15-2505 – Powers of the Department.
§ 15-2505. Powers of the department. Nothing in title 25 of this article shall be held to curtail the powers of the department as to river or drainage work within a river regulating district prior to the time that such district is charged with the powers and duties above set forth as to river or […]
15-2701 – Statement of Policy and Legislative Findings.
§ 15-2701. Statement of policy and legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds that many rivers of the state, with their immediate environs, possess outstanding natural, scenic, historic, ecological and recreational values. 2. Improvident development and use of these rivers and their immediate environs will deprive present and future generations of the benefit and enjoyment […]
15-2311 – Financing of River Improvements; Assessment and Collection of Cost; Correction and Revision of Assessments.
§ 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 may finance such improvement pursuant to the Local Finance Law. If obligations are issued, […]
15-2313 – Operation, Maintenance, Repair and Extension of River Improvements.
§ 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. It shall be the duty of the department to maintain any works constructed by it in serviceable condition. To that […]
15-2315 – Unlawful Interference With Improvement Works.
§ 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 open or close, or cause to be opened or closed, a gate or gates in any dam or dike or a gate in […]
15-2317 – Construction of Reservoir on State-Owned Lands in a Forest Preserve.
§ 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 forest preserve, the department must, before making the final order, cause such lands to be accurately surveyed and […]
15-2319 – Payment by the State of Part of Cost of River Improvement.
§ 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 authorized to so recommend to the Legislature and it may not proceed further with the project until […]
15-2321 – River Improvement District With Federal Aid.
§ 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 the improvement of a river, as specified in title 23 of this article, in such manner that the greater part of the […]
15-2133 – Operation of Reservoirs.
§ 15-2133. Operation of reservoirs. 1. The board shall not permit the water in any reservoir constructed under the provisions of title 21 of this article to rise above the high flow line thereof, except during floods or other emergencies, and if during floods or other emergencies the water shall rise above such high flow […]
15-2135 – Hearings; Hearing Officers; Determinations.
§ 15-2135. Hearings; hearing officers; determinations. Whenever the department is empowered under the terms of title 21 of this article to make a determination it may hear testimony and take proofs material for its information and may appoint a hearing officer by a written appointment, for that purpose. Every hearing officer so appointed shall be […]