N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 377: Vehicles engaged in the transportation of logs and other materials

§ 377. Vehicles engaged in the transportation of logs and other

materials. 1. No vehicle which is designed or used for the purpose of

hauling logs or other materials which by their very nature may shift or

roll so as to be likely to fall from such vehicle, shall be operated or

moved over any highway unless its load is securely fastened by such

safety chains, cables or other suitable devices as will effectively

prevent the shifting or falling of such load or any part thereof, from

the vehicle.

2. The commissioner is authorized to make necessary rules and

regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section,

applying such provisions to specific conditions and prescribing means,

methods and practices to effectuate such provisions. Before any such

rule or regulation is adopted, amended or repealed there shall be a

public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least

once, not less than ten days prior thereto, in such newspaper as the

commissioner may prescribe.

3. A violation of any of the provisions of this section or of any rule

or regulation promulgated hereunder shall constitute a misdemeanor

punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a first

offense, three hundred fifty dollars for a second offense, or seven

hundred fifty dollars for each subsequent offense, or by imprisonment

for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.