New York · statute · N.Y. Navigation Law · 247 active provisions
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS NAVIGATION LAW Article 1. Short title and definitions (§§ 1-2). 2. Administration (§§ 10-20). 3. Navigable waters of the state (§§ 30--39-a). 4. Vessels (§§ 40-79). 4-A. Enforcement by counties (§§ 79-a--79-c). 5. Tidewater navigation (§§ 80-86). 6. Pilots and pilotage fees…
ARTICLE 1 SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS Section 1. Short title. 2. Definitions.
§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the navigation law, and shall apply to navigation and the use of navigable waters of the state and regulations hereby created.
§ 2. Definitions. The following terms when used in this chapter unless otherwise expressly stated, or unless the context of the language or subject matter indicates a different meaning or application was intended, shall be deemed to mean and include: 1. "Office" shall mean the state office of parks, recreation and hist…
ARTICLE 2 ADMINISTRATION Section 10. Duties of the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation and the commissioner of environmental conservation. 12. Inspector; qualifications. 13. Inspector; duties. 14. Inspector; licenses. 15. Inspector; fees. 16. Inspector; reports. 17. Traveling navigation inspecto…
§ 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 dele…
§ 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…
§ 13. Inspector; duties. The inspector shall annually, and at such other times as they 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 also annually, and at such ot…
§ 14. Inspector; licenses. The inspector is authorized and empowered to grant licenses as provided in article four of this chapter.
§ 15. Inspector; fees. The inspector is authorized to collect fees as provided in article four of this chapter.
§ 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 s…
§ 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 emplo…
§ 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 li…
§ 19. Uniform navigation summons and complaint. 1. The commissioner shall be authorized to prescribe the form of summons and/or complaint in all cases involving a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any ordinance, rule or regulation relating to navigation, or of any class or category of such cases, and to…
§ 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…
ARTICLE 3 NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE STATE Section 30. Navigation, jurisdiction over. 31. Excavation, fill or other modification of water course. 32. Location of structures in or on navigable waters. 32-a. Using net or weir unlawfully in Hudson river. 32-b. Lights upon swing bridges. 32-c. Interfering with navigation. 32-…
§ 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,…
§ 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.
§ 32. Location of structures in or on navigable waters. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section forty-six-a of this chapter, no wharf, dock, pier, jetty, platform or other structure built on floats, columns, open timber, piles or similar open-work supports, temporary or permanent, shall be const…
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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 regu…
§ 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, ex…