Title NAV, Navigation

§ 46-b. Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent\nlocal laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located in\nthe towns of Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Sara…

§ 47. Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting. 1. (a)\nWhenever any vessel, including, but not limited to, rowboats, canoes and\nkayaks, meets with an accident involving damage to any vessel or to the\nreal property or to the personal property, not including animals, …

§ 47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to\nreport. 1. Every police officer, bay constable or judicial officer\nreceiving information of an accident involving a vessel, including, but\nnot limited to, rowboats and canoes, in which any person is killed,…

§ 47-b. Report to the commissioner required upon accident. Every\nperson operating a vessel, including, but not limited to, rowboats and\ncanoes, upon the navigable waters of the state, or on any other waters\nwithin the boundaries of the state, which is in any manner involved i…

§ 48. Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner.\n1. Every owner of a vessel used or operated upon the navigable waters of\nthe state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries\nof Nassau and Suffolk counties, shall be liable and responsib…

§ 49. Operator. 1. No person shall operate a mechanically propelled\nvessel on the navigable waters of the state or any tidewaters bordering\non or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties, unless\nthe operator is at least ten years old and is the holder of a b…

§ 49-a. Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or\ndrugs. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context\nclearly indicates otherwise:\n (a) The term "vessel" shall be every description of watercraft or\nother artificial contrivance propelled in …

§ 49-b. Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol; under the\nage of twenty-one; per se. 1. Prohibition. No person under the age of\ntwenty-one shall operate a vessel upon the waters of this state after\nhaving consumed alcohol as defined in this section. For purposes of …

§ 49-c. Termination of unsafe operation. A police officer or peace\nofficer, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, who has\nreasonable cause to believe that a vessel, including a rowboat, canoe or\nkayak, is being operated, in his or her presence, upon the navigable\nwat…

§ 49-d. Application. Sections forty-seven, forty-seven-b, forty-eight,\nforty-nine-a and forty-nine-b of this chapter shall apply to any vessel\noperated on privately or publicly owned underground non-navigable\nwaterways with no navigable inlet or outlet that carry passengers f…

§ 50. Owners to notify inspector and apply for inspection. It shall be\nthe duty of the owner of a public vessel which he intends to operate on\nthe navigable waters of the state to notify the inspector of such\nintention at least one month before it is desired to place the vess…

§ 53. Rules and regulations. The commissioner may adopt, amend and\nrepeal rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to carry out\nthe provisions of this part.\n

§ 54. Construction against fire. All public vessels shall be so\nconstructed that inflammable material about any machinery or apparatus\ninvolving danger of fire where such inflammable material is exposed to\nignition, shall be shielded by some incombustible material so that the…

§ 55. Stairways and passageways. 1. Every public vessel certified to\ncarry passengers shall be provided with (a) permanent stairways and\nother sufficient and safe means convenient for passing from one deck to\nthe other, and (b) passageways large enough to allow persons freely…

§ 56. Fire pump. Every public vessel permitted by her certificate to\ncarry one hundred passengers or more, shall be provided with a fire pump\nor other equivalent apparatus for throwing water, the same to be at all\ntimes during the navigation of such vessel, kept ready for imm…

§ 57. Identification number of vessel. Every public vessel subject to\nthe provisions of this chapter shall be registered and display the\nidentification number assigned as set forth in section twenty-two\nhundred fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law. In addition to the\nnum…

§ 58. Number of passengers. It shall not be lawful to take on board of\nany public vessel a greater number of passengers than the number allowed\nin the certificate of inspection and for every violation of this\nprovision, the master, pilot, joint pilot and engineer or owner sha…

§ 58-a. Unauthorized boarding of vessels. (1) It shall be unlawful for\nany person except a pilot or public officer to board or attempt to\nboard, a vessel arriving in the port of New York before such vessel\nshall have been made fast to the wharf, without first obtaining leave\…

§ 59. Manning of public vessels. 1. All public vessels while under way\nunder their own power, shall be in charge of a licensed master, pilot,\nengineer, or joint pilot and engineer. Anyone operating a public vessel\nwithout a license and any owner who permits the operation of a…

§ 60. Inability to provide licensed officer. If the owner or master of\na public vessel is unable to obtain the services of a licensed officer,\nthe inspector shall be notified and the deficiency may be temporarily\nsupplied, if the inspector approves, until the services of a li…

§ 61. Repairs and modifications. 1. Before any repair or modification\nis made to the structure or engineering plant of a public vessel, or any\nrepair or modification is made that may affect the stability,\nseaworthiness or safe operation of a public vessel, or in the event tha…

§ 62. Loss of life by misconduct of officers. Every master or other\nperson employed on any public vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence or\ninattention to his or her duties on such vessel, the life of any person\nis lost, and every owner or charterer through whose fraud, negl…

§ 63. Certificate of inspection. The inspector, if satisfied that a\npublic vessel is in all respects safe and conforms to the requirement of\nthis chapter, shall make and subscribe duplicate certificates setting\nforth the name and number of the vessel, its age, the date of\nin…

§ 63-a. Suspension of certificate of inspection; penalty for operating\na vessel without a certificate of inspection or during suspension. The\ninspector may suspend a certificate of inspection issued pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article upon satisfactory proof that opera…

§ 64. Licenses. Every person employed as a master, pilot, engineer or\njoint pilot and engineer, on board of a public vessel, shall be examined\nby the inspector as to his qualifications, and if the inspector is\nsatisfied therewith, he shall grant him a license for the term of …

§ 64-a. Suspension and revocation of licenses. 1. The inspector may\nsuspend or revoke any license of master, pilot, engineer or joint pilot\nand engineer, issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, upon\nsatisfactory proof of recklessness, carelessness, intemperance,\ni…

§ 65. Fees for vessel inspections and for the issuance of licenses.\nThe owner of a public vessel, inspected and licensed as provided in this\nchapter, shall pay to the inspector, for each vessel not over ten tons\nburden, twenty dollars; for each vessel over ten and not over tw…

§ 66. Inflammable or explosive articles prohibited. 1. No loose hay,\nloose cotton, or loose hemp, camphene, nitro-glycerine, naptha, benzine,\nbenzol, coal-oil, crude petroleum or other like explosive burning fluids\nor dangerous articles, shall be carried as freight or used as…

§ 67. Public vessel equipment. 1. Buoyant apparatus. Every public\nvessel of over fifty tons burden, navigating more than one mile from\nshore, shall carry in addition to other equipment required by this\nsection, sufficient buoyant apparatus for not less than twenty per cent\no…

§ 68. Investigations by inspector; penalties; reports. The inspector\nupon order or pursuant to direction of the commissioner shall\ninvestigate all violations and charges of violations of the provisions\nof this article which are applicable to public vessels. Should the\ninvest…

§ 69. Seizure of public vessels. Whenever the inspector shall find\nafter investigation or have reasonable cause to believe that any public\nvessel is being operated in contravention of the provisions of this\narticle, or is being operated by an unlicensed person by and with the…

§ 70. Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels in certain\nareas; tanker-avoidance zones. 1. The commissioner of environmental\nconservation in consultation with the petroleum-bearing vessel advisory\ncommission established in section seventy-one of this article, the\nUn…

§ 70-a. Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels on the Hudson\nriver; tanker-avoidance zones. 1. The commissioner of environmental\nconservation in consultation with the United States Coast Guard, the\nboard of commissioners of pilots, the department of state, at least …

§ 71. Petroleum-bearing vessel advisory commission. 1. Creation of the\npetroleum-bearing vessel advisory commission. The commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation shall establish a petroleum-bearing vessel\nadvisory commission to make recommendations on plans, policies and\np…

§ 71-d. Liveries; safety regulations; penalty. 1. No livery operator\nshall knowingly lease, hire or rent a vessel to any person:\n (a) When the number of persons using the vessel shall exceed the\nnumber deemed to constitute a maximum safety load for said vessel,\naccording to …

§ 72. Operation of pleasure vessels on Round Island lake, Orange\ncounty. Pleasure vessels as defined in this chapter, equipped with\ndetachable outboard motors or permanent inboard motors, except vessels\npropelled by electric motors of not over one-fourth rated horsepower,\nsh…

§ 72-a. Operation of vessels on the inland waters of Chautauqua\ncounty. No water craft shall pass the stern of a boat being used for\ntrolling less than two hundred feet from the stern of such boat on the\ninland lakes of Chautauqua county.\n

§ 73. Towing of persons. 1. No person shall operate a vessel for\ntowing a person unless there is upon such vessel a person, other than\nthe operator, of at least ten years of age, in a position to observe the\nprogress of the person being towed.\n 2. No person shall be towed or…

§ 73-a. Regulations of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft.\n1. Personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft. a. No person shall\noperate a personal watercraft or a specialty prop-craft unless each\nperson riding on such vessel is wearing a securely fastened United\nSta…

§ 73-b. Misdemeanors. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor pursuant\nto any of the provisions of this chapter for which another penalty is\nnot provided shall for a first conviction thereof be punished by a fine\nof not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred d…

§ 73-c. Violations. 1. Any person who violates any of the provisions\nof this article or any local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation\nadopted pursuant to this article, shall be guilty of a violation unless\nsuch conduct is declared to be a misdemeanor or a felony pursuan…

§ 74. Service of summons and complaint on non-residents. 1. The use,\noperation, navigation or maintenance by a non-resident, or in his\nbusiness, of a vessel in waters of this state; or owned by a\nnon-resident and used, operated, navigated or maintained with his\npermission in…

§ 75. Educational program. In order to protect the public interest in\nthe prudent and equitable use of the waters of the state and enhance the\nenjoyment of pleasure boating and other sports thereon, the commissioner\nshall initiate and put into effect a comprehensive education…

§ 76. Information. Such program shall include the preparation and\ndissemination of water safety information to the public, and\nparticularly to the owners and operators of pleasure boats.\n

§ 77. Rules and regulations. The commissioner may make rules and\nregulations designed to result in the further knowledge and observance\nof the principles of safe boat operation.\n

§ 78. Boating safety certificate. 1. "Boating safety certificate"\nshall mean a certificate issued by the commissioner evidencing that the\nholder thereof has successfully completed a course of instruction in\nboating safety as provided in this section. The commissioner shall pu…

§ 78-a. Insurance rate reduction. Any insurance carrier licensed to\nissue yacht or boating liability insurance in this state is authorized\nto grant rate reductions with the approval of the department of\nfinancial services to any owner of a yacht or boat who has successfully\n…

§ 79. Courses of instruction. 1. For the purpose of giving such\ncourses of instruction and awarding boating safety certificates, the\ncommissioner may designate as his or her agent any person the\ncommissioner deems qualified to act in such capacity, including, but not\nlimited…

§ 79-a. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "State aid" shall\nmean payments by the state to an eligible governmental entity in\naccordance with the provisions of this article.\n 2. "Program year" shall mean the calendar year.\n 2-a. "Eligible governmental entity" shall mea…

§ 79-b. Vessel and equipment anti-theft program; eligibility for state\naid. 1. The commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation\nshall establish a vessel and related equipment anti-theft program, which\nshall be applicable on all waterways or bodies of water loca…