New York Laws
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 or her 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 one of the
veterans' services 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 one of the veterans' services 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.