Title NAV, Navigation

§ 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 requir…

§ 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 wate…

§ 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 int…

§ 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, ame…

§ 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 boun…

§ 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 su…

§ 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 …

§ 33-c. Regulating disposal of sewage; littering of waterways. 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) The term "watercraft" means any contrivance used or capable of being used for navigation upon water whether or not capable of self-propu…

§ 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 s…

§ 33-e. Marine sanitation devices aboard vessels in vessel waste no-discharge zones. 1. Any waters of the state of which the commissioner has received an affirmative determination regarding the adequate availability of marine sanitation device pump-out or dump station facilities…

§ 34. Regattas. The commissioner may authorize the holding of regattas\nor boat races on any navigable waters of the state within his\njurisdiction. He shall adopt and may, from time to time, amend\nregulations concerning the safety of vessels and the passengers and\nother perso…

§ 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 educationa…

§ 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 ob…

§ 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 flo…

§ 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 d…

§ 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 …

§ 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 aqua…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 38. Lake George water levels. Any dam or other similar structure so located in the outlet of Lake George as to affect the water levels of the lake shall, with due allowance for fluctuations due to natural causes or to emergencies and for a reasonable use of water for power and…

§ 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 inclu…

§ 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 i…

* § 39-b. Motor boat regulation on Flax Pond tidal wetlands sanctuary. 1. The term "motor boat" shall 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 incl…

§ 40. Equipment. Equipment required herein shall be carried on every\nvessel except as otherwise provided, while underway, or at anchor with\nany person aboard, while on the navigable waters of the state and any\ntidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau a…

§ 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 id…

§ 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 fiv…

§ 41. Pilot rules. The following rules shall be observed on all mechanically propelled vessels on the navigable waters of the state and all tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties: 1. Signals. The signals for passing, by the blowing …

§ 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 li…

§ 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…

§ 43. Lights to be displayed. 1. Vessels classified. For the\napplication of this section vessels shall be divided into classes as\nfollows:\n Class A. Less than sixteen feet in length.\n Class 1. Sixteen feet or over and less than twenty-six feet in length.\n Class 2. Twenty-si…

§ 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 se…

§ 44. Noise levels on pleasure vessels. 1. The provisions of this\nsection shall apply to the navigable waters of the state including all\ntidewaters bordering on and lying within the boundaries of Nassau and\nSuffolk counties.\n 2. (a) No person shall operate or give permission…

§ 45. Reckless operation of a vessel; speed. 1. (a) Every master or\noperator of a vessel shall at all times navigate the same in a careful\nand prudent manner in such a way as not to unreasonably interfere with\nthe free and proper use of the navigable waters of the state and a…

§ 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 o…

§ 45-aa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake; Keuka lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on Canandaigua lake, which is bordered by Ontario and Y…

§ 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 …

* § 45-aaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on Greenwood Lake within Orange county, shall be operated in a ca…

* § 45-aaaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay. 1. No vessel shall be operated within that area of the Sodus Bay Channel and Sodus Bay bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Sodus outer light at the north-westerly most point of the west breakwall of t…

§ 45-aaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on Lake Alice within Orleans county, shall be operated in a careful an…

* § 45-aaaaaa. Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Lamoka Lake, located in Schuyler county, or Waneta Lake, locate…

* § 45-aaaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation,\nnoise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes. 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a)\nevery pleasure vessel operated on the Fulton Chain of Lakes, consisting\n…

§ 45-b. Regulation of beaches. Except when prohibited by reason of the laws of the United States, the board of trustees of a village may adopt, amend and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, with respect to regulating the use of beaches in or adjacent to the …

§ 45-c. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on Conesus lake within the county of Livingston, shall be operated in a …

§ 45-cc. Reckless operation and speed on the canal system. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws, every vessel operated on the canal system, as defined in subdivision one of section two of the canal law, shall be operated in a car…

§ 45-d. Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor. 1. No vessel shall be operated in Great Kills Harbor extending beyond the Crooke's Point Jetty to the lighted buoy at the Harbor's entrance, within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier, …

§ 46. Vessel regulation zone. 1. (a) The board of supervisors or other legislative governing body of a county, or, should no action on the matter be taken by such board or body, the governing body of a city or incorporated village, by a three-quarters vote of its members, may es…

§ 46-a. Regulations of vessels. (1) The local legislative body of a city or the board of trustees of a village may adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States, with respect to: a. Regulating the spe…

§ 46-aa. Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county. 1. The county legislature of the county of Chautauqua may adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States, with respect to re…

§ 46-aaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every pleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake, an…

§ 46-aaaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Cuba lake, located in the towns of Cuba, Allegany county and Ischua, Cattaraugus county, shall …