NY Canal L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 2 - Powers of the Canal Corporation 10 - General Powers and Duties of the Corporation Relating to Canals.

§  10.    General  powers  and  duties  of the corporation relating to   canals. The corporation shall:1. Have general supervision of the  canal  system  and  its  operating   personnel  and enforce the faithful administration and observance of the   canal law.2. Appoint and remove all officers and employees in the administration   of canal matters in conformity with the  provisions  of  title  nine  of   article two of the public authorities law.3.  Provide  for all engineering services required in the improvement,   maintenance and repair of the canal system.4. Cause surveys, maps, plans, specifications and estimates to be made   for the improvement, maintenance and repair of the canal system.5. Cause plans, specifications and estimates covering canal  contracts   to be prepared.6. Cause inspections of the canal system to be made annually.7.  Determine  the boundaries of the districts of the canal system and   change such boundaries when it deems it expedient.8. Keep and maintain in good condition the canals, canal terminals and   corporation equipment used in the maintenance and repair  of  the  canal   system.9.  Prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with law relating   to the navigation, protection and maintenance of the  canal  system  and   enforce  such  rules  and regulations by prescribing fines, penalties or   forfeitures not to exceed one hundred dollars for each offense.9-a. Undertake lock improvements designed to attract tourists  to  the   locks  and  surrounding  communities. Such improvements may include, but   not be limited to, comfort stations, information kiosks,  picnic  tables   and   grills,   docking   facilities,  lock  beautification,  campsites,   telephone service, and trash collection and removal facilities.10. Enforce compliance with laws, rules and  regulations  relating  to   posting  of  limited  loads and clearances on all bridges over the canal   system under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  department  of  transportation   pursuant to section six and article seven of this chapter.11.  Compile  statistics  relating to the canal system and the traffic   thereon and collect such other information in regard thereto as it shall   deem expedient.12. Make an annual report to the legislature,  covering  the  calendar   year,  on  the trade and tonnage handled, on the condition of the canals   and the work and improvements connected therewith.13. Cause a record to be made and  filed  on  January  first,  in  the   corporation  of  all  expenditures  during the previous fiscal year from   moneys appropriated for the canal system.14. Permit boat owners operating upon the canal system  to  use  state   drydocks while making emergency repairs to their vessels.15. Grant leases and issue revocable permits pursuant to this chapter.16.  Cause  to  be removed from canal lands any encroachments which in   its judgment are detrimental.17. Cause to be acquired lands necessary for canal purposes and  cause   to  be  abandoned  such canal lands as are no longer necessary or useful   for canal purposes. The commissioner of environmental conservation shall   be given notice of any lands located within the  Adirondack  park  which   are no longer necessary or useful for canal purposes and which are to be   abandoned,  and  shall  be  given sixty days within which to request the   transfer of such lands. Such lands for which such  a  request  has  been   made   shall   be   transferred   to  the  department  of  environmental   conservation.18.  Accept  available  federal  aid  money  for   the   construction,   reconstruction, improvement, restoration, repair, operation, maintenance    or rehabilitation of any section, appurtenances or facility of the Barge   canal system.19.  Investigate  all  matters  relating  to  the  administration  and   operation of the canal system and its personnel.20. Either absolutely, or on such conditions as it  prescribes,  remit   fines imposed, if in its judgment such action is expedient.21.  Administer,  operate  and  maintain the state-owned hydroelectric   power plants on the Mohawk river at Crescent and Vischer Ferry.22. When an emergency arises endangering life  or  the  canal  system,   seize any lands, equipment or supplies necessary to avert such damage.23.  Prepare  an  inventory  sufficient  for  planning  purposes which   includes at least: (a) a general description of all state-owned property   which  comprises  the  canal  system,  and   where   appropriate   other   state-owned  property contiguous to the canal system, specifying present   use and facilities for public use, including but not  limited  to  parks   and  recreation  facilities; (b) a description of significant freshwater   wetlands and lands which possess significance for  wildlife  management,   recreation  or  natural  resource  protection  purposes within the canal   system; and (c) significant  municipal  and  privately-owned  facilities   which  serve users of the canal system. Such inventory shall be provided   to the commission no later  than  July  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred   ninety-three.24.  Prepare  on an annual basis a detailed five-year capital plan for   the maintenance and improvement of canal infrastructure. Such plan shall   set  system-wide  goals  and  objectives  for  capital   spending   and,   commencing  January  first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-five, describe the   compatibility of such plan to  the  canal  recreationway  plan  approved   pursuant  to  section  one  hundred thirty-eight-c of this chapter. Such   plan shall include but not be limited to such capital project categories   as locks, canal bridges, channels, shorelines, dams,  guard  gates,  and   other  structures  necessary  for  safe  and successful operation of the   canal system. The plan shall also include a  detailed  schedule  of  all   capital  projects  which  the  authority intends to undertake within the   next five years and shall provide the  following  information  for  each   such  capital  project:  (a)  a  description  of  the  project;  (b)  an   indication of the category into which the project has been classified in   the capital plan; (c) the  estimated  total  cost  of  the  project  and   expenditures  by  year for such project; (d) the actual disbursements by   project for the prior year; and  (e)  the  estimated  dates  of  project   initiation  and  completion.  The plan shall also include a statement of   the mix of financing methods to be used by the authority  for  financing   the  capital  plan. The capital plan shall be submitted to the governor,   the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on   the first day of January of each year  commencing  in  nineteen  hundred   ninety-three.25.  Prepare,  in  consultation  with  the department of environmental   conservation: (a) a survey of canal lands in the  Adirondack  park;  and   (b)  a  study  of canal lands in the Adirondack park subject to permits,   including the identification of any structures or  activities  that  are   not  allowed  by  law or by such permits. Such survey and study shall be   completed and submitted to the commission no later than  January  first,   nineteen hundred ninety-four.26.  Perform  such  other  acts  as  in its judgment constitute a duty   required to efficiently administer the canal system.