Senate Bill S5801

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5801

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regu-
  latory fees imposed in the Lake George park

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  43-0125 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 81 of the
laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The COMMISSION MAY ASSESS THE following annual fees [to be paid  to
the commission are hereby established]:
  (a) Dock, wharf and mooring fees. [The owner of a dock, wharf or moor-
ing  within  the park used for non-commercial residential purposes shall
pay an annual fee of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents. The owner  of
a  dock  or wharf within the park used for commercial purposes shall pay
an annual fee of three dollars and seventy-five cents  per  linear  foot
for  each such dock. The owner of a mooring used for commercial purposes
shall pay an annual fee of seventy-five dollars for  each  mooring.  New
docks  constructed  for  commercial use after the effective date of this
section shall pay a first time fee of seven dollars and fifty cents  per
linear  foot  and  three  dollars and seventy-five cents per linear foot
annually thereafter.] THE COMMISSION MAY ESTABLISH ANNUAL FEES  FOR  THE
OWNER  OF  A DOCK, WHARF OR MOORING WITHIN THE LAKE GEORGE PARK USED FOR
NON-COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND FOR THE OWNER OF A  DOCK,  WHARF
OR  MOORING  WITHIN SUCH PARK USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.  THE COMMIS-
SION SHALL ESTABLISH FEES FOR SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES  OR  MOORINGS  THROUGH
THE  ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AFTER PUBLIC HEARING
ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
  (b) Boat fees. In addition to the registration required by the  state,
any  mechanically  propelled  boat or vessel with ten horsepower or more
[and any non-mechanically propelled boat or vessel eighteen feet or more

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11443-02-5
              

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in length used] within the LAKE GEORGE park shall have an annual  permit
issued  by  the  commission.  [The fee therefor for boats twenty feet or
less in length overall shall be thirty dollars; for boats twenty-one  to
twenty-five  feet  in  length  overall,  thirty-seven  dollars and fifty
cents; and for boats over twenty-five feet in  length  overall,  thirty-
seven dollars and fifty cents and seven dollars and fifty cents for each
foot  by  which  the  length overall exceeds twenty-five feet; for boats
over twenty-five feet in length overall  outfitted  for  overnight  use,
thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents and thirty dollars for each foot by
which  the  overall length exceeds twenty-five feet.] THE COMMISSION MAY
ALSO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL PERMIT FEE FOR ANY  NON-MECHANICALLY  PROPELLED
BOAT  OR  VESSEL  USED  WITHIN  THE LAKE GEORGE PARK. The commission may
establish a one week use permit  for  [eleven  dollars  and  twenty-five
cents]  ANY BOAT OR VESSEL SUBJECT TO THE ANNUAL FEE. The commission may
establish a one day use permit [for seven dollars and fifty  cents]  for
any   [mechanically   propelled]  boat  or  vessel  [or  nonmechanically
propelled boat or vessel] subject to  the  annual  fee.  THE  COMMISSION
SHALL ESTABLISH FEES FOR SUCH BOATS THROUGH THE ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF
RULES  AND  REGULATIONS AFTER PUBLIC HEARING ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE  PROCEDURE  ACT,  AND  SUCH  FEES  MAY  VARY
DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE BOAT OR VESSEL.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.