§ 202. Application and saving clause. Any work or proceeding initiated\nunder any existing law which is repealed through the enactment of this\nchapter shall be continued legally to its termination and conclusion\nsubject to the provisions of and in accordance with the procedure\nprescribed by such law. It is the intent that upon the enactment of\nthis chapter into law all proceedings undertaken thereafter relative to\nthe navigable waters of the state, as defined in this chapter, shall be\nadministered under the authority of and by the provisions contained in\nthis chapter. Upon all waters where the United States authorities have\nestablished active control of navigation, any part of this chapter which\nis contrary to or in conflict with the United States navigation law, or\nwith regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be considered\ninoperative and the pertinent part of the United States law or\nregulation shall apply. It is the intent upon enactment of this chapter\nthat no provision hereof shall affect or impair in any manner whatsoever\nany provision of chapter two hundred eighty-five of the laws of nineteen\nhundred forty. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this\nchapter shall, for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation\nto the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof, directly involved in\nthe controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. Nothing\ncontained in this chapter shall be construed to abridge the terms of\noffice of the board of commissioners of pilots in the city of New York;\nnor to limit or restrict the powers of such board under article six, nor\nto confer a power or impose a duty upon the commissioner relating\nthereto.\n
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