15-2301 – Legislative Purpose.
§ 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 dikes or regulate the flow of a river for the protection of life, property and the public health or welfare from damage by floods, such work […]
15-2303 – River Improvement Districts.
§ 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 of title 23 of this article on some particular stream or part thereof. Such river improvement districts are declared to be public corporations and shall […]
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 […]
15-2309 – Entry Upon Lands, Structures and Waters; Acquisition of Property.
§ 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 article and may determine what rights in and to such property are to be acquired therein. If the owner […]
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 […]
15-2137 – Hudson River-Black River Regulating District; Old Boards Abolished; New Board Created.
§ 15-2137. Hudson River-Black River Regulating District; old boards abolished; new board created. 1. The Hudson River Regulating District and the Black River Regulating District created pursuant to this article are hereby consolidated into a single district, to include the areas of both such districts, and to be known as the Hudson River-Black River Regulating […]
15-2113 – Discontinuance or Relocation, or Both, of Highways, Roads and Streets.
§ 15-2113. Discontinuance or relocation, or both, of highways, roads and streets. 1. If the board shall deem it necessary to discontinue a public highway, road or street, or a part thereof, because of its interference with the proper location of a reservoir for which preliminary plans shall have been adopted as provided in title […]
15-2115 – Taxation of Real Estate.
§ 15-2115. Taxation of real estate. Lands owned by the state and acquired pursuant to the provisions of title 21 of this article, exclusive of the improvements erected thereon by the regulating districts, shall be assessed and taxed in the same manner as state lands subject to taxation pursuant to title 2 of article 5 […]