N.Y. Navigation Law § 79-b: Vessel and equipment anti-theft program; eligibility for state aid

§ 79-b. Vessel and equipment anti-theft program; eligibility for state

aid. 1. The commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation

shall establish a vessel and related equipment anti-theft program, which

shall be applicable on all waterways or bodies of water located within

New York state or that part of any body of water adjacent to New York

state over which the state has territorial jurisdiction, and on which

watercraft may be used or operated. Such program shall include, but need

not be limited to provisions relating to the reporting of vessel and

related equipment theft, the dissemination of information relating to

vessel and related equipment theft, personnel training, the

establishment of a system to aid in the identification of stolen vessels

and related law enforcement functions.

* 1-a. The commissioner shall establish an "I love NY waterways"

boating safety program which shall be applicable on the navigable waters

of the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the

boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties. Such program shall include

boating safety and accident prevention education and measures to reduce

alcohol-related boating accidents and injuries.

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* 1-a. The commissioner shall establish a boating noise level

enforcement program which shall be applicable on the navigable waters of

the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries

of Nassau and Suffolk counties.

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2. Each eligible governmental entity shall be entitled to receive

state aid as hereinafter provided. An entity seeking reimbursement for

expenditures incurred in enforcement of this chapter and participation

in approved accident reporting and anti-theft programs and/or an "I love

NY waterways" boating safety program and/or a boating noise level

enforcement program shall submit to the commissioner by October first of

each year an estimate of such expenditures for the current calendar

year, in such form and containing such information as he may require.

Within one month after the close of the calendar year, it shall submit

to the commissioner a statement of authorized expenditures actually

incurred, in such form and containing such information as he may

require.

3. The amount of state aid to be allocated to eligible governmental

entities pursuant to this article shall be determined by the

commissioner as hereinafter provided. The commissioner shall determine

the percentage proportion which the authorized expenditures of each

individual entity, not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars for each

county including municipalities therein, shall bear to the total

authorized expenditures of all entities. Such percentage proportion

shall then be applied against an amount equal to one-half of the total

of the amount received by the state in each preceding program year in

vessel registration fees as provided in section twenty-two hundred

fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law, less no more than thirty

percent, subject to appropriation, which may be used by the commissioner

and the commissioner of motor vehicles for administrative costs of the

program, including training and equipment, and by the department of

environmental conservation, the division of state police and other state

agencies, subject to the approval of the commissioner, for the purposes

of this article, plus the entire amount received pursuant to subdivision

nine of section forty-four of this chapter. The amount thus determined

shall constitute the maximum amount of state aid to which each such

entity shall be entitled; provided, however, that no entity shall

receive state aid in an amount in excess of fifty percent of its

authorized expenditures as approved by the commissioner for such program

year. The commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount thus

determined for each eligible local governmental entity as the amount of

state aid to be apportioned to such eligible local governmental entity.

The allocation of state aid to any county, town or village within the

Lake George park shall not be reduced because of the allocation of state

aid to the Lake George park commission. Of the remaining funds received

by the state for the registration of vessels as provided in section

twenty-two hundred fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law, no less

than six percent shall be made available to the commissioner for the

expenses of the office in providing navigation law enforcement training

and administering the provisions of this section.

4. The amount of funds historically appropriated by any municipality

receiving funding pursuant to this article shall not be reduced because

of the availability of appropriations from such fund.