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NY Canal L § 69 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 7 - Bridges and Highways 69 - Damages Caused by Excessive Loads.

§   69.  Damages  caused  by  excessive  loads.  The  commissioner  of   transportation shall cause, where required, the posting of  all  bridges   under  his  jurisdiction  located on the canal system in conformity with   the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law.  Upon  all  such  bridges   incapable  of  safely  carrying legal loads as prescribed in such law or   where the overhead clearance is less than the legal height  of  fourteen   feet,  the  commissioner  of transportation shall have displayed on both   ends of such bridge signs stating the safe carrying capacity  and  legal   clearance  of  such  structure, all in accordance with the provisions of   section three hundred eighty-five of the vehicle  and  traffic  law.  No   person  shall cause to be transported over such a bridge a vehicle whose   load is in excess of that shown upon the posted sign or whose height  is   in  excess  of  the  legal  clearance  as shown on such posted sign. Any   person violating the above provisions shall be subject to the  penalties   imposed  under  section  three  hundred  eighty-five  of the vehicle and   traffic law and in addition thereto shall be liable for all  damages  to   such structure resulting from violation of such law. The commissioner of   transportation  is  hereby authorized and directed to proceed, on behalf   of  the  people  of  the  state,  to  cause  to  be  recovered,  by  the   attorney-general  in  an  appropriate  action  in any court of competent   jurisdiction, the amount of damages sustained and expenses  incurred  by   the state in consequence of such violation.
NY Canal L § 69-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 7 - Bridges and Highways 69-A - Changes in Bridges and Highways on or Over Canals and Canal Lands.

§  69-a.  Changes  in bridges and highways on or over canals and canal   lands. The commissioner of transportation shall notify  the  corporation   as to any changes planned for the bridges and highways on or over canals   and canal lands which may have an impact on canal operations.
NY Canal L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 70 - Cargo Statement.

§  70.  Cargo  statement.  The  master  of any float shall furnish the   corporation or its representative a true statement of the  quantity  and   description of the lading of such float, specifying the place from which   it  departed  and  to  which  it  is destined. Any master who refuses to   comply with any provision of this section shall forfeit to the people of   the state a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars,  which  shall  be   paid into the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 71 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 71 - Registry of Canal Floats.

§ 71. Registry of canal floats. The owner of every commercial float to   be  navigated  on  the  canal  system  shall  make  application  to  the   corporation  for  a  New  York  state  certificate  of   registry.   The   application  shall  be  in  form prescribed by the corporation and shall   contain such information as the corporation may deem essential for  full   and complete identification of the float and the owner thereof. It shall   be  signed by the owner if an individual, or by an officer of a company,   partnership or corporation if so owned. Upon receipt of  an  application   in proper form, the corporation shall assign a state registry number and   issue  to  the owner a certificate of New York state registry, a copy of   which shall be entered in the records of its office.
NY Canal L § 72 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 72 - Change of Ownership, Name or Hailing Place.

§  72.  Change  of  ownership,  name  or  hailing  place.  Should  the   ownership, name or hailing place of a float change after state registry,   the owner of the float shall make new application  in  form  similar  to   that required for original registry and upon receipt of such application   the  corporation  shall  issue  a  new state certificate of registry and   record the same in its office. The owner or owners of a commercial float   found navigating the canal system, the ownership, name or hailing  place   of  which  shall  have  been  changed  without  proper  application  for   re-registry to the corporation, shall, upon due proof thereof be subject   to a penalty to the people of the state of New York not  to  exceed  one   hundred  dollars recoverable by the attorney general in an action in any   court of competent jurisdiction.
NY Canal L § 73 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 73 - Registered Owner to Be Advised of Assessments and Penalties.

§ 73. Registered owner to be advised of assessments and penalties. The   corporation  shall  advise  the  person whose name appears on the latest   application for registry on file  in  its  office  of  any  assessments,   penalties  or  other charges levied against a float or its crew for acts   or omissions occurring while the float is on the  canal  system.  Should   the  registered  owner  fail to make prompt payment of such assessments,   penalties or charges, the corporation may refuse clearance to the  float   and action shall be instigated as provided under section eighty-three of   this article.
NY Canal L § 74 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 74 - List of Registered Floats to Be Prepared.

§  74. List of registered floats to be prepared. The corporation shall   make a list of all floats  to  which  New  York  state  certificates  of   registry have been issued. This list shall be corrected at least once in   each  calendar  year and a copy of such corrected list shall be filed in   the office of each of the district  engineers  having  supervision  over   portions  of  the canal system. The list shall be filed in the office of   the corporation and shall  be  available  to  public  inspection  within   regular office hours.
NY Canal L § 75 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 75 - Clearance and Ownership.

§  75.  Clearance  and  ownership. Every commercial float shall have a   clearance. Clearances may be obtained at such  places  along  the  canal   system  and  at  such  other  points  as  the corporation may direct. No   clearance shall be granted to any commercial  float  unless  the  person   authorized  to issue such clearance has evidence that such float is duly   registered in the office of the corporation. Each  float  shall  have  a   separate  clearance and no part of the cargo shall be cleared to a place   beyond  which  the  float  is  cleared.  The  corporation  may,  in  its   discretion,  refuse  to  issue  a  clearance  for a vessel against whose   registered owner there is an unpaid penalty involving  such  vessel  for   the violation of rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
NY Canal L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 76 - Regulations With Respect to Clearance.

§ 76. Regulations with respect to clearance. No commercial float shall   proceed  beyond  the place to which it is cleared, nor unload any of its   cargo, before or after  its  arrival,  at  the  place  from  which  such   articles  are  cleared,  nor  proceed beyond such place until the master   thereof delivers the clearance of such float or articles to  the  person   designated  by  the  corporation  to  receive the same, at the place for   which they are cleared. If there is no canal  official  at  such  place,   then  to the canal official whose office shall be passed by the float in   the order of its voyage, and receive permission from such canal official   to proceed to the place to which it is cleared.
NY Canal L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 77 - Copy of Clearance.

§  77.  Copy  of  clearance.  The  corporation,  or its representative   issuing a clearance or with whom  a  clearance  is  filed,  shall,  when   requested,  furnish  a  copy  thereof, with any additional cargo entered   thereupon and the several indorsements, if any, which  copy  shall  have   the  same validity and effect as the original clearance of which it is a   copy.
NY Canal L § 78 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 78 - Assignment of Berths for Loading or Unloading.

§  78.  Assignment of berths for loading or unloading. The corporation   or its representative may assign berths to all floats while  loading  or   unloading  at  any  landing  place  upon  a canal and determine disputes   concerning same. The  corporation,  shall,  as  to  any  of  the  locks,   terminals or mooring places of the canal system used by floats, regulate   and  station  such  floats  for  the  best  interest  of navigation. The   corporation may determine how far and  in  what  instances  masters  and   other persons having charge of any float shall accommodate each other in   their  respective  anchorages.  If  any  master  or  other person having   control of any float within the limits of such waters shall  neglect  or   refuse to obey the directions of the corporation, or its representative,   in  any such matters within its authority, or shall resist or oppose the   corporation in the execution of the said duties, such  person  shall  be   liable  to  a  penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars, recoverable by   the corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction, and payable into   the canal fund.
NY Canal L § 79 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 79 - Floating Elevators.

§ 79. Floating elevators. Any person owning or leasing, in whole or in   part, any floating elevator used for loading grain, coal, sand, or other   material,  shall,  upon  application  to  and  in  the discretion of the   corporation, be assigned a place for and permitted to keep said floating   elevator in the waters of the canal system of this state, at such  point   as  may  be  most  convenient  for and for such period of time as may be   necessary for the transaction of the business of  loading  or  unloading   grain,  coal,  sand,  or other material, shipped or to be shipped on the   canals; provided, however, that such floating elevator  shall  cause  no   obstruction  to  the  free  and uninterrupted use of the canal system by   floats navigating thereon. While such elevators are in  operation,  they   shall  be  equipped  with  such device or devices as the corporation may   determine to prevent the material being loaded  or  unloaded  from  such   float, from falling into such waters.
NY Canal L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 80 - Supplying Deficiencies of Water.

§  80. Supplying deficiencies of water. Whenever the navigation of any   part of the canal system is endangered by  reason  of  a  deficiency  of   water, the corporation shall, without delay, supply such deficiency. For   that  purpose it shall resume the temporary use of all the surplus water   leased, licensed or withdrawn under revocable permit from  the  part  of   the  canal  system  where  such  deficiency  exists. If there still be a   deficiency of water, it may enter upon and use all  lands,  streams  and   waters  which, in its judgment, may be necessary or proper to be used to   procure a temporary supply of water for such part of the  canal  system.   The  corporation may enter into an agreement with the owner or owners of   any property used for such temporary purpose under this section covering   the amount of damage 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. No damages shall be allowed in any case   for resuming the use of any surplus water which has been withdrawn under   lease, license or revocable permit.
NY Canal L § 81 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 81 - Deposit of Refuse in Navigable Waters.

§  81.  Deposit of refuse in navigable waters. It shall be unlawful to   throw from or otherwise deposit, either from or out of any float or from   the shore, wharf, manufacturing  establishment  or  mill  of  any  kind,   refuse or other matter of any description, into any of the waters of the   canal  system  or into any waters dredged at public expense and used for   canal purposes. Every person that shall violate the provisions  of  this   section shall be subject to damages to the amount as will compensate the   corporation  for  the  expenses involved in restoring such waters to its   useful condition to meet the needs of canal navigation. It shall also be   unlawful for any person to obstruct the navigation of  a  canal  by  the   improper  mooring,  management  or conduct of a float, or by placing any   obstruction on the banks thereof.
NY Canal L § 82 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 82 - Seizure of Obstruction.

§  82.  Seizure of obstruction. The corporation may cause to be seized   and removed any object, article, float or sunken thing found within  the   limits  of  the canal system not under the care or charge of any person.   It shall sell or offer for sale all seized objects, articles, floats  or   sunken  things  either  before  or  after  their  removal,  as  it deems   essential for maintenance of the canal system.  The  sale  shall  be  at   public  auction  after  giving ten days' written notice of such proposed   sale conspicuously posted at two public places in the city or town where   such object, article, float or sunken thing is found unless  before  the   time  of such sale the owner thereof appears and claims same and pays to   the corporation the cost and expense which has been incurred  by  it  in   connection  with  the  seizure,  removal  and  proposed  sale. The owner   thereof shall be liable for  the  cost  and  expense  of  such  seizure,   removal  and  sale  of  the  said object, article, float or sunken thing   which cost and expense may be recovered by the  attorney-general  in  an   appropriate  action  or  proceeding brought in the name of the people of   the state in any court of competent jurisdiction.  The  avails  of  such   sale  shall  be  accounted  for  by the corporation to the department of   taxation and finance which may on the application of the owner and  upon   due proof of ownership pay over such proceeds to him after deducting all   costs,  expenses and reasonable charges of the seizure, removal and sale   thereof. Whenever in the opinion of the corporation  the  navigation  or   operation  of any part of the canal system is interrupted or endangered,   the corporation may cause to be cut up, destroyed or  otherwise  removed   any object, article, float or sunken thing in or partly in the waters of   the   canal   system  which  may,  in  its  judgment,  be  causing  such   interruption or damage. The corporation may enter into an agreement with   the owner or owners of any property so cut up, destroyed,  or  otherwise   removed,  covering  the  amount of damage 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 § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 83 - Liability of Float for Penalty, Detention and Sale Thereof.

§  83.  Liability  of  float  for penalty, detention and sale thereof.   Every penalty and forfeiture prescribed  by  this  chapter  against  the   owner, master or other person having charge of any float, when incurred,   shall  be  chargeable  on  such  float,  and  an action for the recovery   thereof may be brought against any person in the  possession  or  having   charge  thereof  at  the  time  when  it  is commenced; and any court or   judicial officer issuing the process for the  commencement  of  such  an   action,  may,  by  a  clause  to be inserted therein, direct the officer   executing the same, to detain such  float  or  its  appurtenances  until   action is determined or until adequate security is given for the payment   of any judgment recoverable. If such security be given, or the defendant   in  the  action  prevail,  such court or officer shall order the boat or   other float and property detained to be released. If no such security be   given and a judgment be recovered for such penalty  or  forfeiture,  and   not  immediately  paid,  an  execution  shall  be issued under which the   property so detained may be sold in like manner as if the  judgment  had   been obtained against the owner thereof.
NY Canal L § 84 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 84 - Damage Caused by Termination of Canal Navigation.

§ 84. Damage caused by termination of canal navigation. No part of the   canal  system  of the state which was improved pursuant to chapter seven   hundred ten  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  seven  and  the  acts   supplemental  thereto  and  amendatory  thereof,  shall  be abandoned or   navigation thereof permanently closed,  nor  shall  the  state  cede  or   transfer ownership, jurisdiction or control thereof to the United States   pursuant  to  authority conferred by constitutional amendment, until the   expiration of one year after the corporation shall have been  authorized   and  empowered by law to cause a notice of intention to take such action   to be published once in each month during such  year  in  at  least  one   newspaper  published  in  each county adjacent to the part of such canal   system affected by such notice. Each person, who, at  the  time  of  the   first  publication  of  such  notice, is the owner of a commercial float   registered pursuant to the provisions of this  chapter,  which,  at  the   close  of  navigation  in such year, shall have been actually engaged in   the navigation of the part of such canal system  so  abandoned,  closed,   ceded  or transferred, or so relinquished to the jurisdiction or control   of the United States, may present a claim for damages against the  state   including  the  corporation  to a court of competent jurisdiction, which   court  shall  hear  and  determine  the  liability  of  the  corporation   therefor;  and, if the court shall find that such person has suffered or   sustained damages  by  reason  of  such  abandonment,  closing,  ceding,   transfer, or relinquishment which the corporation, in right and justice,   or  in law or equity, is obligated to pay, such damages shall constitute   a valid and legal claim against the  corporation,  and  the  corporation   shall be deemed liable therefor, and the court may make an award to such   person  and  render  a  judgment in his favor against the corporation in   such sums as it shall find to be just and equitable. It is  declared  to   be  the purpose of this section to encourage and induce the construction   of boats for use upon such canal system and their operation thereon  and   to  protect  from  loss, financial investments made in such construction   and operation caused by an abrupt, permanent termination of  navigation,   or  the  creation  of  conditions, which would result in the impairment,   limitation or destruction of navigation of such  canal  system  by  such   floats.
NY Canal L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 8 - Canal Navigation 85 - Rules and Regulations.

§  85.  Rules  and  regulations.  The  corporation shall prescribe and   enforce rules and regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  law,  governing   navigation on the canals and for the use of the terminals connected with   the  canals  and  for  the  use of all other property of the corporation   under the corporation's control and maintained as a part  of  the  canal   system.  The  corporation  shall  provide  rules and regulations for the   government  of  all  employees  under  its  control,  engaged   in   the   improvement,  repair  and maintenance of the canals. It shall cause such   rules and regulations to be printed and a copy filed in  the  office  of   the  department  of  state  and  a  sufficient number distributed to the   various district engineers and other field officers to be kept in  their   respective offices for public inspection.
NY Canal L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 9 - Canal Accounts 90 - Record of Operating Expenses.

§  90.  Record  of  operating  expenses. The corporation shall keep an   accurate account of all moneys appropriated by the legislature  for  the   improvement,  maintenance,  repair and operation of the canal system and   shall cause to be prepared and filed in the office of the corporation on   or about January first of each year, a statement showing all such moneys   appropriated and how expended during  the  preceding  fiscal  year.  The   corporation shall keep an accurate account of the recoveries made in all   actions brought by it or at its direction, for the recovery of penalties   or  damages under authority of this chapter and of the cost and expenses   thereof and pay into the canal fund the amount of  all  such  recoveries   and account for the same with the department of audit and control.
NY Canal L § 91 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 9 - Canal Accounts 91 - Tonnage Statistics.

§  91.  Tonnage  statistics. The corporation shall collect and compile   accurate records of the tonnage transported on the  canals  during  each   season  of  navigation.  Such  data,  together  with all other necessary   information relative  to  canal  transportation  shall  be  arranged  in   convenient form and furnished to those interested. The corporation shall   publish  from time to time such data and information as, in its opinion,   will promote and encourage commerce on the canals.
NY Canal L § 92 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 9 - Canal Accounts 92 - Annual Report.

§ 92. Annual report. The corporation shall during the month of January   make  a  report  to  the  legislature  covering  the  activities  of the   corporation with respect to the canal system for the preceding  calendar   year  ending  December thirty-first, including therein details as to the   tonnage transported upon the canals of the state, the condition  of  the   canals,  and  the work and improvements connected therewith; the several   amounts of moneys appropriated and expended during the preceding  fiscal   year  and  submit  recommendations  of  such measures in relation to the   canals as, in its judgment, the public interest requires.