§ 103 — Tolls for lock and lift bridge passage by vessels and use of locks and lift bridges

§ 103. Tolls for lock and lift bridge passage by vessels and use of\nlocks and lift bridges. 1. The corporation shall have the power to\nimpose tolls for the passage through locks and lift bridges by vessels\nwhich are propelled in whole or in part by mechanical power, and to\ncollect such tolls by the sale of lock and lift bridge passes issued for\nsuch periods of time as the corporation shall determine. Tolls for such\nlock and lift bridge passes shall be established by regulation of the\ncorporation with the advice of the canal recreationway commission and\nfollowing no fewer than two public hearings at geographically dispersed\nlocations on the canal system. In addition, the corporation may provide\nby regulation for the sale of lock and lift bridge passes by any other\nentity, and may allow a charge for handling by such other entities not\nto exceed one dollar for each pass. No tolls shall be imposed or\ncollected prior to the first day of April, nineteen hundred\nninety-three. Vessels owned by the United States, a state, or\nsubdivision thereof shall be exempted from the tolls authorized by this\nsection.\n 2. The use of locks and lift bridges by pleasure and residential\nvessels shall not interfere with the use of locks and lift bridges by\npublic vessels. Pleasure, residential and public vessels shall have the\nsame meaning as defined in the navigation law.\n 3. Revenues realized from the imposition of lock and lift bridge tolls\nshall be deposited in the canal fund.\n