(a) No person shall use a vessel subject to a fee pursuant to this section on the waters of Lake George without registering the vessel with the commission and paying the fee imposed by this section. The registration and fees required by this section shall be in addition to the registration fees otherwise provided by law.

(b) Any mechanically propelled boat or vessel with a motor of 10 horsepower or more used on Lake George shall be registered with the commission and the owner or operator shall pay an annual registration fee as follows:

(c) Boat length shall be the length overall of the boat measured as the distance from the transom to the bow.

(d) The owner or operator of any vessel which is berthed, used or operated on Lake George for less than 21 consecutive days and which is subject to annual registration and a fee pursuant to this section may, in lieu of annual registration, register the vessel with the commission for a single day and pay a fee of $12 for each day. Alternatively, any such person may, in lieu of annual registration register the vessel with the commission for seven consecutive days and pay a fee of $20. Any person may convert a day registration into a weekly registration and may convert either a day registration or a weekly registration into an annual registration. Upon any such conversion and proof of payment, the person shall be given credit for any fee paid for that vessel during the same calendar year.

(e) No person shall operate a vessel on the waters of Lake George which is subject to a fee pursuant to this section without affixing the sticker provided by the commission as proof of payment of such fee on the vessel in such a place as the commission may prescribe.

(f) The application for boat registration shall be on such forms as the commission may prescribe and contain a statement setting forth the location where the boat will be docked or stored for the boating season and the name of the owner of said location.