§ 10. General powers and duties of the corporation relating to\ncanals. The corporation shall:\n 1. Have general supervision of the canal system and its operating\npersonnel and enforce the faithful administration and observance of the\ncanal law.\n 2. Appoint and remove all officers and employees in the administration\nof canal matters in conformity with the provisions of title nine of\narticle two of the public authorities law.\n 3. Provide for all engineering services required in the improvement,\nmaintenance and repair of the canal system.\n 4. Cause surveys, maps, plans, specifications and estimates to be made\nfor the improvement, maintenance and repair of the canal system.\n 5. Cause plans, specifications and estimates covering canal contracts\nto be prepared.\n 6. Cause inspections of the canal system to be made annually.\n 7. Determine the boundaries of the districts of the canal system and\nchange such boundaries when it deems it expedient.\n 8. Keep and maintain in good condition the canals, canal terminals and\ncorporation equipment used in the maintenance and repair of the canal\nsystem.\n 9. Prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with law relating\nto the navigation, protection and maintenance of the canal system and\nenforce such rules and regulations by prescribing fines, penalties or\nforfeitures not to exceed one hundred dollars for each offense.\n 9-a. Undertake lock improvements designed to attract tourists to the\nlocks and surrounding communities. Such improvements may include, but\nnot be limited to, comfort stations, information kiosks, picnic tables\nand grills, docking facilities, lock beautification, campsites,\ntelephone service, and trash collection and removal facilities.\n 10. Enforce compliance with laws, rules and regulations relating to\nposting of limited loads and clearances on all bridges over the canal\nsystem under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation\npursuant to section six and article seven of this chapter.\n 11. Compile statistics relating to the canal system and the traffic\nthereon and collect such other information in regard thereto as it shall\ndeem expedient.\n 12. Make an annual report to the legislature, covering the calendar\nyear, on the trade and tonnage handled, on the condition of the canals\nand the work and improvements connected therewith.\n 13. Cause a record to be made and filed on January first, in the\ncorporation of all expenditures during the previous fiscal year from\nmoneys appropriated for the canal system.\n 14. Permit boat owners operating upon the canal system to use state\ndrydocks while making emergency repairs to their vessels.\n 15. Grant leases and issue revocable permits pursuant to this chapter.\n 16. Cause to be removed from canal lands any encroachments which in\nits judgment are detrimental.\n 17. Cause to be acquired lands necessary for canal purposes and cause\nto be abandoned such canal lands as are no longer necessary or useful\nfor canal purposes. The commissioner of environmental conservation shall\nbe given notice of any lands located within the Adirondack park which\nare no longer necessary or useful for canal purposes and which are to be\nabandoned, and shall be given sixty days within which to request the\ntransfer of such lands. Such lands for which such a request has been\nmade shall be transferred to the department of environmental\nconservation.\n 18. Accept available federal aid money for the construction,\nreconstruction, improvement, restoration, repair, operation, maintenance\nor rehabilitation of any section, appurtenances or facility of the Barge\ncanal system.\n 19. Investigate all matters relating to the administration and\noperation of the canal system and its personnel.\n 20. Either absolutely, or on such conditions as it prescribes, remit\nfines imposed, if in its judgment such action is expedient.\n 21. Administer, operate and maintain the state-owned hydroelectric\npower pl
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