Section 71-0521. Certificate by court or justice  


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  • The  court  or  justice, other than a town justice or a village police
      justice, before whom  any  person  shall  be  tried  or  before  whom  a
      compromise  of  the  civil penalties for a violation of any provision of
      this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or  under  titles  5  through  15
      inclusive  and  title  33  of this article, shall have been made, or the
      clerk of the court, if there be a clerk, shall, at  the  termination  of
      such trial or proceeding, forthwith mail or deliver to the department at
      Albany,  or  to  its  representative  at  such  trial  or  proceeding, a
      certified statement of the disposition of the case or proceeding, giving
      the date thereof, the name of the defendant, the name of the person upon
      whose information the action or proceeding was instituted, the date  and
      place of the violation, the name of each witness sworn in support of the
      charges, and the costs of the court or fees of the justice, and the fees
      of  the  constable, if any.  Provided, however, that a town justice or a
      village police justice before whom any person shall be tried  or  before
      whom  a  compromise  of  the  civil  penalties  for  a  violation of any
      provision of this chapter listed in section 71-0501 or  under  titles  5
      through  15 inclusive and title 33 of this article, shall have been made
      shall forthwith mail or deliver to the department at Albany  or  to  its
      representative  in attendance at such trial or proceeding such certified
      statement, and within the first ten days  of  the  month  following  the
      termination of such trial or proceeding deliver to the State Comptroller
      at  Albany  a statement in such form as the Comptroller may require. The
      Comptroller upon receipt of such statement shall, as provided in section
      71-0507, audit the bills of the justice of the peace and  the  constable
      for  fees  in  such  trial  or  proceeding  and shall pay to the persons
      entitled thereto the amounts allowed by such audit and shall charge same
      to the conservation fund.