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 […]
15-2501 – Formation of Joint Districts.
§ 15-2501. Formation of joint districts. 1. A river regulating district formed and established under the provisions of title 21 of this article may be given extended powers and duties by the formation by the department of a river improvement or drainage improvement district, or both, which districts shall have the same boundaries as the […]
15-2503 – Finances.
§ 15-2503. Finances. The financial affairs of each sub-district shall be handled as a unit and in accordance with the provisions of title 25 of this article which apply thereto. Compensation of the members of the board, salaries of regular employees of the regulating district, together with expenses and general operating costs shall be allocated […]
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 […]
15-2305 – River Improvement Associations.
§ 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 the object of this association to represent the interests of its members before the department and elsewhere and to serve as a channel of communication […]
15-2307 – Construction Contracts.
§ 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 specified portion thereof, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, the department may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Transportation, authorize the Commissioner […]