N.Y. Canal Law § 6
* 1. The jurisdiction of the commissioner of transportation over the New York state canal system and over all state assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intangible, owned or used in connection with the planning, development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of the New York state canal system, as set forth in articles one through and including fourteen, except article seven, of this chapter, and except properties in use on the effective date of this article in support of highway maintenance, equipment management and traffic signal operations of the department of transportation are hereby transferred without consideration to the authority, to be held by the authority in the name of the people of the state of New York. In addition the commissioner of transportation and the chairman of the authority may, in their discretion, enter into an agreement or agreements transferring jurisdiction over any or all of the bridges and highways set forth in article seven of this chapter, and any or all state assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intangible, owned or used in connection with the planning, development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of such bridges and highways, which shall be transferred without consideration to the authority, to be held by the authority through the corporation in the name of the people of the state of New York. Any other rights and obligations resulting from or arising out of the planning, development, construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance of the New York state canal system shall be deemed assigned to and shall be exercised by the authority through the corporation, except that the authority may designate the commissioner of transportation to be its agent for the operation and maintenance of the New York state canal system, provided that such designation shall have no force or effect after March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-three. Such canal system shall remain the property of the state and under its management and control as exercised by and through the authority, through the corporation which shall be deemed to be the state for the purposes of such management and control of the canals but for no other purposes. * NB Effective until January 1, 2017 * 1. The jurisdiction of the thruway authority over the New York state canal system and over all state assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intangible, owned or used in connection with the planning, development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of the New York state canal system, as set forth in articles one through and including fourteen, except article seven, of this chapter, and except properties in use on the effective date of this article in support of highway maintenance, equipment management and traffic signal operations of the department of transportation, heretofore transferred by the commissioner of transportation to the thruway authority, are hereby transferred without consideration to the authority, to be held by the authority in the name of the people of the state of New York. In addition the commissioner of transportation and the chair of the authority or his or her designee may, in their discretion, enter into an agreement or agreements transferring jurisdiction over any or all of the bridges and highways set forth in article seven of this chapter, and any or all state assets, equipment and property, both tangible and intangible, owned or used in connection with the planning, development, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of such bridges and highways, which shall be transferred without consideration to the authority, to be held by the authority through the corporation in the name of the people of the state of New York. Any other rights and obligations resulting from or arising out of the planning, development, construction, reconstruction, operation or maintenance of the New York state canal system shall be deemed assigned to and shall be exercised by the authority through the corporation, except that the authority may designate the chair of the thruway authority to be its agent for the operation and maintenance of the New York state canal system, provided that such designation shall have no force or effect after January first, two thousand seventeen. Such canal system shall remain the property of the state and under its management and control as exercised by and through the authority, through the corporation which shall be deemed to be the state for the purposes of such management and control of the canals but for no other purposes. * NB Effective January 1, 2017 * 2. The department of transportation shall deliver to the authority all books, policies, procedures, papers, plans, maps, records, equipment and property of such department pertaining to the functions transferred pursuant to this article. * NB Effective until January 1, 2017 * 2. The department of transportation and thruway authority shall deliver to the authority all books, policies, procedures, papers, plans, maps, records, equipment and property of such department pertaining to the functions transferred pursuant to this article. * NB Effective January 1, 2017 * 3. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions of the commissioner of transportation and of the department of transportation pertaining to the functions transferred pursuant to this article in force at the time of such transfer shall continue in force and effect as rules, regulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions of the authority and corporation until duly modified or abrogated by such authority and corporation. * NB Effective until January 1, 2017 * 3. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions of the commissioner of transportation, department of transportation, or thruway authority pertaining to the functions transferred pursuant to this article in force at the time of such transfer shall continue in force and effect as rules, regulations, acts, determinations, orders and decisions of the authority and corporation until duly modified or abrogated by such authority or corporation. * NB Effective January 1, 2017 * 4. Any business or other matters undertaken or commenced by the commissioner of transportation or the department of transportation, including executed contracts, permits and other agreements, pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers, obligations and duties transferred pursuant to this article, and in effect on the effective date hereof, shall be conducted and completed by the authority through the corporation in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if conducted and completed by the commissioner of transportation or the department of transportation. * NB Effective until January 1, 2017 * 4. Any business or other matters undertaken or commenced by the thruway authority, including executed contracts, permits and other agreements, but excluding bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, pertaining to or connected with the powers, duties and obligations transferred pursuant to this article, and in effect on the effective date of the transfer of such matters from the thruway authority to the authority provided for in this article, shall, except as otherwise agreed by the authority and the thruway authority, be conducted and completed by the authority through the corporation in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if conducted and completed by the thruway authority, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to require the authority to take any action in a manner that would in its judgment be inconsistent with the provisions of any bond or note resolution or any other contract with the holders of the authority's bonds, notes or other obligations. * NB Effective January 1, 2017 * 5. No existing rights or remedies of the state, including the authority, shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this article. * NB Effective until January 1, 2017 * 5. No existing rights or remedies of the state, authority, thruway authority, or canal corporation shall be lost, impaired or affected by reason of this article. * NB Effective January 1, 2017 * 6. (a) No action or proceeding pending on the effective date of this article, brought by or against the commissioner of transportation or the department of transportation shall be affected by this article. Any liability arising out of any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of the transfer of powers and duties authorized herein of the officers, employees or agents of the department of transportation, or any other agency of the state, other than the authority, in the performance of their obligations or duties under the canal law, any other law of the state or any federal law, or pursuant to a contract entered into prior to the effective date of such transfer shall remain a liability of the department of transportation or such other agency of the state and not of the authority.