NY Canal L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAL - Canal Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions 2 - Definitions.

§  2.  Definitions.  The  following  terms  when used in this chapter,   unless otherwise expressly stated  or  unless  the  context  or  subject   matter requires otherwise, shall have the following meanings:1.  "New  York  State  Canal  System",  "Canal System" or "Barge Canal   System" shall each mean all the  canals,  canal  lands,  feeder  canals,   reservoirs,  canal  terminals  and  canal terminal lands of the state as   hereinafter defined. All general references herein to "canal"  shall  be   deemed to mean the New York state canal system.2.  "Canals"  shall mean the channel and adjacent state-owned banks of   the inland waterways of the state constructed, improved,  or  designated   by  authority  of  the legislature as canals and shall include canalized   rivers and lakes, canal water  supply  reservoirs,  canal  water  supply   feeder channels and all appertaining structures necessary for the proper   maintenance and operation of the canals.3.  "Canal  Terminal"  or  "Barge  Canal Terminal" shall each mean the   facilities which have been constructed or acquired  under  authority  of   the  legislature  in  connection  with  the  canal  system  for loading,   unloading, and/or temporarily storing commodities transported  upon  the   canals  and  shall include docks, dock walls, bulkheads, wharves, piers,   slips, basins, harbors, grain elevators,  buildings,  equipment,  tracks   and  roadways  together  with the lands now owned or as may hereafter be   acquired by the state for the proper maintenance and  operation  of  the   canal terminals.4.  "Erie Canal" shall mean the portion of the canal system connecting   the Hudson river at Albany with the Niagara river at  Buffalo,  and  for   the   purposes  of  article  thirteen-A  of  this  chapter  and  section   ninety-two-u of the state finance law and  subdivision  ten  of  section   three  hundred  fifty-one of the public authorities law, shall be deemed   to include the historic Erie Canal and its western terminus in the  city   of Buffalo and historic lock number 1 in the city of Albany.5.  "Oswego  Canal"  shall  mean  the  portion  of  the  canal  system   connecting the Erie canal at Three Rivers with Lake Ontario at Oswego.6. "Champlain Canal" shall  mean  the  portion  of  the  canal  system   connecting  the  easterly  end  of the Erie canal at Waterford with Lake   Champlain at Whitehall.7. "Cayuga and Seneca Canals" shall mean the  portions  of  the  canal   system  connecting  the Erie canal at a point near Montezuma with Cayuga   and Seneca lakes and  through  Cayuga  lake  and  Cayuga  inlet  to  the   southerly  side of State Street in the city of Ithaca and through Seneca   lake with Montour Falls.8. "Canal Lands" shall mean all lands and waters forming a part of the   canal system title to which was originally vested in the state, acquired   by the state or which may in the future be acquired  by  the  state  for   canal purposes.9.  "Blue  Line"  shall  mean the boundary of canal lands owned by the   state previous to the approval of chapter one hundred forty-seven,  laws   of nineteen hundred three.10.  "Old  Canal  Lands"  shall mean canal lands lying within the blue   line.11. "Barge Canal Lands" shall mean canal lands acquired subsequent  to   the  approval  of  chapter  one  hundred  forty-seven,  laws of nineteen   hundred three, except barge canal  terminal  lands  acquired  under  the   provisions  of chapter seven hundred forty-six, laws of nineteen hundred   eleven, and acts amendatory thereto.12. "Canal Terminal Lands" or "Barge Canal Terminal Lands" shall  each   mean  canal lands acquired under the provisions of chapter seven hundred   forty-six, laws of nineteen hundred eleven, and amendatory laws. 13. "Permit" shall  mean  a  revocable  agreement  granting  temporary   occupancy or use of lands or structures of the canal system.14.  "Float"  shall  mean  every  boat, vessel, raft or floating thing   navigated on the canals or moved thereupon under the direction  of  some   person having the charge thereof.15.  "Master"  shall mean every person having for the time the charge,   control or direction of any float.16. "Person" shall mean an  individual,  partnership,  corporation  or   association.17. "Great Lakes-Hudson River waterway" shall mean that section of the   Erie  canal  from  Waterford  to Three Rivers Point and the Oswego canal   thence to the port of Oswego as such waterway was designated by acts  of   congress  authorizing  the federal aid improvement project for the Great   Lakes-Hudson River waterway.18. "Authority" shall mean the power authority of  the  state  of  New   York,  a body corporate and politic constituting a political subdivision   of the state created and constituted pursuant to title  one  of  article   five of the public authorities law.19.  "Adirondack  park"  shall  have  the same meaning as set forth in   section 9-0101 of the environmental conservation law.20. "Commission" shall mean the canal recreationway commission created   pursuant to section one hundred thirty-eight-a of this chapter.21. "Corporation" and "canal corporation"  shall  mean  the  New  York   state  canal  corporation, a public benefit corporation created pursuant   to chapter seven hundred sixty-six  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred   ninety-two  and  continued and reconstituted as a subsidiary corporation   of the power authority of the state of New York pursuant to  subdivision   one of section one thousand five-b of the public authorities law.22.   "Canal  fund"  shall  mean  the  New  York  state  canal  system   development fund established pursuant to  section  ninety-two-u  of  the   state finance law.23.  "Canalway  trail"  shall  mean  any  multi-use recreational trail   located on lands under the jurisdiction of the  corporation.  The  exact   boundaries  and  location  of  such  trail  and any portions or sections   thereof  shall  be  determined  by  the  corporation  except  that   the   boundaries  and  location  of  such  trail shall be determined in such a   manner that no portion thereof shall be within the Adirondack Park.24.  "Thruway  authority"  shall  mean  the  New  York  state  thruway   authority,   a   body   corporate  and  politic  constituting  a  public   corporation created and constituted pursuant to title  nine  of  article   two of the public authorities law.