NY Educ L § 360 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 360 - Powers to Regulate Traffic on University Grounds.

§ 360. Powers  to  Regulate  Traffic on University Grounds. 1. For the   purpose of providing for the safety and  convenience  of  its  students,   faculty,  employees,  and  visitors within and upon the property, roads,   streets, and highways under the supervision and  control  of  the  state   university, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to:a.  Adopt  and enforce such provisions of the vehicle and traffic law,   or any rules of the state department of transportation adopted under the   authority of that law, as control or regulate  vehicular  or  pedestrian   traffic and parking.b.  Adopt  and  enforce  such additional rules and regulations for the   control  of  vehicular  or  pedestrian  traffic  and  parking  as  local   authorities  are  permitted to adopt and enforce pursuant to the vehicle   and traffic law.c. Adopt and enforce campus rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent   with  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law relating to parking, vehicular and   pedestrian traffic, and safety. Such rules and regulations  may  include   provisions  for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by towing   or otherwise of vehicles parked  in  violation  of  such  rules  at  the   expense  of  the  owner,  the  payment  of  fees for the registration or   parking  of  such  vehicles,  provided  that  such  campus   rules   and   regulations  may provide that any veteran attending the state university   as a student shall be exempt from any fees for parking or registering  a   motor vehicle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner   or  operator  of  such  vehicles  for each violation of the regulations.   However, no such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity   to be heard conducted by an officer or board designated by the board  of   trustees.  Such  fines,  in  the case of an officer or employee of state   university, may be deducted from the salary or wages of such officer  or   employee  found  in  violation  of such regulations, or in the case of a   student of state university found in violation of such regulations,  the   university  may  withhold  his grades and transcripts until such time as   any fine is paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the  term  "veteran"   shall  mean a member of the armed forces of the United States who served   in such armed forces in time of war and who (i) was honorably discharged   or released under honorable circumstances from such service, or (ii) has   a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the   executive law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct  or   dishonorable  from  such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,   as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and  has   received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such   service.d. To erect, operate and maintain at the entrance or entrances to  any   such  grounds  and  at  other  appropriate  points  thereon  or  therein   appropriate control lights, signs and signals.2. A violation of any section of the vehicle and traffic law or of any   rule of the  state  department  of  transportation  made  applicable  as   provided  in  paragraphs  a  or  b of subdivision one hereof, shall be a   misdemeanor or traffic infraction as designated in such law or rules  as   the case may be, and shall be punishable as therein provided. Such laws,   rules  and  regulations  shall be enforced, and violations thereof where   designated a misdemeanor or traffic infraction shall  be  punishable  in   any  court having jurisdiction in the territory in which such violations   shall occur.3. Notice of all such laws, rules, and  regulations  adopted  or  made   applicable  pursuant  to  paragraphs a and b of subdivision one shall be   given by filing a copy of all such laws, rules and  regulations  in  the   office  of  the secretary of state, the office of the clerk of the city,   town, or village where they may be enforced, and in the  office  of  the    campus  security director or such other location as may be designated by   the campus chief administrative officer.  Notice  of  campus  rules  and   regulations  adopted pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision one shall be   given  by  filing  in the office of the campus security director or such   other location as may be designated by the campus  chief  administrative   officer.4. The persons designated as police officers by the board of trustees,   pursuant  to  paragraph  l  of  subdivision two of section three hundred   fifty-five of this chapter, shall have the power among all other  police   powers  to  issue a uniform traffic summons and complaint as provided in   the vehicle and traffic  law  and  simplified  traffic  informations  as   provided  for  in  the  criminal  procedure  law  for traffic violations   committed within the geographical area  of  employment  of  such  police   officers,   such   informations  to  be  administered  pursuant  to  the   provisions of article two-A  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  where   applicable.