N.Y. Navigation Law Section 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 Canal Law § 2 (Definitions)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 § 73-B (Misdemeanors)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 § 73-C (Violations)section seventy-three-c of this article.

Source: Section 45-CC — Reckless operation and speed on the canal system, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/45-CC (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

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Equipment 40‑A
Manufacture and sale of outboard motors 40‑B
Sale and use of tributyltin paint 41
Pilot rules 42
Searchlights 42‑A
Tow-chains 43
Lights to be displayed 43‑A
Use of digital billboards 44
Noise levels on pleasure vessels 45
Reckless operation of a vessel 45‑A
Beaching a disabled water craft 45‑AA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake 45‑AAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay 45‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake 45‑AAAA*2
Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay 45‑AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice 45‑AAAAAA
Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake 45‑AAAAAA*2
Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes 45‑B
Regulation of beaches 45‑C
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake 45‑CC
Reckless operation and speed on the canal system 45‑D
Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Harbor 46
Vessel regulation zone 46‑A
Regulations of vessels 46‑AA
Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county 46‑AAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county 46‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake 46‑B
Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake 47
Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting 47‑A
Accidents 47‑B
Report to the commissioner required upon accident 48
Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner 49
Operator 49‑A
Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs 49‑B
Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol 49‑C
Termination of unsafe operation
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Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 45-CC’s source at nysenate​.gov

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