§ 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 […]
§ 15-2311. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 […]
