0 chapters · 83 sections in this title.
N.Y. Canal Law § 56 Conditions and terms of leases
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§ 56. Conditions and terms of leases. Leases for canal lands, canal terminals and canal terminal lands shall include: 1. the period of time for such leases, provided that the initial term of such leases may not exceed forty years, and renewals of such leases may not exceed an ad…
N.Y. Canal Law § 57 Special conditions for leases entered prior to approval of canal recreationway plan
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§ 57. Special conditions for leases entered prior to approval of canal recreationway plan. 1. In the period between the effective date of this section and the completion of the canal recreationway plan, the commission shall review and comment on proposed leases with respect to t…
N.Y. Canal Law § 6 Transfer of canal lands and other assets
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§ 6. Transfer of canal lands and other assets. 1. The jurisdiction of the thruway authority over the New York state canal system and over all state assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intangible, owned or used in connection with the planning, development, construct…
N.Y. Canal Law § 60 Alteration of county roads or town highways
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§ 60. Alteration of county roads or town highways. Whenever the commissioner of transportation shall deem it necessary to discontinue or alter any part of a county road or town highway because of its interference with the proper location or construction of any work on the canal …
N.Y. Canal Law § 61 Farm and road bridges
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§ 61. Farm and road bridges. The commissioner of transportation is authorized and required to maintain until April first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, at public expense farm, road and street bridges over the canal system, in all places where such bridges were constructed prior t…
N.Y. Canal Law § 62 Maintenance by state of certain bridges over the canal system
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§ 62. Maintenance by state of certain bridges over the canal system. All highway or pedestrian, lift or movable bridges over the canal system other than highway bridges connecting parts of a state highway heretofore constructed as a part of the barge canal improvement shall be r…
N.Y. Canal Law § 63 Maintenance by state of alteration to certain highway bridges not state owned
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§ 63. Maintenance by state of alteration to certain highway bridges not state owned. When in the canalization of a natural waterway to form a part of the canal system it has been or may be necessary to alter an existing highway bridge spanning the canalized portion of the waterw…
N.Y. Canal Law § 64 Commutation for bridges
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§ 64. Commutation for bridges. The commissioner of transportation may commute with owners and claimants of bridges over any canal, by paying such owner or claimant such sum in lieu of a bridge as may be agreed on between the claimant and the commissioner of transportation. If, i…
N.Y. Canal Law § 65 Private road in lieu of farm bridges
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§ 65. Private road in lieu of farm bridges. If the commissioner of transportation cannot agree with the owner of a farm bridge spanning a canal as to the amount of commutation in any case where he is of the opinion that the state should erect such bridge, and the commissioner of…
N.Y. Canal Law § 66 Restrictions on the construction of farm and road bridges
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§ 66. Restrictions on the construction of farm and road bridges. A person shall not be entitled to demand a farm bridge across a canal or feeder where the necessity of convenience of such bridge shall have arisen from the division or acquisition of property subsequent to the loc…
N.Y. Canal Law § 67 Construction of bridges by municipal corporations
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§ 67. Construction of bridges by municipal corporations. The common council of any city may provide by ordinance for the erection of a lift, hoist or swing bridge over a canal at any street in such city, on plans and specifications approved by the commissioner of transportation.…
N.Y. Canal Law § 68 Bridges spanning canal channels
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§ 68. Bridges spanning canal channels. 1. When a bridge spanning the Oswego canal or that portion of the Erie canal between the Hudson river and its junction with the Oswego canal, is to be reconstructed, or a new bridge is to be built over such sections of the canal system, suc…
N.Y. Canal Law § 69 Damages caused by excessive loads
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§ 69. Damages caused by excessive loads. The commissioner of transportation shall cause, where required, the posting of all bridges under his jurisdiction located on the canal system in conformity with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law. Upon all such bridges incapabl…
N.Y. Canal Law § 69-A Changes in bridges and highways on or over canals and canal lands
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§ 69-a. Changes in bridges and highways on or over canals and canal lands. The commissioner of transportation shall notify the corporation as to any changes planned for the bridges and highways on or over canals and canal lands which may have an impact on canal operations.
N.Y. Canal Law § 70 Cargo statement
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§ 70. Cargo statement. The master of any float shall furnish the corporation or its representative a true statement of the quantity and description of the lading of such float, specifying the place from which it departed and to which it is destined. Any master who refuses to com…
N.Y. Canal Law § 71 Registry of canal floats
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§ 71. Registry of canal floats. The owner of every commercial float to be navigated on the canal system shall make application to the corporation for a New York state certificate of registry. The application shall be in form prescribed by the corporation and shall contain such i…
N.Y. Canal Law § 72 Change of ownership, name or hailing place
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§ 72. Change of ownership, name or hailing place. Should the ownership, name or hailing place of a float change after state registry, the owner of the float shall make new application in form similar to that required for original registry and upon receipt of such application the…
N.Y. Canal Law § 73 Registered owner to be advised of assessments and penalties
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§ 73. Registered owner to be advised of assessments and penalties. The corporation shall advise the person whose name appears on the latest application for registry on file in its office of any assessments, penalties or other charges levied against a float or its crew for acts o…
N.Y. Canal Law § 74 List of registered floats to be prepared
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§ 74. List of registered floats to be prepared. The corporation shall make a list of all floats to which New York state certificates of registry have been issued. This list shall be corrected at least once in each calendar year and a copy of such corrected list shall be filed in…
N.Y. Canal Law § 75 Clearance and ownership
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§ 75. Clearance and ownership. Every commercial float shall have a clearance. Clearances may be obtained at such places along the canal system and at such other points as the corporation may direct. No clearance shall be granted to any commercial float unless the person authoriz…
N.Y. Canal Law § 76 Regulations with respect to clearance
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§ 76. Regulations with respect to clearance. No commercial float shall proceed beyond the place to which it is cleared, nor unload any of its cargo, before or after its arrival, at the place from which such articles are cleared, nor proceed beyond such place until the master the…
N.Y. Canal Law § 77 Copy of clearance
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§ 77. Copy of clearance. The corporation, or its representative issuing a clearance or with whom a clearance is filed, shall, when requested, furnish a copy thereof, with any additional cargo entered thereupon and the several indorsements, if any, which copy shall have the same …
N.Y. Canal Law § 78 Assignment of berths for loading or unloading
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§ 78. Assignment of berths for loading or unloading. The corporation or its representative may assign berths to all floats while loading or unloading at any landing place upon a canal and determine disputes concerning same. The corporation, shall, as to any of the locks, termina…
N.Y. Canal Law § 79 Floating elevators
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§ 79. Floating elevators. Any person owning or leasing, in whole or in part, any floating elevator used for loading grain, coal, sand, or other material, shall, upon application to and in the discretion of the corporation, be assigned a place for and permitted to keep said float…
N.Y. Canal Law § 80 Supplying deficiencies of water
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§ 80. Supplying deficiencies of water. Whenever the navigation of any part of the canal system is endangered by reason of a deficiency of water, the corporation shall, without delay, supply such deficiency. For that purpose it shall resume the temporary use of all the surplus wa…
N.Y. Canal Law § 81 Deposit of refuse in navigable waters
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§ 81. Deposit of refuse in navigable waters. It shall be unlawful to throw from or otherwise deposit, either from or out of any float or from the shore, wharf, manufacturing establishment or mill of any kind, refuse or other matter of any description, into any of the waters of t…
N.Y. Canal Law § 82 Seizure of obstruction
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§ 82. Seizure of obstruction. The corporation may cause to be seized and removed any object, article, float or sunken thing found within the limits of the canal system not under the care or charge of any person. It shall sell or offer for sale all seized objects, articles, float…
N.Y. Canal Law § 83 Liability of float for penalty, detention and sale thereof
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§ 83. Liability of float for penalty, detention and sale thereof. Every penalty and forfeiture prescribed by this chapter against the owner, master or other person having charge of any float, when incurred, shall be chargeable on such float, and an action for the recovery thereo…
N.Y. Canal Law § 84 Damage caused by termination of canal navigation
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§ 84. Damage caused by termination of canal navigation. No part of the canal system of the state which was improved pursuant to chapter seven hundred ten of the laws of nineteen hundred seven and the acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, shall be abandoned or navigat…
N.Y. Canal Law § 85 Rules and regulations
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§ 85. Rules and regulations. The corporation shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, governing navigation on the canals and for the use of the terminals connected with the canals and for the use of all other property of the corporation under…
N.Y. Canal Law § 90 Record of operating expenses
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§ 90. Record of operating expenses. The corporation shall keep an accurate account of all moneys appropriated by the legislature for the improvement, maintenance, repair and operation of the canal system and shall cause to be prepared and filed in the office of the corporation o…
N.Y. Canal Law § 91 Tonnage statistics
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§ 91. Tonnage statistics. The corporation shall collect and compile accurate records of the tonnage transported on the canals during each season of navigation. Such data, together with all other necessary information relative to canal transportation shall be arranged in convenie…
N.Y. Canal Law § 92 Annual report
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§ 92. Annual report. The corporation shall during the month of January make a report to the legislature covering the activities of the corporation with respect to the canal system for the preceding calendar year ending December thirty-first, including therein details as to the t…