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2023 New York Laws › MHR - Municipal Home Rule › Article 6 - Legislative Intent; Construction; Effective Date › 57 - Effectiveness of Certain Acts of the Legislature.

§  57.  Effectiveness  of  certain acts of the legislature. 1. A state
  statute of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which, in form,  amends
  or repeals or purports to amend or repeal any provision or provisions of
  the  city  home  rule law, village home rule law, article six or article
  six-a of the county law or sections fifty-one-a through  fifty-one-f  of
  the  town  law, as in force immediately prior to January first, nineteen
  hundred sixty-four, shall be deemed and construed  as  an  amendment  or
  repeal,  in  whole  or in part, as the case may be, of the corresponding
  provision or provisions of such law, article or sections,  as  contained
  in this chapter.
2.  A  state  statute  of  the year nineteen hundred sixty-three which
  adds, or purports to add a new section, subdivision or  other  provision
  of  law to the city home rule law, village home rule law, article six or
  article  six-a  of  the  county  law  or  sections  fifty-one-a  through
  fifty-one-f  of  the  town law, as in force immediately prior to January
  first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, shall be  deemed  and  construed  as
  having  been  added  to  this  chapter  and  shall  be given full effect
  according to its context as if the same had been added expressly and  in
  terms  to  this  chapter  and shall be deemed and construed to have been
  inserted in this chapter in the appropriate position in regard to and as
  modifying the effect of the corresponding  provision  or  provisions  of
  this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › MHR - Municipal Home Rule › Article 6 - Legislative Intent; Construction; Effective Date › 59 - Time of Taking Effect.

§  59.  Time  of taking effect. This chapter shall take effect January
  first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, in the event that the  amendment  of
  the  constitution of the state of New York proposing a new article nine,
  in relation to  a  bill  of  rights  and  home  rule  powers  for  local
  governments,  shall have been approved and ratified by the people at the
  general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred sixty-three.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 10 - Duties of the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation.

§ 10. Duties  of  the  commissioner  of parks, recreation and historic
  preservation and the commissioner  of  environmental  conservation.  The
  commissioner  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation  shall
  administer the provisions of this chapter, except as such administration
  may be otherwise provided.  He or she may delegate  such  administration
  to  another  officer  or employee of the office of parks, recreation and
  historic preservation. Within the sixth park region, the  boundaries  of
  which  are  described  in  subdivision six of section 7.01 of the parks,
  recreation  and  historic  preservation   law,   the   commissioner   of
  environmental  conservation  shall administer the provisions of articles
  three  and  eleven  of  this  chapter.  He  or  she  may  delegate  such
  administration  to  another  officer  or  employee  of the department of
  environmental conservation.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 12 - Inspector; Qualifications.

§ 12. Inspector;  qualifications.  The  commissioner  may  appoint  an
  inspector or inspectors, who shall have a  practical  knowledge  of  the
  construction,  equipment and management of vessels and who shall possess
  such experience and qualifications as required to carry out and  fulfill
  the  duties  of  inspector  indicated  in  this chapter and specifically
  defined in section thirteen hereof and as may be determined by  the  New
  York state civil service department.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 13 - Inspector; Duties.

§ 13. Inspector;  duties.  The  inspector  shall annually, and at such
  other times as he shall deem it expedient, or as  the  commissioner  may
  direct,  inspect  every  public vessel, except vessels which navigate on
  waters over which  the  United  States  exercises  active  control.  The
  inspector shall carefully examine the hull, the propelling and auxiliary
  machinery, the electrical apparatus and the vessel's equipment. He shall
  require such changes, repairs and improvements to be made as he may deem
  expedient for the contemplated route. No vessel, or propelling machinery
  thereof shall be allowed to be used if constructed in whole, or in part,
  of   defective   material,   or  which  because  of  its  form,  design,
  workmanship, age, use or for any other reason is unsafe. He  shall  also
  fix  the  number  of  passengers  that may be transported. The inspector
  shall require  that  the  boilers,  on  all  public  vessels  which  are
  propelled  by  steam  engines,  be  inspected and approved for safety of
  operations by inspectors of the New  York  State  Department  of  Labor,
  Bureau  of  Boilers.  Every  boiler  and  appurtenances thereof shall be
  constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with  the  Department
  of  Labor  rules  and  regulations pertaining to boilers.  The inspector
  shall also, whenever he deems it expedient, visit  any  vessel  licensed
  under  this  chapter  and  examine into her condition for the purpose of
  ascertaining whether or not any party thereon, having a certificate,  or
  license,  from the inspector, has conformed to and obeyed the conditions
  of such certificate, and the provisions of this  chapter.    The  owner,
  master,  pilot,  engineer  or  joint  pilot and engineer of such vessel,
  shall answer all reasonable questions and give all  the  information  in
  his  or  their  power  in  regard  to  said  vessel, or its machinery or
  equipment and the manner of managing the same.  The  inspector  provided
  for  in this chapter is authorized to make further rules and regulations
  applying generally to all vessels, or especially to one or more of them.
  In framing rules  for  the  government  of  managers  and  employees  on
  vessels,  the inspector shall, as far as practicable, be governed by the
  general rules and regulations prescribed  by  the  United  States  coast
  guard.  The inspector shall have the power to issue a uniform navigation
  summons  and/or  complaint  for  violations of the provisions of article
  four of this chapter which are applicable to vessels.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 16 - Inspector; Reports.

§ 16. Inspector;  reports.  The  inspector shall on or about the first
  day of January in each year, make a verified report to the  commissioner
  containing  a detailed statement of the name and registry number of each
  vessel examined and licensed, the  name  and  registry  number  of  each
  vessel to which license was refused and stating the reasons for refusal,
  the  name  of each person examined and licensed, the name of each person
  to whom license was refused and stating the  reason  therefor,  and  may
  include  in  such  report  any  other  information  the  inspector deems
  desirable.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 17 - Traveling Navigation Inspectors.

§ 17. Traveling  navigation  inspectors.  The commissioner may appoint
  not to exceed three traveling navigation inspectors whose qualifications
  shall include a full knowledge of the  navigation  law  and  regulations
  established  thereunder  and a practical experience in the navigation of
  vessels.  Such inspectors shall be employed for such periods of the year
  and at such rates of pay as the commissioner  may  deem  necessary,  and
  shall  have  the  power  to  issue  a  uniform navigation summons and/or
  complaint for violations of the  provisions  of  article  four  of  this
  chapter which are applicable to vessels.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 18 - Special Navigation Inspectors.

§ 18. Special  navigation  inspectors. The commissioner may, if in his
  judgment conditions so require, appoint members of local boat clubs,  or
  other  persons  found competent, to act as special navigation inspectors
  during regattas authorized by him.  The  power  and  authority  in  such
  special  navigation  inspectors  shall  be  limited to the period during
  which the regatta is authorized and to the enforcement of the navigation
  law and special regulations. Upon the  completion  of  the  regatta,  he
  shall  file  with  the commissioner a report covering the conduct of the
  regatta and his activities.  Such  special  navigation  inspector  shall
  receive  no  compensation from the state. Any expense in connection with
  his duties shall be borne by the person conducting the regatta.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 2 - Administration › 20 - Verification of Complaints.

§ 20. Verification  of complaints. Where a navigation summons has been
  served by a peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, police
  officer, or traveling navigation inspector, in cases  of  violations  of
  any  provision  of  this chapter or of any ordinance, rule or regulation
  enacted pursuant thereto or  pursuant  to  any  other  law  relating  to
  navigation,  any  chief,  deputy-chief,  captain,  lieutenant  or acting
  lieutenant, sergeant or acting sergeant of a police department,  or  any
  sheriff, undersheriff, chief deputy, deputy sergeant or deputy in charge
  of  navigation  maintained  by  any  sheriff  in  any county to whom the
  service of the navigation summons is reported, is hereby  authorized  to
  administer  to  such  officer  or  traveling  navigation  inspector, all
  necessary oaths in connection with the execution of the complaint to  be
  presented in court by such officer or traveling navigation inspector, in
  the  prosecution  of  such  offense but a complaint need not be verified
  provided it shall be affirmed under penalty of perjury.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 30 - Navigation, Jurisdiction Over.

§ 30. Navigation,  jurisdiction  over.  The  commissioner  shall  have
  jurisdiction over navigation on the navigable waters of the  state  and,
  except  as  otherwise  provided,  shall  enforce  the provisions of this
  chapter and the regulations established thereunder. As a  guide  to  the
  interpretation  and  application  of  this  article,  nothing authorized
  hereunder shall be construed to convey any property  rights,  either  in
  real  estate  or material, or any exclusive privilege; nor authorize any
  injury to  private  property  or  invasion  of  private  rights  or  any
  infringement  of  federal, state or local laws or regulations, but shall
  express the assent of the state so far as it concerns the public  rights
  of  navigation.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
  limit, impair or affect the general  powers  and  duties  of  the  canal
  corporation  relating to canals as set forth in section ten of the canal
  law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 31 - Excavation, Fill or Other Modification of Water Course.

§ 31. Excavation,  fill  or  other  modification  of  water course. No
  person or local public corporation shall excavate or place fill  in  the
  navigable  waters of the state without first obtaining a permit therefor
  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of   section   15-0505   of   the
  environmental conservation law.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 32-A - Using Net or Weir Unlawfully in Hudson River.

§ 32-a. Using  net  or  weir unlawfully in Hudson river. A person, who
  uses any net or weir for setting or attaching nets, or a pole  or  other
  fixture in any part of the Hudson river, except as permitted by statute,
  is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 32-B - Lights Upon Swing Bridges.

§ 32-b. Lights   upon   swing  bridges.  A  corporation,  company,  or
  individual, owning, maintaining or operating a swing bridge  across  the
  Hudson  river,  who  during  the  navigation  season between sundown and
  sunrise, neglects to keep and maintain upon every such bridge the lights
  required by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 32-C - Interfering With Navigation.

§ 32-c. Interfering  with  navigation. A person who throws, or causes,
  or permits to be thrown, from any boat, scow, or other vessel, or in any
  other manner, into the tidewaters  bordering  on  or  lying  within  the
  boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties or any of the navigable waters
  of  this  state,  including  bays, sounds and harbors, any earth, ashes,
  cinders, stone, or other material, or who builds any structure  therein,
  which  will  in any manner lessen the depth of such waters, or interfere
  with the free and safe navigation thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 32-D - Dumping or Depositing of Certain Materials in the Genesee River.

§ 32-d. Dumping  or  depositing  of  certain  materials in the Genesee
  river. Except as specifically authority by law, no person shall dump  or
  deposit,  or  allow  to  be  dumped  or deposited, logs, lumber, timber,
  fabricated wood products or wood debris in the Genesee river  which  may
  interfere  with the free and safe navigation thereof. A violation of the
  provisions hereof shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not  to
  exceed  one  hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than thirty
  days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 32-E - Restriction and Regulation of Structures in Certain Towns and Villages in the County of Niagara.

§ 32-e. Restriction  and regulation of structures in certain towns and
  villages in the county of Niagara. The local  legislative  body  of  the
  towns of Lewiston and Porter and the villages of Youngstown and Lewiston
  for  the  purpose  of responsible shoreline management, may adopt, amend
  and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with  the
  laws  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States,  with respect to the
  restriction and regulation of the manner of construction and location of
  structures in the Niagara River within or bounding the towns of Lewiston
  and Porter and the villages of Youngstown and Lewiston to a distance  of
  one-half  the  width  of  the  river or up to the United States-Canadian
  border. Structures may include boathouses, wharfs, piers, docks, jetties
  or other types of structures which are non-permanent in nature or  which
  are otherwise not subject to permit requirements.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 33 - Deposit of Refuse in Navigable Waters of the State.

§ 33. Deposit  of  refuse  in navigable waters of the state. No person
  shall drain, deposit or cast any dead animal, carrion, offal, excrement,
  garbage or other putrid or offensive matter into the navigable waters of
  the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the  boundaries
  of  Nassau and Suffolk counties, except as the same may be authorized by
  the state department of health. Every person violating the provisions of
  this  section  shall  upon  conviction  by  any   court   of   competent
  jurisdiction  be  guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to
  exceed one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment  of  not  more  than  one
  year,  or  by  both  such  fine and imprisonment for each offense.   The
  district attorney of the county, in which the offense  is  committed  or
  exists,  is  authorized  and  directed  to  prosecute  such  offender or
  offenders.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 33-A - Sanitary Facilities Aboard Craft on Lake George, Canandaigua Lake, Keuka Lake, Skaneateles Lake and on Greenwood Lake, Orange County.

§ 33-a. Sanitary  facilities  aboard craft on Lake George, Canandaigua
  Lake, Keuka Lake, Skaneateles Lake and on Greenwood Lake, Orange county.
  It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator or for a marina or  other
  business  to  launch,  moor,  dock  or operate any craft, or permit such
  launching, mooring or operating of any  craft  upon  Lake  George,  upon
  Canandaigua  Lake,  upon  Keuka  Lake,  upon  Skaneateles Lake, and upon
  Greenwood Lake, Orange county, their tributaries  or  outlets,  equipped
  with  toilets, sinks, tubs, showers, or other equipment resulting in the
  drainage of waste water or other sanitary facilities which in any manner
  discharge into the waters of the lake, its tributaries  or  outlet.  All
  such  toilets, sinks, tubs, showers, or other equipment resulting in the
  drainage of waste water, or other sanitary facilities, shall be  removed
  or sealed or made to drain into a tank or reservoir which can be carried
  or  pumped  ashore  for  disposal  according to the regulations of local
  boards of health or county and state health agencies. Failure to  comply
  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  aboard  craft  on Lake George,
  Canandaigua Lake, Keuka Lake, and on Greenwood Lake, Orange county shall
  be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine  of  not  to  exceed  one  hundred
  dollars,  or  by imprisonment of not more than one year, or by both such
  fine and imprisonment. Failure to comply with  the  provisions  of  this
  section  aboard  craft  on  Skaneateles  Lake  shall  be  a  misdemeanor
  punishable by  a  fine  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by
  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by both such fine and
  imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 33-B - Dumping or Depositing Trash and Other Debris in Chautauqua Lake and Its Tributaries; Ice Fishing Shanties on Lakes Within the State of New York; Ident

§ 33-b. Dumping  or  depositing  trash  and other debris in Chautauqua
  lake and its tributaries; ice fishing shanties on lakes within the state
  of New York; identification  of  duck  blinds.  Any  person  who  dumps,
  deposits or allows or causes to be dumped or deposited in any manner any
  trash,  glass,  bottles,  garbage  or  any other debris in the waters of
  Chautauqua lake or its tributaries, or  upon  the  shore  line  adjacent
  thereto,  or upon the ice covering the waters of Chautauqua lake, or any
  person  who  constructs,  moves,  places  or  causes  or  allows  to  be
  constructed,  moved  or  placed  any structure upon the ice covering the
  waters of lakes within the state of New York,  shall  be  guilty  of,  a
  violation  punishable  by  a  fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars,
  unless the person who constructs, moves, places or causes or  allows  to
  be  constructed, moved or placed any structure upon the ice covering the
  waters of lakes within the state of New York shall have  placed  thereon
  with  paint  or  in some other permanent manner the owner's full name in
  characters at least three inches high and his address in  a  contrasting
  color  to  the  surrounding  structure,  and  provided  further the said
  structure is removed not later than the fifteenth day of March  in  each
  year or such other date as may be set by the department of environmental
  conservation. Every duck blind, placed in the waters of lakes within the
  state  of  New  York,  shall  have  prominently  placed thereon, in some
  permanent manner, the owner's full name and address,  and  further  each
  duck  blind  so placed shall be removed from the water no later than the
  fifteenth day of March following its placement. The wilful failure of an
  owner of a duck blind to affix such identification or remove it from the
  water by the prescribed date shall subject said owner to a fine  of  one
  hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 33-D - Sanitary Facilities Aboard Crafts on Lake Champlain.

§ 33-d. Sanitary  facilities aboard crafts on Lake Champlain. It shall
  be unlawful for any owner or operator of any craft upon Lake  Champlain,
  its  tributaries or outlets, to operate any craft equipped with a marine
  toilet which in any manner discharges sewage into  the  waters  of  said
  lake,  its  tributaries or outlets. All marine toilets on any such craft
  shall also incorporate or be equipped with a holding tank which  can  be
  carried  or  pumped  ashore for disposal according to the regulations of
  local boards of health or county or state health agencies.  Any  holding
  tank designed so as to provide for an optional means of discharge to the
  waters on which the craft is operating shall have the discharge openings
  sealed  shut and any discharge lines, pipes or hoses shall be removed or
  disconnected and stored while operating on the waters of said lake,  its
  tributaries  or outlets.   Failure to comply with the provisions of this
  section shall be a violation punishable by a  fine  not  to  exceed  two
  hundred  fifty  dollars or by imprisonment of not more than fifteen days
  or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 34 - Regattas.

§ 34. Regattas. The commissioner may authorize the holding of regattas
  or  boat  races  on  any  navigable  waters  of  the  state  within  his
  jurisdiction.  He  shall  adopt  and  may,  from  time  to  time,  amend
  regulations  concerning  the  safety  of  vessels and the passengers and
  other persons thereon, either  observers  or  participants.  Whenever  a
  regatta  or  boat race is proposed to be held on such waters, the person
  in charge thereof, shall, at least fifteen days prior thereto,  file  an
  application with the commissioner in his office at Albany for permission
  to  hold  such regatta or boat race. The application shall set forth the
  date and location where it is proposed to  hold  such  regatta  or  boat
  races  and  it  shall  not  be  conducted  without  authorization of the
  commissioner in writing. A copy of the regulations adopted  pursuant  to
  this  section,  and  of  any  amendments  thereto, shall be filed in the
  office of the commissioner and in the office of the department of state.
  A copy of such regulations shall be furnished by the commissioner to any
  person making due application therefor.   Any person who  shall  violate
  any  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this section shall for every such
  violation forfeit to the people of the state the sum of  not  to  exceed
  two hundred and fifty dollars to be recovered in a civil action.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 34-A - Permits for Racing Shell Regattas Not Required.

§ 34-a. Permits  for  racing  shell  regattas  not  required.  Nothing
  contained in section thirty-four of this chapter or in any other general
  or special law shall be deemed or construed as requiring any  permit  or
  permission to hold a regatta or race of rowing shells by any educational
  institution  or  amateur  rowing organization in navigable waters of the
  state. For the purpose of this section, a "racing shell" is  defined  to
  mean  any  boat,  specially  designed for racing and propelled solely by
  means of oars, not including lifeboats or standard  type  rowboats,  not
  specifically  designed  for rowing races. Any educational institution or
  amateur rowing organization, however, shall file with the commissioner a
  notification of all races to be held, setting forth the dates, places, a
  description of the course and the number of entrants in  each  race.  No
  fee shall be charged for such filing.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 35 - AIDS to Navigation.

§ 35. Aids  to navigation. The commissioner may authorize, through the
  issuance of a revocable permit, the placing of aids to navigation in the
  navigable waters of the state, and any tidewaters bordering on or  lying
  within   the   boundaries  of  Nassau  and  Suffolk  counties,  to  mark
  obstructions to navigation,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  if,  in  his
  judgment, it will promote safety of navigation. Any person interested in
  the  navigation of the navigable waters of the state, and any tidewaters
  bordering on or lying  within  the  boundaries  of  Nassau  and  Suffolk
  counties,  who  may  desire  to  place  such aids to navigation therein,
  without expense to the state, may make application to  the  commissioner
  and  submit  a  map  suitable  for  blue  print reproduction showing the
  proposed location of  such  aids  to  navigation  and  their  color  and
  meaning.  The commissioner shall make rules and regulations establishing
  the size, shape, color and significance of such aids to navigation. When
  authorization has been granted the said  aids  to  navigation  shall  be
  deemed lawfully placed. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, aids to
  navigation  authorized  by him are found to be improperly placed or that
  the reason for their placement no  longer  exists,  he  may  revoke  the
  permit  authorizing  their  placement  by  written  notice mailed to the
  person to whom the permit was issued directing their  removal  within  a
  specified  time.  The  person  to  whom  such  notice  is directed shall
  thereupon  remove  the  aids  to  navigation  in  accordance  with  such
  instructions. In case of failure by the person so directed to remove the
  aids to navigation within the specified time, the commissioner may cause
  their  removal.  The  cost and expense of such removal shall be a charge
  against the person authorized to place the aids  to  navigation  and  it
  shall   be   recoverable  through  action  in  any  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction. Each aid to navigation lawfully placed  shall  bear  in  a
  conspicuous place and in legible condition the letters "NYS". Any person
  placing  such  designating  letters on an aid to navigation not lawfully
  placed,  in  accordance  with  this  section,  shall  be  guilty  of   a
  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  by a court of competent jurisdiction
  shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars for each
  and every offense. Any person who shall moor or fasten  a  vessel  to  a
  lawfully  placed  aid  to navigation or shall wilfully damage, alter the
  location of, or otherwise render ineffective a lawfully  placed  aid  to
  navigation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before a
  court  of  competent jurisdiction shall be subject to a fine of not more
  than fifty dollars for each and every offense.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 35-A - Floating Objects Other Than AIDS to Navigation.

§ 35-a. Floating  objects  other  than  aids  to  navigation.  1.  The
  commissioner may authorize, through the issuance of a revocable  permit,
  the  placing  in  the  navigable  waters of the state, of mooring buoys,
  bathing beach markers, swimming floats, speed zone markers, or any other
  floating object having no navigational significance, if in  his  opinion
  the placing of such floating object will not be a hazard to navigation.
2. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations
  for the issuance of such permits and he shall establish a uniform system
  of marking all floating objects that he authorizes to be placed.
3.  Adjacent upland owners may place one mooring buoy and one swimming
  float of not more than one hundred square feet of surface area,  in  the
  waters  adjacent  to  and  within  the  boundaries  of  their shoreline,
  provided however, that no floating object and no vessel or part  thereof
  which  is  secured  to a mooring buoy shall at any time extend more than
  one hundred feet from shore and further provided that no floating object
  may be placed in a navigable channel or in any location in which it will
  interfere with free and  safe  navigation  or  free  access  to  another
  person's  property.  The  commissioner shall have the right to remove or
  alter the location of  any  such  buoy  or  float  in  the  interest  of
  navigation.
4.  The  commissioner  may,  by  rule, regulation, or order, designate
  lakes, or areas within lakes, in which fishing buoys may be placed.  The
  commissioner  shall  specify  the  size,  shape,  color  and material of
  construction for such buoys, the manner of placing same and the type  of
  ground  tackle  to  be  used.  No  fishing  buoys  may  be placed in the
  navigable waters of the state except as specified by the commissioner in
  rules and regulations authorized herein.
5. The commissioner may prescribe a reasonable service charge to cover
  the cost of issuance of permits authorized  by  this  section.  Revenues
  from  such  service  charges  shall  be  deposited  into  the "I love NY
  waterways"  boating  safety  fund  established   pursuant   to   section
  ninety-seven-nn of the state finance law.
6.  The  provisions  of  this  section which pertain to the mooring of
  vessels shall not apply to areas in which local ordinances so pertaining
  have been duly approved by the commissioner or in  which  areas  federal
  laws  or  rules  and  regulations  regulate  the anchoring or mooring of
  vessels.
7. A violation of this section or the rules and regulations authorized
  herein shall constitute an offense punishable by a fine of not to exceed
  fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 35-B - Markers for Skin or Scuba Divers.

§ 35-b. Markers  for  skin  or  scuba  divers.  1. The commissioner is
  hereby authorized to make rules and regulations requiring the use  of  a
  red  flag with a diagonal white bar to be displayed on the water or from
  a boat by skin divers or scuba divers which  would  indicate  underwater
  diving  and  significantly  mark  their  position  in  such  waters. The
  commissioner shall specify the size, shape, material of construction and
  manner of placing such markers.
2. A violation of such rules and regulations so  established  pursuant
  to  subdivision  one herein, shall constitute an offense punishable by a
  fine not to exceed fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 35-C - Real Time and Wind Water Level Telemetry System.

§ 35-c. Real   time   and   wind  water  level  telemetry  system.  1.
  Establishment of system. The seceretary of state shall arrange  for  the
  establishment  of  a  real time and wind water level telemetry system to
  inform and assist users of the harbors and waterways of the state.
2. General functions and powers. To provide for such a real  time  and
  wind  water  level  telemetry system, the department of state shall have
  the power, duty and authority:
a. To  arrange  for  the  construction,  installation,  operation  and
  maintenance  of  a  computerized information system based on water level
  gauges and other remote sensing devices, starting from  lower  New  York
  harbor  and the lower Hudson river to Haverstraw bay and the Albany area
  and including the entrance to  Long  Island  sound  extending,  as  user
  demand may warrant, to other ports and waterways of the state;
b.  To  arrange  for  the  establishment  of  a schedule of fees to be
  charged to actual users for the information provided from such a system,
  adequate to amortize the  cost  of  installation  and  construction,  to
  recover  the  annual  costs  of operation and maintenance and to collect
  such fees; and
c. To report annually to the  governor  and  the  legislature  on  the
  operation   of  the  program  for  the  year  preceding  and  plans  and
  recommendations for the future.
3. Specific functions. To carry out this  program  the  department  of
  state may:
a.  Develop and promulgate orders, rules and regulations to effectuate
  the purposes of this section;
b. Contract with  public  or  private  organizations  to  perform  the
  various  activities  required  by  this section, including construction,
  operation,  maintenance,  collection  of  fees  and  monitoring  of  the
  program;
c.  Designate  employees  of  the  department  of  state  who shall be
  empowered  to  examine  the  records  of  such  contractors  as  to  the
  collection and expenditure of funds;
d.  Apply  for,  accept  and  expend  any federal or other monies made
  available for the purposes of this section;
e. Require and receive assistance from any agency of the state or  any
  political subdivision thereof in the furtherance of this program;
f.  Act  as  the agent of the state, when required by this program, in
  arranging cooperative agreements with other states and Canada; and
g. Set up an advisory committee  of  experts  and  representatives  of
  other public and private agencies to facilitate the program's execution.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 35-D - Aquatic Invasive Species Signs at Public Boat Launches.

§ 35-d. Aquatic invasive species signs at public boat launches. 1. The
  department  of  environmental  conservation  shall  design and establish
  universal signage which may  be  posted  at  any  access  point  to  the
  navigable  waters  of the state relating to the threat and mitigation of
  aquatic invasive species, as  defined  in  subdivision  ten  of  section
  9-1703  of  the  environmental  conservation  law,  in the waters of the
  state. The department shall provide the universal signage on its website
  in a downloadable format.
2. Commencing within one year of the effective date of  this  section,
  owners of each public boat launch shall conspicuously post the universal
  sign of not less than eighteen inches by twenty-four inches, established
  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section, at each public boat launch
  in the state.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 36 - Removal of Unauthorized Floating Object.

§ 36. Removal  of unauthorized floating object. No unattended floating
  object shall be anchored within the navigable waters of  the  state  for
  any  purpose,  except  as same may be authorized under the United States
  laws, rules and regulations or by section thirty-five and  thirty-five-a
  of  this  chapter  or by local ordinances as may be duly approved by the
  commissioner. Any person finding such anchored object is  authorized  to
  remove the same.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 37 - Public Use of Privately Owned Navigable Waters.

§ 37. Public  use  of privately owned navigable waters. The provisions
  of this chapter shall apply to privately owned navigable waters to which
  the public has or is granted access, for compensation or otherwise,  for
  boating, bathing, swimming or other recreational uses or purposes.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 39 - Motor Boat Regulation on Lake George.

§ 39. Motor  boat  regulation on Lake George. 1. Definitions. The term
  "motor boat"  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  and  include  a  mechanically
  propelled  vessel having a source of power other than propulsion by wind
  propelled sail or human propelled oar or paddle.  The  term  shall  also
  include  a  craft  temporarily or permanently equipped with a detachable
  motor, commonly known as an "outboard" motor boat.
2. No motor boat shall be operated in the stream and  marshland  south
  of  the Dunham's Bay highway bridge (Route 9L) south of a point which is
  approximately eighteen hundred feet south of the south side of the Route
  9L Dunham's Bay highway bridge, at which point there will be anchored in
  the water  two  large  floating  buoys  warning  that  motor  boats  are
  prohibited beyond said point.
3.  No  motor boat shall be operated in the stream and marshland south
  of the point where 9L crosses the Warner Bay inlet  stream  south  of  a
  point  which  is approximately one thousand feet south of the south side
  of Route 9L at the center of its crossing  over  the  Warner  Bay  inlet
  stream  at  which  point  there  will be anchored in the water two large
  floating buoys warning that  motor  boats  are  prohibited  beyond  said
  point.
4.  No  motor  boat  shall  be  operated in the stream or marshland in
  Harris Bay of Lake George south of Route 9L, and warning buoys shall  be
  installed in the open water area south of Route 9L.
5.  The  expense  attached  to the purchase of the buoys, mentioned in
  subdivisions two, three and four of  this  section,  which  after  their
  installation  shall become part of the Lake George buoyage system, shall
  be payable from moneys available  therefor  by  appropriation  and  from
  moneys, if any, contributed by persons, towns and counties interested.
6.  Penalties for violations. A person violating any of the provisions
  of this section shall be deemed guilty of a violation and punishable  by
  a  fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than
  ten days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 3 - Navigable Waters of the State › 39-A - Motor Boat Regulation on Lake Colby.

§  39-a. Motor boat regulation on Lake Colby. 1. The term "motor boat"
  shall mean and include a mechanically propelled vessel having  a  source
  of  power  in  excess  of  ten  horsepower other than propulsion by wind
  propelled sail or human propelled oar or paddle. Such  term  shall  also
  include  a  vessel temporarily or permanently equipped with a detachable
  motor, commonly known as an "outboard" motor boat.
2. No motor boat shall be operated on  Lake  Colby,  in  the  town  of
  Harrietstown, county of Franklin.
3.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not apply to emergency and
  rescue vessels and vessels operated for  the  official  functions  of  a
  federal, state or local governmental agency.
4. A person violating any provision of subdivision two of this section
  shall  be  guilty  of  a violation punishable by a fine of not more than
  fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ten days,  or  by  both
  such fine and imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 40-A - Manufacture and Sale of Outboard Motors.

§ 40-a. Manufacture  and  sale  of  outboard motors. No outboard motor
  manufactured after January first, nineteen hundred eighty shall be  sold
  or  offered  for  commercial  sale by a dealer in this state unless such
  motor shall have permanently engraved thereon  by  the  manufacturer  an
  identifying  serial  number.  Such  serial  mark shall be of a permanent
  nature so as to prevent or discourage the removal, defacing,  alteration
  or  destruction thereof. Anyone violating the provisions of this section
  shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less than one
  hundred nor more than two hundred fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 40-B - Sale and Use of Tributyltin Paint.

§ 40-b. Sale  and use of tributyltin paint. 1. No person shall sell or
  offer to sell quick release tributyltin antifoulant bottom paints  after
  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight.  For  purposes of this
  section, "quick release" shall mean a release rate of greater than  five
  micrograms of tributyltin per square centimeter per day.
2.  No  person  shall  apply  a  quick release tributyltin antifoulant
  bottom paint to any vessel expected to be used  in  the  waters  of  the
  state  including  the marine and coastal district, as defined in section
  13-0103 of the environmental  conservation  law,  after  January  first,
  nineteen hundred eighty-eight, nor shall any person apply an antifoulant
  bottom paint having a release rate of greater than one microgram or less
  than five micrograms of tributyltin per square centimeter per day to any
  non-aluminum  part  of any vessel less than twenty-five meters in length
  which is expected to be used in the waters of the  state  including  the
  marine  and  coastal  district  after  January  first,  nineteen hundred
  eighty-eight.
3.  After  January  first,  nineteen   hundred   eighty-eight,   paint
  containers  holding  antifoulant  bottom  paint having a release rate of
  more than one microgram or less than five micrograms of tributyltin  per
  square centimeter being sold or offered for retail sale shall not exceed
  thirty-two  fluid  ounces  of  such  paint and shall have affixed to the
  container a  label  which  states  the  application  of  such  paint  is
  restricted under New York state law to aluminum parts only.
4.  The  department  of  environmental  conservation  shall,  prior to
  January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, develop a  list  of  those
  quick  release antifoulant bottom paints which have been banned from use
  in this state under the provisions of this section as well as a list  of
  those  tributyltin  antifoulant  bottom paints which have had their sale
  and application restricted under the provisions  of  this  section.  The
  department  shall  make such lists available to any interested party and
  shall  make  a  reasonable  effort  to  transmit  such  lists  to  known
  manufacturers  and  those places of sale of such paints within the state
  and shall until December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight
  provide such list to any applicant for a license or permit under article
  eleven or thirteen of the environmental conservation law.
5.  Any violation of this section shall be a violation punishable by a
  fine of not less than one  hundred  nor  more  than  two  hundred  fifty
  dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 42 - Searchlights; Unlawful to Flash.

§ 42. Searchlights;  unlawful  to  flash.  Any licensed master, pilot,
  joint pilot and engineer or operator, who shall flash  or  cause  to  be
  flashed, the rays of a searchlight into the pilot house or into the eyes
  of  the  master,  pilot,  or  operator of an approaching vessel shall be
  liable to have his license revoked.   Any  person  committing  such  act
  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section
  seventy-three-b of this article. Searchlights  shall  not  be  known  as
  navigating lights.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 42-A - Tow-Chains.

§  42-a.  Tow-chains.  Any  person,  for a fee, who operates a boat or
  vessel, and who pilots, offers to pilot, tows or offers to tow any other
  boat or vessel, must remove completely from the water any rope or  chain
  or  other  tool  or  device used to connect the boats or vessels for the
  purposes of towing, while such rope or chain or other tool or device  is
  not  being used to tow another boat or vessel. Violation of this section
  is a violation, punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred  fifty
  dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 43-A - Use of Digital Billboards.

§  43-a. Use of digital billboards. 1. All vessels shall be prohibited
  from operating, anchoring or mooring in  the  navigable  waters  of  the
  state  while  operating  a  digital billboard or other type of billboard
  that uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights.
2. As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean  a
  one or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images
  using  light-emitting  diode  technology or any such similar technology,
  unless exclusively used to identify the vessel.
3. This  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  limit  any  authority
  delegated  to a city, village or town pursuant to section forty-six-a of
  this part.   A city, village  or  town  may,  by  local  law,  expressly
  restrict  or  prohibit the use of outdoor advertising signage on vessels
  within one  thousand  five  hundred  feet  of  its  shore  or  expressly
  authorize  vessels  to  operate  a  digital  billboard  or other type of
  billboard that uses flashing, intermittent or moving lights  within  one
  thousand five hundred feet of its shore.
4. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a
  civil  penalty of one thousand dollars for the first violation, and five
  thousand dollars for all subsequent violations.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-A - Beaching a Disabled Water Craft.

§ 45-a. Beaching  a  disabled  water craft. Except in an emergency, it
  shall not be lawful to intentionally beach or abandon any vessel,  ship,
  boat or other water craft on underwater lands of navigable waters of the
  state  surrounding Richmond county, without the permission of the owners
  or lessees of the uplands abutting such underwater lands. Any  violation
  of  this  section  shall  be  a  misdemeanor  punishable as set forth in
  section seventy-three-b of this article.
2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4 - Vessels › Part 1 - Vessels, General › 45-AAA - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Irondequoit Bay.

§ 45-aaa. Special  provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay. 1.
  No vessel shall be operated on Irondequoit bay, which is located  within
  Monroe  county,  at  a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour unless
  such vessel is being operated for  the  purpose  of  enabling  a  person
  engaged  in water skiing or other water sport to be towed, in which case
  no such vessel shall be operated at a speed exceeding thirty-five  miles
  per hour.
2.  No vessel shall be operated in the channel between Irondequoit Bay
  and Lake Ontario or within three hundred feet of the shore, the channel,
  a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a  manner
  or  at  a  speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or
  endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an 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.
3.  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  agency  at  least  fifteen  days  prior  to such race,
  pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this  chapter,  and
  all provisions of this section have been complied with.
4.  Any  person  who  operates  a  vessel  in  violation of any of the
  provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable  as
  set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
5.  Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town
  or county from continuing, adopting or enacting any  other  local  laws,
  resolutions  or  ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within
  its limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to  make  less
  restrictive any of such provisions.