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NY Nav L § 46-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 1 - Vessels, General 46-B - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Saratoga Lake.

§  46-b.  Special  provisions  relating  to speed on Saratoga lake. 1.   Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent   local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located  in   the  towns  of  Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga   Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in  a  careful  and  prudent   manner,  in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger   any vessel or person, and  no  vessel  shall  be  operated  at  a  speed   exceeding  forty-five  miles  per  hour.  No pleasure vessel operated on   Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding  twenty-five  miles   per  hour  between  one-half  hour after sunset and one-half hour before   sunrise.2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of  this   section  shall  apply  to  Fish  creek  from  Saratoga lake to Safford's   bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the  five  miles   per  hour  speed  zone  at  the state route nine-P state boat launch, in   effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full   force and effect.3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga  lake  within  two  hundred   feet  of  shore,  a  dock,  pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored   vessel in a  manner  or  at  such  a  speed  that  causes  a  wake  that   unreasonably  interferes  with  or endangers such shoreline, dock, pier,   raft or float or anchored or moored vessel, but in no event at  a  speed   exceeding  five  miles  per  hour,  unless for the purpose of enabling a   person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.4. The provisions of this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  vessel   competing  in  or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified   course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due   written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate   law enforcement agencies at least  fifteen  days  prior  to  such  race,   pursuant  to  the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and   all provisions of such section have been complied with.  The  provisions   of  this section shall not apply to any federal aviation agency licensed   aircraft.5. Any person who violates any provision  of  this  section  shall  be   guilty  of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c   of this article.
NY Nav L § 47-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 1 - Vessels, General 47-A - Accidents; Police Authorities, Bay Constables and Coroners to Report.

§  47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to   report. 1. Every police  officer,  bay  constable  or  judicial  officer   receiving  information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but   not limited to, rowboats and canoes, in  which  any  person  is  killed,   injured  or disappears under the water shall immediately investigate the   facts, or cause the same to be investigated, make a  written  memorandum   of  the  information received, and such additional facts relating to the   accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and mail the  same  within   five  days  to  the commissioner and keep a record thereof in his or her   office, provided, however, that the report of the accident  is  made  to   the  police  officer, bay constable or judicial officer within five days   after such accident. Every coroner, or other  official  performing  like   functions, shall likewise make a report to the commissioner with respect   to all deaths found to have been the result of vessel accidents.2.  Every  police officer, bay constable or judicial officer receiving   information of an  accident  involving  a  vessel,  including,  but  not   limited  to,  rowboats  and  canoes,  in  which  damage in excess of one   thousand dollars to the property of any person is sustained shall make a   written memorandum of the  information  received,  and  such  additional   facts  relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, and   mail the same within five days to the commissioner  and  keep  a  record   thereof in his or her office.3.  In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official   or agency of the United States, any information compiled by or otherwise   available  to  the  commissioner  pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be   transmitted to such official or agency of the United States.
NY Nav L § 47-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 1 - Vessels, General 47-B - Report to the Commissioner Required Upon Accident.

§  47-b.  Report  to  the  commissioner  required upon accident. Every   person operating a vessel, including, but not limited to,  rowboats  and   canoes,  upon  the navigable waters of the state, or on any other waters   within the boundaries of the state, which is in any manner  involved  in   an  accident, in which any person is killed, injured or disappears under   the water, or in which  damage  to  the  property  of  any  one  person,   including  himself  or  herself,  in  excess  of one thousand dollars is   sustained shall, within five days after such accident, report the matter   in writing to the commissioner. If the owner is  not  involved  in  such   accident  or  is  incapacitated, the owner shall, within five days after   learning of the facts  of  such  accident,  report  the  matter  to  the   commissioner  together  with  such  information  as may have come to the   owner's knowledge relating to such accident. Every such  operator  of  a   vessel,  or  surviving participant in any such accident, or the owner of   the vessel involved in any such accident,  shall  make  such  other  and   additional  reports as the commissioner may require. A violation of this   section shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine  of  not  less   than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. Nothing contained in   this  section  shall  be  deemed  to supersede the provisions of section   forty-seven of this article.
NY Nav L § 49-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 1 - Vessels, General 49-C - Termination of Unsafe Operation.

§  49-c.  Termination  of  unsafe operation. A police officer or peace   officer,  acting  pursuant  to  his  or  her  special  duties,  who  has   reasonable cause to believe that a vessel, including a rowboat, canoe or   kayak,  is  being  operated,  in his or her presence, upon the navigable   waters of the state, or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within  the   boundaries  of  the  county  of  Nassau  or Suffolk, in violation of any   section of this article, and that it would be so imminently hazardous to   continue to operate such vessel as to be likely to cause an accident  or   physical  injury,  may  direct  the master or operator of such vessel to   cease operating upon such waters, and to proceed immediately to dock the   vessel at the nearest available safe anchorage, dock  or  mooring  until   the  violation  charged  by such officer is finally adjudicated or until   such hazardous condition is remediated or otherwise corrected.
NY Nav L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 50 - Owners to Notify Inspector and Apply for Inspection.

§ 50. Owners to notify inspector and apply for inspection. It shall be   the  duty of the owner of a public vessel which he intends to operate on   the navigable waters of the  state  to  notify  the  inspector  of  such   intention at least one month before it is desired to place the vessel in   operation  and  to request an inspection of such vessel. Upon receipt of   such notification the inspector  shall  enter  the  application  on  the   records of his office. A temporary permit to operate such vessel pending   inspection  may  be  issued  by  the  inspector,  if  he  finds  through   documentary evidence that such vessel is properly  equipped  and  manned   for  the  safety of life and property. No public vessel shall be used or   operated without a certificate of inspection or a  temporary  permit  as   herein provided.
NY Nav L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 53 - Rules and Regulations.

§  53.  Rules  and  regulations. The commissioner may adopt, amend and   repeal rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to  carry  out   the provisions of this part.
NY Nav L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 54 - Construction Against Fire.

§ 54. Construction  against  fire.  All  public  vessels  shall  be so   constructed that inflammable material about any machinery  or  apparatus   involving  danger  of fire where such inflammable material is exposed to   ignition, shall be shielded by some incombustible material so  that  the   air  may  circulate  freely  between  such  material  and  the ignitable   substances. Before granting a certificate of inspection,  the  inspector   shall  require  that  all  necessary  provisions be made throughout such   vessel as he may judge expedient to guard  against  loss  or  damage  by   fire.
NY Nav L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 55 - Stairways and Passageways.

§  55.  Stairways and passageways. 1. Every public vessel certified to   carry passengers shall be provided  with  (a)  permanent  stairways  and   other  sufficient and safe means convenient for passing from one deck to   the other, and (b) passageways large enough to allow persons  freely  to   pass,  which shall be open fore and aft of the length of the vessel, and   to and along the railings, which shall be functional,  unobstructed  and   passable whenever the vessel is engaged in carrying passengers.2.  In  addition  to  any  other  requirement imposed by this section,   public vessels certified to carry more than twenty passengers  shall  be   provided  with a minimum of two means of egress on each deck which shall   be functional, unobstructed and passable whenever the vessel is  engaged   in carrying passengers.3.  Any person who operates a public vessel, and any owner of a public   vessel who permits a person to operate such vessel, in contravention  of   the  requirements of subdivision one of this section, shall be guilty of   a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c  of  this   article.4.  Any person who operates a public vessel, and any owner of a public   vessel who permits a person to operate such vessel, in contravention  of   the  requirements of subdivision two of this section, shall be guilty of   a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this   article.5. The license of any master, pilot,  engineer,  or  joint  pilot  and   engineer  who  operates  a  public vessel in contravention of any of the   requirements of this  section  may  be  subject  to  the  suspension  or   revocation  of  his  or  her license pursuant to section sixty-four-a of   this article.
NY Nav L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 56 - Fire Pump.

§ 56. Fire  pump.  Every public vessel permitted by her certificate to   carry one hundred passengers or more, shall be provided with a fire pump   or other equivalent apparatus for throwing water, the same to be at  all   times  during  the  navigation  of such vessel, kept ready for immediate   use, having hose of suitable size and sufficient  strength  to  stand  a   pressure  of  at  least seventy-five pounds to the square inch, and of a   length to be specified by the inspector. The inspector may  require  the   installation  of  an approved fixed fire extinguishing system as defined   in subdivision five of section sixty-seven in lieu of,  or  in  addition   to, the fire pump required by this section.
NY Nav L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 57 - Identification Number of Vessel.

§ 57. Identification  number of vessel. Every public vessel subject to   the provisions of this chapter  shall  be  registered  and  display  the   identification  number  assigned  as  set  forth  in  section twenty-two   hundred fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law.  In  addition  to  the   number  assigned,  each public vessel shall display the letters "PV" not   more than six inches above  or  below  the  identification  number.  The   letters "PV" shall be not less than five inches in height and maintained   in   a  legible  condition  so  that  the  letters,  "PV",  are  readily   discernible during daylight hours at a distance of two hundred feet.  It   shall  be  the  duty  of  every owner to register and display numbers as   herein indicated.  Violation  of  this  section  shall  be  a  violation   punishable  by  a  fine  of  not less than twenty-five nor more than one   hundred dollars.
NY Nav L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 58 - Number of Passengers.

§ 58. Number of passengers. It shall not be lawful to take on board of   any public vessel a greater number of passengers than the number allowed   in  the  certificate  of  inspection  and  for  every  violation of this   provision, the master, pilot, joint pilot and engineer or owner shall be   guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  punishable   as   set   forth   in   section   seventy-three-b of this article.
NY Nav L § 58-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 58-A - Unauthorized Boarding of Vessels.

§ 58-a. Unauthorized boarding of vessels. (1) It shall be unlawful for any  person  except  a  pilot  or  public officer to board or attempt to board, a vessel arriving in the port of  New  York  before  such  vessel shall  have  been  made fast to the wharf, without first obtaining leave from the master or person having charge of  such  vessel,  or  leave  in writing from her owners or agents.  (2)  It  shall be unlawful for any person to board or attempt to board any vessel arriving in or lying or being in the port of New  York,  with intent  to  supply  liquors  by  sale,  gift  or  otherwise, directly or indirectly, to any member of the crew employed on board of such vessel.  (3) It shall be unlawful for any person having boarded any  vessel  in the  port  of  New York, to neglect or refuse to leave such vessel after having been ordered to do so by the master or person in charge  of  such vessel.  (4) The word "vessel" as used in this section shall include vessels by whatever power propelled.  (5)  Any  person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as  set  forth  in  section seventy-three-b of this article.
NY Nav L § 59 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 59 - Manning of Public Vessels.

§ 59. Manning of public vessels. 1. All public vessels while under way   under  their  own power, shall be in charge of a licensed master, pilot,   engineer, or joint pilot and engineer. Anyone operating a public  vessel   without  a  license  and any owner who permits the operation of a public   vessel by a person who does not possess a  valid  license  or  temporary   permit,  in  full  force  and effect as master, pilot, engineer or joint   pilot and engineer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor  punishable  as  set   forth in section seventy-three-b of this article.2.  It shall be unlawful to operate a public vessel with less than the   required crew members as specified in the certificate of  inspection  or   temporary permit. Any person who operates a public vessel, and any owner   of  a  public  vessel  who  permits  a person to operate such vessel, in   contravention of this requirement, shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor   punishable  as  set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article. In   addition, the license of any master, pilot, engineer, or joint pilot and   engineer who operates a public  vessel  in  contravention  of  the  crew   requirements  as  contained  in  the  certificate  of  inspection may be   subject to the suspension or revocation of his or her  license  pursuant   to section sixty-four-a of this article.
NY Nav L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 60 - Inability to Provide Licensed Officer.

§ 60. Inability to provide licensed officer. If the owner or master of   a  public vessel is unable to obtain the services of a licensed officer,   the inspector shall be notified and the deficiency  may  be  temporarily   supplied,  if  the  inspector approves, until the services of a licensed   officer can be obtained.
NY Nav L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 61 - Repairs and Modifications.

§  61. Repairs and modifications. 1. Before any repair or modification   is made to the structure or engineering plant of a public vessel, or any   repair  or  modification  is  made  that  may  affect   the   stability,   seaworthiness or safe operation of a public vessel, or in the event that   the  owner  of  a  public  vessel  becomes  aware  of any such repair or   modification, the owner shall notify the  inspector  of  the  repair  or   modification   or  proposed  repair  or  modification  in  writing.  The   inspector shall be authorized to determine whether a proposed repair  or   modification  may  be  made,  whether  inspection of the vessel shall be   required before any proposed repair or modification is made, or  whether   inspection  should  be  made after repair or modification. The inspector   shall also be authorized to determine whether the vessel may be operated   pending inspection, or whether the vessel may  only  be  operated  after   inspection,  or whether it may not be operated. The inspector may impose   conditions on any such repair or modification, inspection and  operation   taking  into consideration the nature of the proposed or existing repair   or modification, the condition of the vessel and any other  factors  the   inspector  deems  relevant  to  the  stability,  seaworthiness  and safe   operation of such vessel. The owner shall comply with the  determination   of the inspector.2.  An  owner  who  fails  to  give  notification  as required by this   section, or who modifies or permits the  repair  or  modification  of  a   public  vessel  in  contravention  of  the requirements of this section,   shall be guilty of a  violation  punishable  as  set  forth  in  section   seventy-three-c of this article.3.  A  public  vessel which the inspector has directed to be inspected   prior to operation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall  not   be  operated  upon  the navigable waters of the state if such vessel has   not been inspected. A public vessel which the inspector has directed not   to be operated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall  not  be   operated  upon  the  navigable waters of the state. An owner who permits   the operation of a public vessel in contravention of this section  shall   be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in seventy-three-b of   this  article,  and  the certificate of inspection of said public vessel   may, in the discretion of the inspector, be suspended until such time as   the inspector determines that said vessel is stable, seaworthy and safe.
NY Nav L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 62 - Loss of Life by Misconduct of Officers.

§  62.  Loss  of life by misconduct of officers. Every master or other   person employed on any public vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence or   inattention to his or her duties on such vessel, the life of any  person   is  lost,  and  every  owner  or charterer through whose fraud, neglect,   misconduct or violation of law, the life of any person is lost, shall be   guilty of a class E felony.
NY Nav L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 63 - Certificate of Inspection.

§ 63. Certificate  of  inspection.  The inspector, if satisfied that a   public vessel is in all respects safe and conforms to the requirement of   this chapter, shall make and subscribe  duplicate  certificates  setting   forth  the  name  and  number  of  the  vessel,  its  age,  the  date of   inspection, the name of the owner, the number of licensed  officers  and   crew  necessary to manage the vessel with safety, equipment required and   any special restrictions or remarks pertaining to the operation  of  the   vessel  and  the  number  of  passengers she can safely carry, and, if a   steam vessel, the age of the boiler and the pressure  of  steam  she  is   authorized  to  carry.  One of said certificates shall be kept posted in   some conspicuous place on the vessel to be designated by  the  inspector   and the other copy shall be kept by the inspector and by him recorded in   a book to be kept for that purpose.  If the inspector refuses to grant a   certificate  of  approval,  he shall make a statement in writing, giving   his reasons for such refusal, and deliver  the  same  to  the  owner  or   master  of  the  vessel. The posting of certificates of inspection shall   not be required on vessels of less than ten tons  burden.  However  said   certificates must be aboard whenever the vessel is in operation.
NY Nav L § 64 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 2 - Public Vessels 64 - Licenses.

§ 64. Licenses.  Every person employed as a master, pilot, engineer or   joint pilot and engineer, on board of a public vessel, shall be examined   by the inspector as to his  qualifications,  and  if  the  inspector  is   satisfied  therewith,  he  shall grant him a license for the term of one   year. In a proper case, the license may  permit  and  specify  that  the   master  may  act  as pilot, and in case of small vessels may also act as   joint pilot and engineer. The license shall be framed  under  glass  and   posted  in  some  conspicuous  place  on the vessel on which he may act,   provided that on vessels of less than ten  tons,  the  license  must  be   carried but need not be posted. Whoever acts as master, pilot, engineer,   or joint pilot and engineer, without having first received such license,   except  as  in  this  article  otherwise specified, shall be guilty of a   misdemeanor.  An applicant for license as master,  pilot,  or  engineer,   must  be at least twenty-one years of age. An applicant for a license as   joint pilot and engineer must be at least eighteen years of age.