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                                  6918

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2016
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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 dock,
  wharf, mooring and boat fees imposed by the Lake George  park  commis-
  sion

  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  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] FIFTY 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] FIVE 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]  ONE
HUNDRED  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]  TEN  dollars  [and fifty cents] per linear foot and [three]
FIVE dollars [and seventy-five cents] per linear foot annually thereaft-
er.
  (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
in length] used [within the park] ON LAKE GEORGE shall  have  an  annual
permit  issued by the commission. The fee therefor for boats twenty feet
or less in length overall shall be [thirty]  FORTY  dollars;  for  boats
twenty-one  to  twenty-five feet in length overall, [thirty-seven] FIFTY
dollars [and fifty cents]; and for boats over twenty-five feet in length
overall, [thirty-seven] FIFTY dollars [and fifty cents and]  PLUS  seven
dollars  and  fifty  cents  for  each  foot  by which the length overall

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

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exceeds twenty-five feet; for boats  over  twenty-five  feet  in  length
overall  outfitted  for overnight use, [thirty-seven] FIFTY dollars [and
fifty cents and] PLUS thirty dollars for each foot by which the  overall
length exceeds twenty-five feet. The commission may establish a one week
use  permit  for  [eleven]  TWENTY  dollars [and twenty-five cents]. The
commission may establish a one day use permit for [seven] TWELVE dollars
[and fifty cents] for any mechanically  propelled  boat  or  vessel  [or
nonmechanically propelled boat or vessel subject to the annual fee] WITH
TEN HORSEPOWER OR MORE.
  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.