Section 43-0125. Regulatory and user fees

1.  The  legislature finds that comprehensive environmental regulatory
  management and conservation within the Lake George park are essential to
  protect an important part of the environmental resources  of  the  state
  and  the  public  health and welfare. It further declares that regulated
  entities and users of the unique resources of Lake  George  park  should
  bear  a  significant  portion of the costs of regulation, management and
  conservation  activities  which  assure  the  protection  and  continued
  beneficial use of the resources of the park.
    2.  The  following annual fees to be paid to the commission are hereby
  established:
    (a) Dock, wharf and mooring fees.  The  owner  of  a  dock,  wharf  or
  mooring  within  the  park  used for non-commercial residential purposes
  shall pay an annual fee of thirty-seven dollars  and  fifty  cents.  The
  owner  of  a  dock or wharf within the park used for commercial purposes
  shall pay an annual fee of three  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  per
  linear  foot  for  each  such  dock.  The  owner  of  a mooring used for
  commercial purposes shall pay an annual fee of seventy-five dollars  for
  each  mooring.  New  docks  constructed  for  commercial  use  after the
  effective date of this section shall pay  a  first  time  fee  of  seven
  dollars   and  fifty  cents  per  linear  foot  and  three  dollars  and
  seventy-five cents per linear foot annually thereafter.
    (b) Boat fees. In addition to the registration required by the  state,
  any  mechanically  propelled  boat or vessel with ten horsepower or more
  and any non-mechanically propelled boat or vessel eighteen feet or  more
  in length used within the park shall have an annual permit issued by the
  commission.  The  fee  therefor  for boats twenty feet or less in length
  overall shall be thirty dollars; for  boats  twenty-one  to  twenty-five
  feet  in  length  overall, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents; and for
  boats over twenty-five feet in length overall, thirty-seven dollars  and
  fifty cents and seven dollars and fifty cents for each foot by which the
  length overall exceeds twenty-five feet; for boats over twenty-five feet
  in  length overall outfitted for overnight use, thirty-seven dollars and
  fifty cents and thirty dollars for each foot by which the overall length
  exceeds twenty-five feet. The commission may establish a  one  week  use
  permit  for  eleven  dollars  and  twenty-five cents. The commission may
  establish a one day use permit for seven dollars and fifty cents for any
  mechanically propelled boat or vessel or nonmechanically propelled  boat
  or vessel subject to the annual fee.
    3.  The  commission  may  charge a fee to an applicant for a permit in
  order to recover the costs incurred in  reviewing  and  acting  upon  an
  application for such permit.
    4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all fees collected pursuant to
  this  section  shall  be deposited to the credit of the Lake George park
  trust fund pursuant to section ninety-seven-h of the state finance law.