2023 New York Laws › NAV - Navigation › Article 4-A - Enforcement by Counties › 79-B - Vessel and Equipment Anti-Theft Program; Eligibility for State Aid.

§ 79-b. Vessel and equipment anti-theft program; eligibility for state
  aid.  1. The commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation
  shall establish a vessel and related equipment anti-theft program, which
  shall be applicable on all waterways or bodies of water  located  within
  New  York  state  or that part of any body of water adjacent to New York
  state over which the state has territorial jurisdiction,  and  on  which
  watercraft may be used or operated. Such program shall include, but need
  not  be  limited  to  provisions relating to the reporting of vessel and
  related equipment theft, the dissemination of  information  relating  to
  vessel   and   related   equipment   theft,   personnel   training,  the
  establishment of a system to aid in the identification of stolen vessels
  and related law enforcement functions.
* 1-a. The commissioner shall  establish  an  "I  love  NY  waterways"
  boating safety program which shall be applicable on the navigable waters
  of  the  state  or  any  tidewaters  bordering  on  or  lying within the
  boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties. Such  program  shall  include
  boating  safety and accident prevention education and measures to reduce
  alcohol-related boating accidents and injuries.
* NB There are 2 sb 1-a's
* 1-a.  The  commissioner  shall  establish  a  boating  noise   level
  enforcement program which shall be applicable on the navigable waters of
  the  state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries
  of Nassau and Suffolk counties.
* NB There are 2 sb 1-a's
2. Each eligible governmental entity  shall  be  entitled  to  receive
  state  aid  as hereinafter provided. An entity seeking reimbursement for
  expenditures incurred in enforcement of this chapter  and  participation
  in approved accident reporting and anti-theft programs and/or an "I love
  NY  waterways"  boating  safety  program  and/or  a  boating noise level
  enforcement program shall submit to the commissioner by October first of
  each year an estimate of such  expenditures  for  the  current  calendar
  year,  in  such  form and containing such information as he may require.
  Within one month after the close of the calendar year, it  shall  submit
  to  the  commissioner  a  statement  of authorized expenditures actually
  incurred, in such  form  and  containing  such  information  as  he  may
  require.
3.  The  amount  of state aid to be allocated to eligible governmental
  entities  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be   determined   by   the
  commissioner  as  hereinafter provided. The commissioner shall determine
  the percentage proportion which  the  authorized  expenditures  of  each
  individual  entity, not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars for each
  county  including  municipalities  therein,  shall  bear  to  the  total
  authorized  expenditures  of  all  entities.  Such percentage proportion
  shall then be applied against an amount equal to one-half of  the  total
  of  the  amount  received by the state in each preceding program year in
  vessel registration fees  as  provided  in  section  twenty-two  hundred
  fifty-one  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law, less no more than thirty
  percent, subject to appropriation, which may be used by the commissioner
  and the commissioner of motor vehicles for administrative costs  of  the
  program,  including  training  and  equipment,  and by the department of
  environmental conservation, the division of state police and other state
  agencies, subject to the approval of the commissioner, for the  purposes
  of this article, plus the entire amount received pursuant to subdivision
  nine  of  section forty-four of this chapter. The amount thus determined
  shall constitute the maximum amount of state  aid  to  which  each  such
  entity  shall  be  entitled;  provided,  however,  that  no entity shall
  receive state aid in an  amount  in  excess  of  fifty  percent  of  its
  authorized expenditures as approved by the commissioner for such program

  year.  The commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount thus
  determined for each eligible local governmental entity as the amount  of
  state  aid to be apportioned to such eligible local governmental entity.
  The  allocation  of  state aid to any county, town or village within the
  Lake George park shall not be reduced because of the allocation of state
  aid to the Lake George park commission. Of the remaining funds  received
  by  the  state  for  the  registration of vessels as provided in section
  twenty-two hundred fifty-one of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  no  less
  than  six  percent  shall  be made available to the commissioner for the
  expenses of the office in providing navigation law enforcement  training
  and administering the provisions of this section.
4.  The  amount of funds historically appropriated by any municipality
  receiving funding pursuant to this article shall not be reduced  because
  of the availability of appropriations from such fund.