New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 23 - RIVER IMPROVEMENT

• 15-2301 - Legislative Purpose.
  The purpose of title 23 of this article is to provide a method by which a project may be undertaken to improve the channel, construct...
• 15-2303 - River Improvement Districts.
  1. Bodies corporate which shall consist of and be known as river improvement districts may be created as herein provided to carry out the purposes...
• 15-2305 - River Improvement Associations.
  There shall be in each river improvement district an association to be known by the name of the district, as..................River Improvement Association. It shall be...
• 15-2307 - Construction Contracts.
  1. In general all construction work shall be done by contract, but in the event that the estimated cost of such work, or of a...
• 15-2309 - Entry Upon Lands, Structures and Waters; Acquisition of Property.
  The department, its members, officers, employees and agents may enter upon any land, structures and waters necessary for the purposes of title 23 of this...
• 15-2311 - Financing of River Improvements; Assessment and Collection of Cost; Correction and Revision of Assessments.
  1. After a river improvement project has been duly authorized and the determination of benefits and the apportionment of cost thereof duly recorded, the department...
• 15-2313 - Operation, Maintenance, Repair and Extension of River Improvements.
  1. The care, operation and maintenance of any works of the river improvement district shall be subject to the control and supervision of the department....
• 15-2315 - Unlawful Interference With Improvement Works.
  It shall be unlawful for any person to damage, alter, change or interfere with any works constructed under the provisions of title 23 or to...
• 15-2317 - Construction of Reservoir on State-Owned Lands in a Forest Preserve.
  If as a part of any project for the improvement of a district it is necessary to construct a reservoir on any part of the...
• 15-2319 - Payment by the State of Part of Cost of River Improvement.
  Should the department find that the state of New York properly should bear a part of the cost of any river improvement, it is hereby...
• 15-2321 - River Improvement District With Federal Aid.
  1. In the event that any agency of the government of the United States shall be willing to perform, direct or finance any work for...

Last modified: February 3, 2019