2006 New York Code - 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.
    * NB There are 2 sb 1-a's
    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. He 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 three-quarters of the  total  of  the  amount
  received  by  the  state  in each preceding program year in fees 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 for the  registration  of
  vessels  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 seventy-five  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, 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.