N.Y. ENV Law § 71-0209

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Convictions; bail forfeitures; failure to appear

Official statutory text

§ 71-0209. Convictions; bail forfeitures; failure to appear.\n 1. The trial court or clerk thereof shall certify to the commissioner\nthe facts of any case involving a violation of any provision of this\nchapter, or of any rule, regulation or order adopted pursuant thereto,\n (a) within five days of the date of conviction of such violation;\n (b) within five days of a forfeiture of bail in such case; or\n (c) within ninety days of a failure of the defendant to appear on the\ninitial date of appearance, or any adjourned date for appearance or\ntrial.\n 2. The commissioner may, by regulation, provide for the form and\ncontent of such certification and limit the violations for which\ncertifications shall be required. Such certifications shall be\npresumptive evidence of the facts therein contained and may, in the\ndiscretion of the commissioner, be recorded in the records of the\ndepartment. In the event a conviction which has been so recorded is\nsubsequently reversed, the commissioner, upon receiving due notice\nthereof, shall record such fact in such records.\n 3. Upon the conviction of any person of a violation for which a\ncertification must be made to the commissioner, pursuant to this\nsection, the court or clerk shall also enter such conviction on any\nlicense or certificate issued by the department if such entry is\nrequired by the regulations of the commissioner.\n

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