and transcripts until such\ntime as any fine is paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the term\n"veteran" shall mean a member of the armed forces of the United States\nwho served in such armed forces in time of war and who (i) was honorably\ndischarged or released under honorable circumstances from such service,\nor (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the\nveterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad\nconduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT\nveteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service.\n d. To erect, operate and maintain at the entrance or entrances to any\nsuch grounds and at other appropriate points thereon or therein\nappropriate control lights, signs and signals.\n 2. A violation of any section of the vehicle and traffic law or of any\nrule of the state department of transportation made applicable as\nprovided in paragraphs a or b of subdivision one hereof, shall be a\nmisdemeanor or traffic infraction as designated in such law or rules as\nthe case may be, and shall be punishable as therein provided. Such laws,\nrules and regulations shall be enforced, and violations thereof where\ndesignated a misdemeanor or traffic infraction shall be punishable in\nany court having jurisdiction in the territory in which such violations\nshall occur.\n 3. Notice of all such laws, rules, and regulations adopted or made\napplicable pursuant to paragraphs a and b of subdivision one shall be\ngiven by filing a copy of all such laws, rules and regulations in the\noffice of the secretary of state, the office of the clerk of the city,\ntown, or village where they may be enforced, and in the office of the\ncampus security director or such other location as may be designated by\nthe campus chief administrative officer. Notice of campus rules and\nregulations adopted pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision one shall be\ngiven by filing in the office of the campus security director or such\nother location as may be designated by the campus chief administrative\nofficer.\n 4. The persons designated as police officers by the board of trustees,\npursuant to paragraph l of subdivision two of section three hundred\nfifty-five of this chapter, shall have the power among all other police\npowers to issue a uniform traffic summons and complaint as provided in\nthe vehicle and traffic law and simplified traffic informations as\nprovided for in the criminal procedure law for traffic violations\ncommitted within the geographical area of employment of such police\nofficers, such informations to be administered pursuant to the\nprovisions of article two-A of the vehicle and traffic law, where\napplicable.\n