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NY Canal L § 100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 10 - Permits 100 - Granting Revocable Permits.

§   100.   Granting  revocable  permits.  The  corporation  is  hereby   authorized, in its  discretion,  to  issue  revocable  permits  granting   certain  limited  privileges  therein,  whenever  the  same  can be done   without detriment to canal navigation or damage to the  banks  or  other   structures thereof. It shall prescribe the terms and conditions by which   such  revocable  permits  may  be  issued for the temporary use of canal   lands or structures and for the diversion of canal waters for  sanitary,   farm purposes, or industrial use. It may also issue permits, as it shall   deem  to  be  advantageous  to  the  corporation, to any person, firm or   corporation, to cut, gather and haul away ice from the canals.  Whenever   any space and facilities are available at any canal terminal and when no   detriment  or  injury  to  canal traffic or delay in handling same would   result, the corporation may issue a revocable permit for  the  temporary   and  restricted  use  or  occupancy,  of  such  canal  terminal  and the   facilities thereof, pursuant to the rules and regulations which  it  may   prescribe.  All  permits  heretofore  granted by the corporation and not   canceled, are hereby legalized and  confirmed  and  made  effectual  and   valid  in  accordance  with  the  terms and conditions in said permit as   fully as if this chapter had been in force on the date  of  issuance  of   such  permit.  No liability of any kind shall attach to or rest upon the   state, including the corporation, for  any  damage  on  account  of  the   granting or revocation of any permit. Existing permit holders within the   Adirondack  park in compliance with the terms of permits which have been   properly issued pursuant to law shall continue to be afforded permits at   least until the first day of June, nineteen hundred ninety-four,  unless   such  permit  holders fail to apply for permit renewal within six months   of the expiration of such existing or former permit or  permits,  or  by   the  first  day  of  August, nineteen hundred ninety-three, whichever is   later; provided, however, that no additional development right or rights   may be included in any permit renewed prior to the first  day  of  June,   nineteen  hundred ninety-five. Any revenue realized from the issuance of   such permits shall be deposited into the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 10 - Permits 101 - Railroads Operating Over Canals.

§  101.  Railroads operating over canals. The corporation shall have a   general supervisory power over so much of any railroad  as  passes  over   any canal or feeder belonging to the state or approaches within ten rods   thereof, so far as may be necessary to preserve the free and perfect use   of  such  canals  or feeders, or for making any repairs, improvements or   alterations thereupon.  No  railroad  corporation  shall  construct  its   railroad  over  or  at  any place within ten rods of any canal or feeder   belonging to the state, unless it submits to the corporation a map, plan   and profile of such canal or feeder and of the route designated for  its   railroad,  exhibiting  distinctly and accurately the relation of each to   the other at all the places within the limits of ten rods  thereof,  and   obtains  the  written permission of the corporation for the construction   of such railroad, with such conditions, directions and  instructions  as   in its judgment the free and perfect use of any such canal or feeder may   require.Whenever  any  street  railroad shall cross over any bridge spanning a   canal, or canal feeder, the company owning,  maintaining  and  operating   the  same, shall be deemed liable for and shall pay all damages that may   occur or arise, either to the state or to  persons,  by  reason  of  its   laying and maintaining its tracks or rail over, upon and across any such   bridge, or by reason of the operation of its cars over the same; and any   such  company shall, upon demand of the corporation, make any repairs to   such structure to insure the continued safety  thereof,  as  shall  have   been  rendered necessary by reason of such use of said structure by said   company. Any company maintaining or operating a  street  railroad  over,   upon  and across any such bridge shall indemnify the state including the   corporation against any and all loss, damages or claims for damages  for   injuries to persons or property of passengers which shall be incurred by   or  made  against such state by reason of the operation of such railroad   over any such bridge, and the or corporation  may,  in  its  discretion,   require  any  company  so  maintaining or operating a street railroad to   furnish a bond, with sureties to be approved  by  it  to  indemnify  the   state including the corporation from all such loss, damage or claim. All   such permits heretofore or hereafter granted shall be revocable whenever   the  free and perfect use of any such canal or feeder may so require, or   if such railroad company shall  fail  to  make  any  such  repairs  when   required by the corporation. The railroad company using or occupying any   bridge  over  the same shall, within a reasonable time after the service   upon it, by the corporation of a written notice of such  revocation,  or   to  make  such repairs, remove at its own cost and expense, its railroad   from such bridge and from the limits  of  ten  rods  of  said  canal  or   feeder.
NY Canal L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 10 - Permits 102 - Pipe Lines Crossing Canals.

§  102.  Pipe lines crossing canals. No pipe line shall be constructed   upon or across any of the canals of this state, except by the consent of   and in a manner and upon the terms prescribed by the corporation, unless   constructed upon a fixed bridge across such canal and with  the  consent   of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation for whose benefit such bridge is   constructed and maintained, or upon such a bridge over the canal, at the   crossing of a public highway, or street, with the consent of the  public   officers having the supervision thereof, or of the municipal authorities   of any village or city within whose limits such bridge may be, nor shall   the pipes of any such corporation be laid through, on or along the banks   of  any  of the canals of this state, unless such pipes shall be encased   so as to prevent leakage, in such manner as shall  be  approved  by  the   corporation.
NY Canal L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 10 - Permits 103 - Tolls for Lock and Lift Bridge Passage by Vessels and Use of Locks and Lift Bridges.

§  103.  Tolls  for lock and lift bridge passage by vessels and use of   locks and lift bridges. 1. The  corporation  shall  have  the  power  to   impose  tolls  for the passage through locks and lift bridges by vessels   which are propelled in whole or in part  by  mechanical  power,  and  to   collect such tolls by the sale of lock and lift bridge passes issued for   such  periods of time as the corporation shall determine. Tolls for such   lock and lift bridge passes shall be established by  regulation  of  the   corporation  with  the  advice of the canal recreationway commission and   following no fewer than two public hearings at geographically  dispersed   locations  on the canal system. In addition, the corporation may provide   by regulation for the sale of lock and lift bridge passes by  any  other   entity,  and  may allow a charge for handling by such other entities not   to exceed one dollar for  each  pass.  No  tolls  shall  be  imposed  or   collected   prior   to   the   first  day  of  April,  nineteen  hundred   ninety-three.  Vessels  owned  by  the  United  States,  a   state,   or   subdivision  thereof shall be exempted from the tolls authorized by this   section.2. The use of locks and  lift  bridges  by  pleasure  and  residential   vessels  shall  not  interfere with the use of locks and lift bridges by   public vessels. Pleasure, residential and public vessels shall have  the   same meaning as defined in the navigation law.3. Revenues realized from the imposition of lock and lift bridge tolls   shall be deposited in the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 10 - Permits 104 - Use of Dry Docks for Repairs.

§  104.  Use  of  dry  docks  for  repairs.  The corporation may grant   permission to owners of vessels operating upon the  canals  to  use  the   state  dry  docks  to  the extent space is not required for the needs of   canal maintenance vessels, and the corporation shall collect  from  such   owners  equitable  charges  for  the use thereof. All sums collected for   such use shall be paid into the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 11 - Canal Employees 110 - Canal Officers Not to Be Interested in Floats, Contracts, or Hydraulic Works.

§  110.  Canal  officers not to be interested in floats, contracts, or   hydraulic works.  No public officer or employee connected with the  care   or  management  of the canal system shall be interested in any hydraulic   work dependent upon  the  canals  for  a  supply  of  water  or  in  any   commercial float navigating the canals, or directly or indirectly in any   contract  on  the canals as a contractor, surety or otherwise in his own   name or in the name of any other person or either directly or indirectly   derives any benefit from an expenditure upon the canal system beyond his   established compensation. If any officer or employee shall, at any  time   while  holding  such office or employment, be or become so interested or   derive any such benefit, he shall forfeit his office or position and  be   discharged  therefrom, and any contract in contravention hereof shall be   void.
NY Canal L § 111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 11 - Canal Employees 111 - Ineligibility to Appointment on the Canals.

§  111.  Ineligibility to appointment on the canals.  No person owning   any hydraulic works dependent upon the canals for their supply of water,   or employed  in  or  connected  with  any  such  works,  or  engaged  in   transporting  property upon the canals or owning or otherwise interested   in boats navigating the canals, shall be employed upon the canals.
NY Canal L § 112 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 11 - Canal Employees 112 - Exemption of Canal Officers From Arrest in Civil Actions.

§  112.  Exemption  of  canal  officers  from arrest in civil actions.   Neither the corporation, nor any officer or responsible employee in  the   corporation  in  charge  of canal structures or forces thereof, or other   public officer employed upon or in charge of the canal  system  or  part   thereof  shall  be  liable  to arrest or to be held to bail in any civil   action for any act done or omitted to be done by it in the  exercise  of   its  official  duties,  nor  be  subject to military duty while actually   engaged in their respective employments upon the canal system while  the   same is navigable.
NY Canal L § 113 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 11 - Canal Employees 113 - Delivery of Property on Discharge of Employees.

§  113.  Delivery  of property on discharge of employees. Every person   employed  upon  the  canal  system  and  occupying  any  house,  office,   building,  or  land  belonging  thereto,  who  is  discharged  from  his   employment or otherwise separated from the service, and the  spouse  and   family  of  every  such  person,  shall  deliver to the corporation or a   person designated by it, the possession of the premises so occupied  and   of  all books, papers, matters or other articles and things belonging to   the canal system acquired by virtue of  such  employment,  within  seven   days after notice is served for that purpose by the corporation. In case   of  a  refusal  or neglect to make such delivery, any court of competent   jurisdiction in the county where such  premises  are  situate,  may,  on   application,  issue  a  warrant  ordering any peace officer, when acting   pursuant to his special duties, or police officer, with such  assistance   as  may  be  necessary,  to  enter, in the daytime, upon the premises so   occupied and remove therefrom all persons found in  possession  thereof,   and  to  take  into  his  custody all books, papers, articles and things   there found belonging to the canal system, and deliver the same  to  the   corporation  or  to some person designated by it, and such officer shall   execute such warrant accordingly.
NY Canal L § 114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 11 - Canal Employees 114 - Functions, Powers or Duties Imposed Upon Officers or Employees by Statutory Name.

§  114. Functions, powers or duties imposed upon officers or employees   by statutory name. Whenever a function, power or duty  is  imposed  upon   the corporation, and an officer or employee, or a group or class thereof   is  designated  in this chapter by a statutory or specific title or name   to exercise such function or power or perform such duty, the exercise or   performance thereof shall be deemed to be imposed upon  the  officer  or   employee  in  such  corporation  who  shall  be assigned thereto by such   corporation, with the same force and effect, and  such  corporation  may   make  such  assignment  as though no statutory or specific title or name   had been used in this chapter to designate  the  particular  officer  or   employee  or  group  or  class thereof charged with the exercise of such   function or power, or the performance of such duty.
NY Canal L § 120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 12 - Damages 120 - Claims for Damage Generally.

§ 120. Claims for damage generally. There shall be allowed and paid to   every  person  sustaining  damages  from the canals or from their use or   management, or resulting or arising from the neglect or conduct  of  any   officer  of  the  state  or  the  corporation  having charge thereof, or   resulting or arising  from  any  accident,  or  other  matter  or  thing   connected  with the canals, the amount of such damages to be ascertained   and determined by the proper action or proceedings before the  court  of   claims,  but no judgment shall be awarded by such court for such damages   in any case unless the facts provided therein  make  out  a  case  which   would  create  a  legal  liability against the state or the corporation,   were the same established in evidence in a court of justice  against  an   individual  or  corporation;  but the corporation may make settlement of   any such claim in any case where the amount thereof does not exceed  the   sum of five hundred dollars but no settlement shall be effective against   the  state including the corporation until the same has been approved by   the attorney-general; provided that the provisions of this section shall   not extend to claims arising from damages resulting from the  navigation   of  canals,  and further provided that the provisions herein relating to   damages  resulting  from  navigation  of  the   canals   shall   control   notwithstanding  any  contrary  or  inconsistent provisions of any other   law, general or special. The  corporation  shall  not  pay  any  damages   awarded,   or   the  amount  of  any  commutations  agreed  on  for  the   appropriation of land or water, or for the erection of  a  farm  bridge,   until  a  satisfactory abstract of title and certificate of search as to   encumbrances is furnished, showing the person demanding such damages  or   commutations  to  be legally entitled thereto, which abstract and search   shall be filed in the office of the corporation.
NY Canal L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 12 - Damages 121 - Adjustment of Claims of Owners of Private Dams.

§  121.  Adjustment  of claims of owners of private dams. Whenever the   state including the corporation in the course of the construction of the   improved canals in the rivers or waterways of the state, for the purpose   of obtaining a sufficient depth or supply of water for  canal  purposes,   has   utilized   private   dams   theretofore  lawfully  constructed  or   maintained, in such a manner as to constitute the same an essential part   or portion of the  improved  canals,  the  corporation  may  compromise,   settle  and adjust the claims and demands of the owners of any such dams   on such terms and conditions, including the payment to the owners of any   such dams of such sums of money as to it may seem just and proper,  and,   by  contract  or  otherwise,  make  proper provision with respect to the   ownership of and for the  maintenance  and  upkeep  of  any  such  dams,   provided,  however,  that  it  shall not sell, transfer or convey to any   such owner any right, title or interest in or to the use of any part  or   portion of the water impounded by such dams.
NY Canal L § 130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 13 - Miscellaneous 130 - Operation of Hydro-Electric Plants at Crescent and Vischer Ferry.

§  130.  Operation  of  hydro-electric  plants at Crescent and Vischer   Ferry. The corporation shall have charge of  the  hydro-electric  plants   constructed  pursuant  to chapter five hundred thirty-two of the laws of   nineteen hundred twenty-two for  the  development  and  generation  into   electric  energy of water power available at the structures known as the   Crescent and Vischer Ferry dams located on the  canalized  Mohawk  river   between  the city of Schenectady and the village of Waterford, and shall   exercise the same powers over such  structures  as  it  has  over  other   structures  on the canal system. The said structures shall be maintained   and operated as a part of the canal system.Notwithstanding any general  or  special  law  to  the  contrary,  the   corporation,  upon  the  approval  of  the  state  comptroller,  and the   division of the  budget,  is  authorized  to  enter  into  a  negotiated   contract  for  the  sale of surplus electricity produced at the Crescent   and Vischer Ferry dams, upon such terms and conditions as are beneficial   to the state including the corporation. Any revenue  realized  from  the   sale of such surplus electricity shall be deposited into the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 13 - Miscellaneous 131 - Emergency Repairs.

§  131. Emergency repairs. When, in the opinion of the corporation, an   emergency exists endangering the canal system the corporation may  seize   any  lands,  equipment,  materials  or  supplies necessary to avert such   damage or to restore the banks or other property which may be threatened   or have been damaged. It may subsequently return or otherwise dispose of   such lands, equipment, materials or supplies so seized which may  be  no   longer  required  in  such manner and upon such terms as in its judgment   will be for the best interest of the state including the corporation. It   may enter into an agreement with the owner or  owners  of  any  property   seized for such emergency repairs under this section covering the amount   of   damages   sustained.   Such   agreement,   when   approved  by  the   attorney-general, shall become an obligation of the corporation and paid   from moneys available therefor. In case no agreement is consummated, the   amount of damages sustained may be determined as provided in section one   hundred twenty of this chapter.
NY Canal L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 13 - Miscellaneous 132 - Investigate Matters Relating to the Canal System; Immunity of Witnesses.

§  132.  Investigate matters relating to the canal system; immunity of   witnesses. 1. The corporation may, whenever the corporation  shall  deem   it  necessary,  to  effectively accomplish the purposes of this chapter,   investigate any or  all  matters  and  transactions  connected  with  or   relating to the canal system. The corporation shall hear and take proofs   in  regard  to any matter pending before it or which it is authorized to   examine or investigate. It shall have  power  to  investigate  into  the   official  conduct  of any subordinate officer or employee and shall have   the power to issue subpoenas for and require the attendance of witnesses   and the production of all books and papers relating to any matter  under   inquiry.  All  such subpoenas shall be issued under the hand and seal of   the corporation. A subpoena issued under this section shall be regulated   by the civil practice law and rules. The testimony of witnesses  in  any   such  proceedings  shall be under oath and the state officer instituting   the proceedings shall have power to administer oaths. A witness may have   counsel and his examination by such counsel shall be reduced in  writing   as part of his deposition.2. In any investigation under this article, the corporation may confer   immunity  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of section 50.20 of the   criminal procedure law.3. All evidence taken under this  section  shall  be  filed  with  the   attorney-general.  The  expenses incurred in such investigation shall be   paid from the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 13 - Miscellaneous 133 - Impose Penalties and Power to Remit.

§  133.  Impose  penalties and power to remit. The corporation may, in   its discretion, remit either absolutely, or on  such  conditions  as  it   shall prescribe, any forfeiture incurred by a violation of any provision   of  this chapter, or any of the rules and regulations established by it,   on the written petition of the person liable for  the  forfeiture,  with   due  proof  of  the  facts on which the application for the remission is   founded, which petition and proof and the order thereon shall  be  filed   and preserved in the office of the department of audit and control.
NY Canal L § 134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 13 - Miscellaneous 134 - Actions for Penalties.

§   134.   Actions  for  penalties.  All  actions  for  penalties  and   forfeitures imposed in this chapter, or for damages, on  behalf  of  the   state  including the corporation, shall be prosecuted in the name of the   corporation, by the corporation, unless otherwise specifically provided.   All money recovered in such actions shall be accounted for and paid into   the canal fund. The imposition  or  recovery  of  any  such  penalty  or   forfeiture  shall  not  be a bar to recovery of any damages resulting to   the corporation or any person, because of such violation.
NY Canal L § 139 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 13-B - Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force 139 - Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force.

* §  139.  Upstate  flood  mitigation  task  force.  The upstate flood   mitigation task force, referred to in this article as the "task  force",   is  hereby established to identify reasonable measures that can be taken   to  enhance  flood  management  and  mitigation  in  the  upstate  flood   mitigation   region  and  to  make  recommendations  and  provide  grant   assistance with respect to such measures.* NB Repealed July 1, 2023