2010 New York Code
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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
45-CC - Reckless operation and speed on the canal system.

§  45-cc.  Reckless  operation  and  speed  on  the  canal  system. 1.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
  local laws, every vessel operated on the canal  system,  as  defined  in
  subdivision  one of section two of the canal law, shall be operated in a
  careful and prudent  manner  in  such  a  way  as  not  to  unreasonably
  interfere  with  or  endanger any other vessel or person. A violation of
  this subdivision or any applicable rules  and  regulations  shall  be  a
  misdemeanor  punishable  as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this
  article.
    2. Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any
  inconsistent  local  laws,  no  vessel  shall  be operated on such canal
  system within one hundred feet of the shore, a dock, pier,  raft,  float
  or  an  anchored  or  moored  vessel at a speed exceeding five miles per
  hour, unless such vessel is being operated near such shore, dock, float,
  pier, raft, or anchored vessel for the  purpose  of  enabling  a  person
  engaged  in  water skiing to take off or land, and except in those areas
  where the canal corporation has established a different  speed  by  rule
  and   regulation  pursuant  to  the  canal  law.  A  violation  of  this
  subdivision or any applicable rules and regulations shall be a violation
  punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.