River Improvement (Consolidated Laws of New York: Environmental Conservation Law; Article 15 Water Resources; Title 23; §§ 15-2301 − 15-2321) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale New York Type du document Législation Date 1909 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Eau Mot clé Ouvrages Eaux continentales Eaux superficielles Gestion des resources en eau douce Inondation Gestion communautaire Institution de bassin Institution Contrat/accord Taxe/impôt Financement Zone de conservation des eaux Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Associations d'usagers de l'eau Subvention/incitation Équipement Gouvernance Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This Title of Article 15 of the Environmental Conservation Law of New York (the Article 15 being known as the Water Resources Law of New York) concerns river improvement. Its purpose is to provide a method by which a project may be undertaken to improve the channel, construct dikes or regulate the flow of a river for the protection of life, property and the public health or welfare from damage by floods, such work in general to be done at the expense of the owners of the properties and of the political subdivisions of the state benefited thereby. Specifically, it regulates river improvement districts; river improvement associations; construction contracts; entry upon lands, structures and waters, and acquisition of property; financing of river improvements; assessment and collection of cost; correction and revision of assessments; operation, maintenance, repair and extension of river improvements; unlawful interference with improvement works; construction of reservoir on state-owned lands in a forest preserve; payment by the state of part of cost of river improvement; and river improvement district with federal aid. Texte intégral Anglais Site web public.leginfo.state.ny.us