Dolce v. Nassau County Traffic & Parking Violations Agency

OPINION OF THE COURT

ClPARIGK, J.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency (TPVA) has jurisdiction to adjudicate certain traffic and parking violations and, further, whether a duplicate physical filing in the District Court of a simplified traffic information is necessary to confer such jurisdiction on the TPVA. Upon reviewing the language of the statute authorizing the creation of the TPVA and its legislative history, we conclude that the TPVA was created to be an adjunct of the Nassau County District Court and therefore has…