N.Y. Navigation Law § 68: Investigations by inspector; penalties; reports

§ 68. Investigations by inspector; penalties; reports. The inspector

upon order or pursuant to direction of the commissioner shall

investigate all violations and charges of violations of the provisions

of this article which are applicable to public vessels. Should the

investigations disclose that a person has sustained bodily injury

through accident caused as the direct result of any such violation, he

shall file with the district attorney of the county in which such

violation occurred, a statement of the nature of the violation, the

injury sustained and the names of the persons involved and of the

witnesses thereto. Any master, owner, or other person violating any of

such provisions, in addition to any other punishment prescribed by this

chapter or other law, shall forfeit to the people of the state a sum of

not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to be fixed

by the court or justice for each and every offense; every violation

shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a continuing

violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a

separate and distinct offense.