New York Navigation Law Article 3 - NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE STATE

• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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; Ident
  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;...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 34 - Regattas.
  The commissioner may authorize the holding of regattas or boat races on any navigable waters of the state within his jurisdiction. He shall adopt and...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...

Last modified: February 3, 2019