N.Y. Canal Law § 103: Tolls for lock and lift bridge passage by vessels and use of locks and lift bridges

§ 103. Tolls for lock and lift bridge passage by vessels and use of

locks and lift bridges. 1. The corporation shall have the power to

impose tolls for the passage through locks and lift bridges by vessels

which are propelled in whole or in part by mechanical power, and to

collect such tolls by the sale of lock and lift bridge passes issued for

such periods of time as the corporation shall determine. Tolls for such

lock and lift bridge passes shall be established by regulation of the

corporation with the advice of the canal recreationway commission and

following no fewer than two public hearings at geographically dispersed

locations on the canal system. In addition, the corporation may provide

by regulation for the sale of lock and lift bridge passes by any other

entity, and may allow a charge for handling by such other entities not

to exceed one dollar for each pass. No tolls shall be imposed or

collected prior to the first day of April, nineteen hundred

ninety-three. Vessels owned by the United States, a state, or

subdivision thereof shall be exempted from the tolls authorized by this

section.

2. The use of locks and lift bridges by pleasure and residential

vessels shall not interfere with the use of locks and lift bridges by

public vessels. Pleasure, residential and public vessels shall have the

same meaning as defined in the navigation law.

3. Revenues realized from the imposition of lock and lift bridge tolls

shall be deposited in the canal fund.