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N.Y. County Law § 224: Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit services

§ 224. Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit
services. The board of supervisors shall have power to contract with
non-profit organizations and other corporations, associations and
agencies within the county formed for the purposes hereinafter
enumerated; and the board of supervisors shall also have power to
contract with non-profit organizations and other corporations,
associations and agencies formed for such purposes within an adjoining
county provided the services which are the subject of the contract are
to be rendered within the county of such board. The resolution of such
board shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payment for
the service to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of a
verified account of the disbursements with verified or certified
vouchers therefor attached, a refund of any unused amount, and such
other conditions upon the use thereof as the board may deem proper,
including the power to require a bond of the disbursing officer thereof.
Except as hereinafter mentioned, no county money shall be paid to such
organization until a memorandum receipt, signed by the principal officer
and disbursing officer of such organization, agreeing to comply with the
terms of the resolution, is delivered to the county treasurer. Such
appropriations and payments may be made for the following objects and
purposes:
  (1) Armistice, memorial, or other recognized national patriotic
observance;
  (2) Commemoration programs of historical events of county-wide
interest and concern;
  (3) Propagation of game, game birds, and fish;
  (4) Prevention of cruelty to children and animals;
  (5) Grounds and buildings for the improvement of agricultural
conditions in the county, when owned and operated by a county
agricultural society;
  (6) Administration expense of organizations rendering a service,
training, or aid to indigent blind;
  (7) Elimination of noxious weeds, rodents and wild animals;
  (8) (a) The board of supervisors of any county in which a county
extension service association has been organized may from time to time
appropriate and pay out for the support and maintenance of county
extension service associations and the work thereof, and for the
employment by the county association of professional staff, and for any
other purposes which the board of supervisors shall deem proper and may
raise money for such purpose by a tax on real and personal property in
the county. The board of supervisors may direct the county treasurer to
pay out moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the treasurer
of the county association, upon his giving a proper receipt therefore,
and the chairman of the board of supervisors may be authorized to enter
into an agreement to pay such funds in regular installments in advance,
and such agreement shall be sufficient authority in the hands of said
county treasurer to pay out such moneys, provided that this money shall
be expended under an agreement to be entered into between the county
association and Cornell university, as agent for the state, for the
cooperative management of said work of the county extension service
association and the proper supervision of the professional staff
employed therefor. The agreement shall identify by his or their titles
the professional staff to be employed by the associations and shall
state the salary or salaries to be paid and the sources from which
payment is to be made. If services of professional staff employed by
Cornell university are to be furnished, or if programs of extension work
are to be furnished or conducted by Cornell university, the agreement
shall identify such services or programs and state the terms on which
they are to be furnished, including the sources from which payments are
to be made. The co-operative relations therein established shall
continue until either party to the agreement shall notify the other
party that it wishes to terminate the agreement. Such a notification
shall be in writing and shall be served at least six months preceding
any action taken to annul the agreement. After receiving such notice
co-operative relationships between said parties shall cease at the
expiration of the six months' period of notice providing reconsideration
or request for continuance is not made by the party issuing notification
of desire to discontinue work under the provisions of this agreement. On
or before the first day of December in each year and at any other time
when requested by the board of supervisors, the officers of such county
association shall report in writing to the board of supervisors a
detailed statement of its work and transactions for the year ending
November thirtieth, and for any other period which the board of
supervisors may request and in such form as said board may direct.
  (b) County or regional extension service association and its work. In
each county or region of two or more counties of the state which shall
qualify under this subdivision to co-operate with Cornell university for
extending to the people of the state of New York, not enrolled in said
colleges, the educational programs of the New York State College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences and the New York State College of Human
Ecology at Cornell university and subjects relating thereto, in
cooperation with the state, there shall be recognized and may be created
a subordinate governmental agency consisting of an unincorporated
organization of citizens of the respective counties interested in
agriculture, community and economic vitality, environment and energy,
nutrition and healthy families, and youth development under a form of
organization and administration approved by Cornell university as agent
for the state. It shall be known as a county or regional extension
service association. Cooperative extension work in a county may consist
of programs in the fields of agriculture, community and economic
vitality, environment and energy, nutrition, healthy families and youth
development. References herein to the county or regional association
shall mean such an organization. Only one such association shall be
recognized or formed in each county or, by formal agreement, two or more
counties may join to form one regional association to serve the several
counties. The instrument providing its form of organization and
administration shall be deemed its constitution. It shall have a board
of directors and the offices of president and treasurer, to be
constituted and filled as provided in such constitution, which also
shall regulate admission to and tenure of enrollment in the
organization. The board of directors of any such association heretofore
or hereafter created may adopt such regulations and by-laws governing
its procedure in the work assigned to it as are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this subdivision. Subject to such rules and
regulations and the constitution so approved, the president of the
association shall act for, as and in the name of the association in all
matters except those as to which the treasurer is given powers and
duties. Civil actions or proceedings may be brought by or against the
president or treasurer, as such, of the association. A judgment against
them or either of them shall be enforceable only against funds or
property of the association. Such an association is hereby declared to
be a subordinate governmental agency and neither the county nor Cornell
university nor any member, officer or director of the association shall
be liable in damages for any injury to person or property in connection
with the activities of the association the proximate cause of which was
not directly their or his fault or negligence.
  (c) When authorized by the board of directors of a county association,
the treasurer of the association may acquire in his name as such
treasurer, and he and his successors in office may hold, in trust, for
carrying on the work and effectuating the purposes or a purpose of the
association, personal property and real property or any interest
therein, or the possession thereof under a lease. The instrument whereby
such property, interest or use is acquired by purchase shall designate
the grantee or lessee, as the case may be, by name and official title of
treasurer as trustee. Such treasurer, as such, and as such trustee, may
take and hold personal and real property by gift, grant or devise, when
the instrument of gift or the will gives or devises property, personal
or real, directly to the association as such and in its name, or to any
person or persons for it, or in trust for its use and benefit. Such
treasurer, as treasurer and trustee, may mortgage, lease, assign, convey
or transfer any property held by him for the association, either
personal or real, when authorized so to do by the directors of the
association, by a deed or other instrument executed by and in the name
of the then treasurer as such and as trustee. No such mortgage, lease,
assignment, conveyance or transfer shall be made contrary to the
conditions, if any, of the instrument under which the property, interest
therein or use thereof, was acquired. The use and application of the
acquired property, income therefrom and proceeds realized from a
conveyance or transfer thereof, if any, shall be in accordance with
rules and directions of such board.
  (d) For the support of cooperative extension programs and subject to
annual appropriation by the legislature, there shall be annually
apportioned to each county cooperative extension association out of any
moneys in the state treasury appropriated therefor, fifty cents for each
dollar up to the first one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by such
county for cooperative extension activities during the state fiscal year
most recently ended and five cents for each dollar appropriated by such
county for cooperative extension activities in excess of one hundred
thousand dollars during the state fiscal year most recently ended. In
the case of a regional extension service association authorized by this
section, the maximum amount to be apportioned to any such association
shall be the sum of the maximum apportionments which would have accrued
to a separate association in each county included in the region. No
county cooperative extension association shall receive an apportionment
of funds under this section in an amount less than had been received in
the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state fiscal year, provided
that the annual state appropriation is not less than the state moneys
appropriated in the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state
fiscal year. Additional state allocations shall be distributed to the
county associations in a percentage proportionate to their most recent
county appropriation, such appropriation not to include any amount
attributed to in-kind contributions, service agreements, or contracts.
  1. The entitlement of each association to state moneys annually
appropriated under this chapter is subject to the furnishing of
equivalent sums from county appropriations. Annual county appropriations
may include in-kind contributions, service agreements, and contracts
with cooperative extension associations subject to review by Cornell
university.
  2. The apportionments provided pursuant to provisions of this
paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
  3. The state apportionments provided for in this subdivision shall be
paid upon vouchers certified by Cornell university as follows:
  (i) For salaries of professional staff employed by the association;
  (ii) For salaries of staff employed by Cornell university when
administering, furnishing or conducting extension programs benefiting
the county under agreement with the association.
  4. All such payments shall be made in accordance with the annual
agreement between the association and Cornell university, which shall:
  (i) Specify the amount in dollars to be expended for each of such
purposes and the amount in dollars to be provided from apportionments
pursuant to this subdivision;
  (ii) Identify by titles the positions for which the salary is paid;
  (iii) In the case of salaries of agents jointly employed by two or
more county associations, and in the case of salaries of agents or other
personnel employed by Cornell university, in furnishing or conducting
programs which are furnished or conducted in or for the benefit of two
or more counties, identify each of the county extension service
associations against whose account payments pursuant to this subdivision
are to be charged and the amount to be charged.
  (e) The general supervision of the co-operative extension work in a
county herein provided for shall be under the direction of Cornell
university as agent for the state and Cornell university is hereby
authorized to set standards for professional staff and to make rules and
regulations for the organization and conduct of such work. The moneys
appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid from the state
treasury on the warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the
treasurer of Cornell university.
  For the purpose of carrying out the co-operative extension work of the
county association, a county association may:
  (1) Employ professional staff to organize, carry out, and co-ordinate
the work;
  (2) Exchange services of professional staff employed by it for
services of professional, staff employed by another county association
or employed by Cornell university, upon such terms as shall be agreed;
  (3) Contract with another county association or with other county
associations for the joint employment of one or more professional staff
members, upon such terms with respect to salary, payment of expenses,
duties and allocations of services as shall be agreed;
  (4) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing of services of
professional staff employed by the university to conduct educational
work throughout the state or in areas thereof, upon such terms as shall
be agreed;
  (5) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing and conduct of
programs of extension work or services, within the county or benefiting
the county, upon such terms as shall be agreed;
  (6) Contract with one or more other county associations for the
purpose of assuring concurrent action by the several associations in
contracting with Cornell university for services of professional staff
at Cornell university or for programs of work furnished by Cornell
university, as provided in paragraph (d) or (e), where the use of such
services or participation in such programs by the several associations
is required for their arrangement or financing.
  (7) In support of its operations, research and educational programming
needs, an association may contract with one or more entities, including
but not limited to federal, state, or local government, not for profits
or for profit organizations to provide services, compensated or
uncompensated, consistent with this section. Such contracts are subject
to review by Cornell university.
  If services of professional staff employed by Cornell university are
to be furnished, or if programs of extension work are to be furnished or
conducted by Cornell university, the agreement shall identify such
services or programs and state the terms on which they are to be
furnished, including the source from which payments are to be made.
Where payments are to be made out of funds appropriated by the state as
provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision one, the agreement must contain
the information required by that subdivision. If services of
professional staff or programs are to be furnished to the county
association under contractual arrangements as provided in paragraph (e)
such contract or contracts shall be subject to approval by the
legislative bodies of the counties concerned and executed as any other
county contracts.
  (f) A county may on recommendation of the county superintendent of
highways, permit the use of any street or highway machinery, tools or
equipment owned by the county, by a county association, provided for by
paragraph (b) of this subdivision, upon such terms and conditions as may
be agreed upon by the parties involved. Monies received by a county
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the county
road machinery fund.
  (g) A town superintendent of highways, with the approval of the town
board and of the county superintendent, may permit the use of any
highway machinery, tools or equipment owned by the town, by a county
association provided for by paragraph (b) of this subdivision upon such
terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties involved.
Monies received by a town pursuant to the provisions of this section
shall be applicable for the purposes for which amounts may be raised as
provided in subdivision three of section two hundred seventy-one of the
highway law.
  (h) No such machinery, tools and equipment shall be so leased to such
a county association unless (1) adequate insurance shall be secured
thereon which will protect the county or town, as the case may be, in
the event of the loss of or damage to such leased machinery, tools and
equipment by reason of fire and theft, and also in the case of machinery
and equipment operated, or propelled, by motors, adequate collision
insurance and (2) adequate liability and property damage insurance shall
be secured for the protection of the county or town, as the case may be,
upon all machinery and equipment operated or propelled, by motors. The
determination of what shall be "adequate" insurance shall be made by
resolution of the board of supervisors of the county, or the town board
of a town, as the case may be, and no officer or official of any such
county or town shall be held personally responsible to such county or
town or to third persons should such insurance in any event prove to be
inadequate in amount. The cost of any such insurance shall be paid for
by the county association in addition to the payments hereinabove
provided.
  (i) If any such agreement between a county, or a town, and a county
association shall provide that the equipment, tools or machinery leased
shall be operated by an employee of the county, or town, any such
employees, regardless of the terms of such contract, shall continue to
be paid by and to be an employee of the county, or town, and shall be
considered as such for any and all purposes, and the agreement between
the county, or town, and the association shall provide for the payment
by the association to the county, or town, of amounts at least equal to
the compensation which any such employee shall receive from the county
or town. The monies received by a county, or town, for reimbursement of
the compensation of such employees shall be credited to the fund from
which such compensation was paid while such equipment, tools or
machinery were leased.
  (j) The organizations provided for in paragraph (b) of this
subdivision as it existed prior to this amendment and known as county
farm and home bureau and 4-H club associations, county farm and home
bureau associations, county farm bureau and 4-H club associations,
county farm bureau associations or county home bureau associations
existing when this act takes effect shall thereafter be known as county
extension service associations, the name of the county in which
organized being part of their names; said associations shall continue to
have the same rights, privileges, exemptions, powers and duties under
the new name, prescribed herein, as they have or had under their prior
names.
  (9) Fire training schools for training firefighters, including the
power to pay to a city within or without the county for services in the
training of firefighters of such county.
  (10) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of
a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums
of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private legal
aid bureau or society organized and operating to give legal assistance
and representation in civil or criminal matters to needy persons
residing or charged with a crime within such county or city.
  (11) The county legislature of Erie county may appropriate such sums
of money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this
article, toward the maintenance of any duly incorporated society or
organization, the corporate purposes of which include the aid and relief
of poor persons, permanently or temporarily within the county, and may
raise money therefor by tax upon the real and personal property in the
said county in the same manner as other county taxes are levied and
collected; provided, however, that no such appropriation shall be made
except upon presentation to the county legislature with the application
of such society or organization therefor of a certificate from the state
department of social services certifying that such society or
organization has complied with all of its rules and regulations
applicable to such society, and approving of such application. Such sums
appropriated shall be paid in accordance with contracts made between the
local commissioner of social services or other officer of the county
designated by the county legislature and such society or organization
under which contracts said society or organization shall agree to render
the services for which said sums of money have been appropriated, and
shall provide for the payment of the aforesaid sums upon a monthly or
quarterly basis, and upon verified vouchers showing the number of
persons to whom such services were rendered and the nature of the
services rendered during the period of time covered by such vouchers.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to be an abridgement or
limitation of the power of the county legislature to appropriate money
under or pursuant to the provisions of any other law.
  (12) Maintenance and operation of a public museum.
  (13.) Maintenance and operation of a professional symphony or
philharmonic orchestra, musical festival, or vocal, dance, drama, or
performing arts troupe, group or activity of any kind or nature.
  * (14) Maintenance and operation of an educational television station,
organized pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six of the education
law.
  * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s
  * (14) Publicizing the advantages of the county or region.
  * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s
  15. The board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may appropriate
such sums of money as it may deem proper toward the operation and
maintenance of educational television stations, in addition to those
authorized by subdivision fourteen of this section, and for the
production of educational television programs for the educational and
cultural benefit of both children and adults in the county. Such sums
appropriated shall be paid in pursuance of a contract authorized by the
board of supervisors on behalf of the county, upon such terms and
conditions as the board of supervisors may prescribe, and no such
contract shall become effective until it is approved by the commissioner
of education of the state of New York.
  15-a. Legislative intent and declaration of policy. 1. The county of
Nassau has, by several acquisitions from the United States government,
become the owner of land within the county commonly known as Mitchel
Field for the purpose of providing educational, cultural, recreational
and civic facilities for the benefit of all the people of the county.
The United States government has, by land exchange with the county,
assembled a large parcel of land in Mitchel Field to be used for the
development of a federal office building complex. Several educational
institutions have also erected facilities within the immediate area. In
addition to facilities for the aforesaid purposes, some of the land will
be used for compatible commercial purposes designed to generate tax
revenues and further serve the public. All of the Mitchel Field complex
is within the Uniondale fire district, which is capably protecting the
property and residents but which has found and will find it increasingly
difficult to extend the protection to Mitchel Field as it becomes more
fully developed. Accordingly, the Uniondale fire district requires
additional facilities to accommodate the fire protection needs of the
Mitchel Field complex. These needs include coverage of the Nassau
community college complex, certain facilities and dormitories of Hofstra
university, the Hebrew academy of Nassau county and the Nassau County
Veterans Memorial Coliseum. In addition, the county of Nassau plans to
construct a new college campus for Nassau and a number of buildings for
public use, including a performing arts center and a central reference
library. All of these facilities are being used and will be used for the
benefit of the people of the county and for the improvement of their
health, welfare, education, culture, recreation, prosperity and for the
improvement of trade and commerce. In order to insure the necessary fire
protection for the foregoing facilities and for such other facilities
located within the Uniondale fire district, it is deemed essential, and
in the best interests of the county of Nassau, to insure that adequate
fire protection will be provided to the Mitchel Field complex.
  2. Power to provide for fire protection for the Mitchel Field complex
and the other structures and buildings located within the Uniondale fire
district.
  In order to provide more adequate fire protection for the above
mentioned facilities at Mitchel Field within the Uniondale fire
district, the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may, upon the
recommendation of the county executive, expend county moneys and
construct on county-owned property located within the said fire
district, such buildings and facilities as may be required for the
preservation, protection and storage of fire apparatus and equipment and
such other purposes for which such buildings and facilities are
customarily utilized.
  The board of supervisors of the county of Nassau, upon the
recommendation of the county executive, may, with or without
consideration, lease such land and the buildings and structures thereon
to the Uniondale fire district on such terms and conditions as the board
of supervisors of the county of Nassau may determine. The aforesaid
expenditure, construction and lease are hereby deemed to effectuate a
county purpose and a public purpose of the county of Nassau.
  * 16. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums
of money as it deems proper toward the maintenance of a planned
parenthood association organized and operating to give family planning
services to persons residing in the county.
  * NB There are 2 sub 16's
  * 16. The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of
a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums
of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private
non-profit comprehensive area wide health planning corporation organized
pursuant to United States Public Law 89-749, as amended.
  * NB There are 2 sub 16's
  17. The county of Erie may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board established by the act of Congress, approved June eighteenth,
nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide for the
establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports
of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign
commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Erie county of the
privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign-trade
zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such
act, and if such application be granted, to have established, operated
and maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to
be located in Monroe county which has the authority to create said
sub-zone pursuant to chapter five hundred seventy-four of the laws of
nineteen hundred seventy-six, and a sub-zone to be located in
Cattaraugus county which has the authority to create said sub-zone
pursuant to subdivision seventeen-a of this section and a sub-zone to be
located in Chautauqua county which has the authority to create said
sub-zone pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of this section and a
sub-zone to be located in Wyoming county which has the authority to
create said sub-zone pursuant to subdivision twenty-nine of this
section. Said sub-zones may only be created with the approval of the
governing body of the appropriate host county. The county of Erie may
enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it
may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the
promotion and establishment of such zones.
  17-a. The county of Cattaraugus may make application to the Foreign
Trade Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cattaraugus
county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a
foreign trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones
within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such
application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained
such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Cattaraugus
may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as
it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards
the promotion and establishment of such zones.
  18. The county of Suffolk may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Suffolk county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign
trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of
such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,
operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law, including a
sub-zone to be located in the county of Nassau, which has the authority
to create such zones pursuant to subdivision twenty of this section.
Such sub-zone shall only be created upon the approval of the governing
body of the county of Nassau. The county of Suffolk may enter into such
contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,
subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion and
establishment of such zones.
  19. The county of Niagara may make application to the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Niagara county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign
trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of
such act and if such application be granted, to have established,
operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of
Niagara may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of
money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,
towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.
  20. The county of Nassau may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Nassau county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign
trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of
such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,
operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of
Nassau may contract with a non-profit agency and may appropriate such
sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this
article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.
  21. The county of Genesee may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expediate and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Genesee county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign
trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of
such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,
operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of
Genesee may contract with a non-profit agency and may appropriate such
sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this
article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.
  21-a. The county of Clinton may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Clinton county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign
trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of
such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,
operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of
Clinton may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of
money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,
towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.
  21-b. The county of Montgomery may make application to the Foreign
Trade Zones Board established by the act of congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Montgomery
county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a
foreign trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the
provisions of such act, and if such application be granted, to have
established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law.
The county of Montgomery may enter into such contracts and may
appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to the
provisions of this article, towards the promotion and establishment of
such zones.
  22. The board of supervisors or county legislative body of any county
may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper toward the
maintenance and operation of day care coordinating councils or their
equivalent, such councils to develop policies and procedures encouraging
more efficient, effective and economical operations of child care
services.
  23. The county of Onondaga may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in
ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign
commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Onondaga county of the
privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade
zone or zones within such county and its designated service area,
including the adjacent counties of Cayuga, Oswego and Madison, pursuant
to the provisions of such act, and if such application be granted, to
have established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance with
law including sites in Onondaga county and the counties of Cayuga,
Oswego, and Madison, which are counties located adjacent to the Syracuse
Hancock International Airport; for purposes of this section, the term
"adjacent" means those areas located within sixty miles or ninety
minutes driving time of a United States customs and border protection
port of entry. The county of Onondaga may enter into such contracts and
may appropriate such sums of money and may take such further actions as
it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of this article,
towards the promotion, establishment and maintenance of such zone or
zones.
  23-a. The county of Cortland may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in
ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign
commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cortland county of the
privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade
zone or zones or foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such county,
pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application be
granted, to have established, operated and maintained such zone in
accordance with law. The county of Cortland may enter into such
contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such
further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of
this article, towards the promotion, establishment and maintenance of
such zone or zones.
  24. The county of Jefferson, acting through the chairman of the board
of supervisors, may make application to the Foreign Trade Zones Board
established by the act of Congress, approved June eighteenth, nineteen
hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide the establishment,
operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of
the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for
other purposes," for a grant to Jefferson county of the privilege to
have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade zone or zones
within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such
application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained
such zone in accordance with law. The county of Jefferson may enter into
such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such
further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of
this article, towards the promotion, establishment and maintenance of
such zone or zones. Such chairman may delegate the responsibility to
operate and maintain such trade zone or zones to the Jefferson county
industrial development agency established pursuant to section eight
hundred ninety-two-e of the general municipal law.
  25. The county of Chautauqua may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Chautauqua
county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a
foreign trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones
within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such
application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained
such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Chautauqua
may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as
it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards
the promotion and establishment of such zones.
  26. The county of Oneida may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Oneida county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign
trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such
county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application
be granted, to have established, operated and maintained such zone or
sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Oneida may enter into
such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem
proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion
and establishment of such zones.
  27. The county of Chenango may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Chenango
county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a
foreign trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones
within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such
application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained
such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Chenango may
enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it
may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the
promotion and establishment of such zones.
  28. The county of Ontario may make application to the Foreign Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Ontario county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign
trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such
county, and adjacent counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates and
Steuben pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application
be granted, to have established, operated and maintained such zone or
sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Ontario may enter into
such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem
proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion
and establishment of such zones.
  29. The county of Wyoming may make application to the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June
eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones
in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Wyoming county
of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a
foreign-trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones
within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such
application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained
such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Wyoming may
enter into such contracts and may appropriate sums of money as it may
deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the
promotion and establishment of such zones.

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County Law
Article 5. General Powers of Board of Supervisors

§ 224. Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit

services. The board of supervisors shall have power to contract with

non-profit organizations and other corporations, associations and

agencies within the county formed for the purposes hereinafter

enumerated; and the board of supervisors shall also have power to

contract with non-profit organizations and other corporations,

associations and agencies formed for such purposes within an adjoining

county provided the services which are the subject of the contract are

to be rendered within the county of such board. The resolution of such

board shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payment for

the service to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of a

verified account of the disbursements with verified or certified

vouchers therefor attached, a refund of any unused amount, and such

other conditions upon the use thereof as the board may deem proper,

including the power to require a bond of the disbursing officer thereof.

Except as hereinafter mentioned, no county money shall be paid to such

organization until a memorandum receipt, signed by the principal officer

and disbursing officer of such organization, agreeing to comply with the

terms of the resolution, is delivered to the county treasurer. Such

appropriations and payments may be made for the following objects and

purposes:

(1) Armistice, memorial, or other recognized national patriotic

observance;

(2) Commemoration programs of historical events of county-wide

interest and concern;

(3) Propagation of game, game birds, and fish;

(4) Prevention of cruelty to children and animals;

(5) Grounds and buildings for the improvement of agricultural

conditions in the county, when owned and operated by a county

agricultural society;

(6) Administration expense of organizations rendering a service,

training, or aid to indigent blind;

(7) Elimination of noxious weeds, rodents and wild animals;

(8) (a) The board of supervisors of any county in which a county

extension service association has been organized may from time to time

appropriate and pay out for the support and maintenance of county

extension service associations and the work thereof, and for the

employment by the county association of professional staff, and for any

other purposes which the board of supervisors shall deem proper and may

raise money for such purpose by a tax on real and personal property in

the county. The board of supervisors may direct the county treasurer to

pay out moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the treasurer

of the county association, upon his giving a proper receipt therefore,

and the chairman of the board of supervisors may be authorized to enter

into an agreement to pay such funds in regular installments in advance,

and such agreement shall be sufficient authority in the hands of said

county treasurer to pay out such moneys, provided that this money shall

be expended under an agreement to be entered into between the county

association and Cornell university, as agent for the state, for the

cooperative management of said work of the county extension service

association and the proper supervision of the professional staff

employed therefor. The agreement shall identify by his or their titles

the professional staff to be employed by the associations and shall

state the salary or salaries to be paid and the sources from which

payment is to be made. If services of professional staff employed by

Cornell university are to be furnished, or if programs of extension work

are to be furnished or conducted by Cornell university, the agreement

shall identify such services or programs and state the terms on which

they are to be furnished, including the sources from which payments are

to be made. The co-operative relations therein established shall

continue until either party to the agreement shall notify the other

party that it wishes to terminate the agreement. Such a notification

shall be in writing and shall be served at least six months preceding

any action taken to annul the agreement. After receiving such notice

co-operative relationships between said parties shall cease at the

expiration of the six months' period of notice providing reconsideration

or request for continuance is not made by the party issuing notification

of desire to discontinue work under the provisions of this agreement. On

or before the first day of December in each year and at any other time

when requested by the board of supervisors, the officers of such county

association shall report in writing to the board of supervisors a

detailed statement of its work and transactions for the year ending

November thirtieth, and for any other period which the board of

supervisors may request and in such form as said board may direct.

(b) County or regional extension service association and its work. In

each county or region of two or more counties of the state which shall

qualify under this subdivision to co-operate with Cornell university for

extending to the people of the state of New York, not enrolled in said

colleges, the educational programs of the New York State College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences and the New York State College of Human

Ecology at Cornell university and subjects relating thereto, in

cooperation with the state, there shall be recognized and may be created

a subordinate governmental agency consisting of an unincorporated

organization of citizens of the respective counties interested in

agriculture, community and economic vitality, environment and energy,

nutrition and healthy families, and youth development under a form of

organization and administration approved by Cornell university as agent

for the state. It shall be known as a county or regional extension

service association. Cooperative extension work in a county may consist

of programs in the fields of agriculture, community and economic

vitality, environment and energy, nutrition, healthy families and youth

development. References herein to the county or regional association

shall mean such an organization. Only one such association shall be

recognized or formed in each county or, by formal agreement, two or more

counties may join to form one regional association to serve the several

counties. The instrument providing its form of organization and

administration shall be deemed its constitution. It shall have a board

of directors and the offices of president and treasurer, to be

constituted and filled as provided in such constitution, which also

shall regulate admission to and tenure of enrollment in the

organization. The board of directors of any such association heretofore

or hereafter created may adopt such regulations and by-laws governing

its procedure in the work assigned to it as are not inconsistent with

the provisions of this subdivision. Subject to such rules and

regulations and the constitution so approved, the president of the

association shall act for, as and in the name of the association in all

matters except those as to which the treasurer is given powers and

duties. Civil actions or proceedings may be brought by or against the

president or treasurer, as such, of the association. A judgment against

them or either of them shall be enforceable only against funds or

property of the association. Such an association is hereby declared to

be a subordinate governmental agency and neither the county nor Cornell

university nor any member, officer or director of the association shall

be liable in damages for any injury to person or property in connection

with the activities of the association the proximate cause of which was

not directly their or his fault or negligence.

the treasurer of the association may acquire in his name as such

treasurer, and he and his successors in office may hold, in trust, for

carrying on the work and effectuating the purposes or a purpose of the

association, personal property and real property or any interest

therein, or the possession thereof under a lease. The instrument whereby

such property, interest or use is acquired by purchase shall designate

the grantee or lessee, as the case may be, by name and official title of

treasurer as trustee. Such treasurer, as such, and as such trustee, may

take and hold personal and real property by gift, grant or devise, when

the instrument of gift or the will gives or devises property, personal

or real, directly to the association as such and in its name, or to any

person or persons for it, or in trust for its use and benefit. Such

treasurer, as treasurer and trustee, may mortgage, lease, assign, convey

or transfer any property held by him for the association, either

personal or real, when authorized so to do by the directors of the

association, by a deed or other instrument executed by and in the name

of the then treasurer as such and as trustee. No such mortgage, lease,

assignment, conveyance or transfer shall be made contrary to the

conditions, if any, of the instrument under which the property, interest

therein or use thereof, was acquired. The use and application of the

acquired property, income therefrom and proceeds realized from a

conveyance or transfer thereof, if any, shall be in accordance with

rules and directions of such board.

(d) For the support of cooperative extension programs and subject to

annual appropriation by the legislature, there shall be annually

apportioned to each county cooperative extension association out of any

moneys in the state treasury appropriated therefor, fifty cents for each

dollar up to the first one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by such

county for cooperative extension activities during the state fiscal year

most recently ended and five cents for each dollar appropriated by such

county for cooperative extension activities in excess of one hundred

thousand dollars during the state fiscal year most recently ended. In

the case of a regional extension service association authorized by this

section, the maximum amount to be apportioned to any such association

shall be the sum of the maximum apportionments which would have accrued

to a separate association in each county included in the region. No

county cooperative extension association shall receive an apportionment

of funds under this section in an amount less than had been received in

the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state fiscal year, provided

that the annual state appropriation is not less than the state moneys

appropriated in the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state

fiscal year. Additional state allocations shall be distributed to the

county associations in a percentage proportionate to their most recent

county appropriation, such appropriation not to include any amount

attributed to in-kind contributions, service agreements, or contracts.

1. The entitlement of each association to state moneys annually

appropriated under this chapter is subject to the furnishing of

equivalent sums from county appropriations. Annual county appropriations

may include in-kind contributions, service agreements, and contracts

with cooperative extension associations subject to review by Cornell

university.

2. The apportionments provided pursuant to provisions of this

paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

3. The state apportionments provided for in this subdivision shall be

paid upon vouchers certified by Cornell university as follows:

(i) For salaries of professional staff employed by the association;

(ii) For salaries of staff employed by Cornell university when

administering, furnishing or conducting extension programs benefiting

the county under agreement with the association.

4. All such payments shall be made in accordance with the annual

agreement between the association and Cornell university, which shall:

(i) Specify the amount in dollars to be expended for each of such

purposes and the amount in dollars to be provided from apportionments

pursuant to this subdivision;

(ii) Identify by titles the positions for which the salary is paid;

(iii) In the case of salaries of agents jointly employed by two or

more county associations, and in the case of salaries of agents or other

personnel employed by Cornell university, in furnishing or conducting

programs which are furnished or conducted in or for the benefit of two

or more counties, identify each of the county extension service

associations against whose account payments pursuant to this subdivision

are to be charged and the amount to be charged.

(e) The general supervision of the co-operative extension work in a

county herein provided for shall be under the direction of Cornell

university as agent for the state and Cornell university is hereby

authorized to set standards for professional staff and to make rules and

regulations for the organization and conduct of such work. The moneys

appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid from the state

treasury on the warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the

treasurer of Cornell university.

For the purpose of carrying out the co-operative extension work of the

county association, a county association may:

(1) Employ professional staff to organize, carry out, and co-ordinate

the work;

(2) Exchange services of professional staff employed by it for

services of professional, staff employed by another county association

or employed by Cornell university, upon such terms as shall be agreed;

(3) Contract with another county association or with other county

associations for the joint employment of one or more professional staff

members, upon such terms with respect to salary, payment of expenses,

duties and allocations of services as shall be agreed;

(4) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing of services of

professional staff employed by the university to conduct educational

work throughout the state or in areas thereof, upon such terms as shall

be agreed;

(5) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing and conduct of

programs of extension work or services, within the county or benefiting

the county, upon such terms as shall be agreed;

(6) Contract with one or more other county associations for the

purpose of assuring concurrent action by the several associations in

contracting with Cornell university for services of professional staff

at Cornell university or for programs of work furnished by Cornell

university, as provided in paragraph (d) or (e), where the use of such

services or participation in such programs by the several associations

is required for their arrangement or financing.

(7) In support of its operations, research and educational programming

needs, an association may contract with one or more entities, including

but not limited to federal, state, or local government, not for profits

or for profit organizations to provide services, compensated or

uncompensated, consistent with this section. Such contracts are subject

to review by Cornell university.

If services of professional staff employed by Cornell university are

to be furnished, or if programs of extension work are to be furnished or

conducted by Cornell university, the agreement shall identify such

services or programs and state the terms on which they are to be

furnished, including the source from which payments are to be made.

Where payments are to be made out of funds appropriated by the state as

provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision one, the agreement must contain

the information required by that subdivision. If services of

professional staff or programs are to be furnished to the county

association under contractual arrangements as provided in paragraph (e)

such contract or contracts shall be subject to approval by the

legislative bodies of the counties concerned and executed as any other

county contracts.

(f) A county may on recommendation of the county superintendent of

highways, permit the use of any street or highway machinery, tools or

equipment owned by the county, by a county association, provided for by

paragraph (b) of this subdivision, upon such terms and conditions as may

be agreed upon by the parties involved. Monies received by a county

pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the county

road machinery fund.

(g) A town superintendent of highways, with the approval of the town

board and of the county superintendent, may permit the use of any

highway machinery, tools or equipment owned by the town, by a county

association provided for by paragraph (b) of this subdivision upon such

terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the parties involved.

Monies received by a town pursuant to the provisions of this section

shall be applicable for the purposes for which amounts may be raised as

provided in subdivision three of section two hundred seventy-one of the

highway law.

(h) No such machinery, tools and equipment shall be so leased to such

a county association unless (1) adequate insurance shall be secured

thereon which will protect the county or town, as the case may be, in

the event of the loss of or damage to such leased machinery, tools and

equipment by reason of fire and theft, and also in the case of machinery

and equipment operated, or propelled, by motors, adequate collision

insurance and (2) adequate liability and property damage insurance shall

be secured for the protection of the county or town, as the case may be,

upon all machinery and equipment operated or propelled, by motors. The

determination of what shall be "adequate" insurance shall be made by

resolution of the board of supervisors of the county, or the town board

of a town, as the case may be, and no officer or official of any such

county or town shall be held personally responsible to such county or

town or to third persons should such insurance in any event prove to be

inadequate in amount. The cost of any such insurance shall be paid for

by the county association in addition to the payments hereinabove

provided.

(i) If any such agreement between a county, or a town, and a county

association shall provide that the equipment, tools or machinery leased

shall be operated by an employee of the county, or town, any such

employees, regardless of the terms of such contract, shall continue to

be paid by and to be an employee of the county, or town, and shall be

considered as such for any and all purposes, and the agreement between

the county, or town, and the association shall provide for the payment

by the association to the county, or town, of amounts at least equal to

the compensation which any such employee shall receive from the county

or town. The monies received by a county, or town, for reimbursement of

the compensation of such employees shall be credited to the fund from

which such compensation was paid while such equipment, tools or

machinery were leased.

(j) The organizations provided for in paragraph (b) of this

subdivision as it existed prior to this amendment and known as county

farm and home bureau and 4-H club associations, county farm and home

bureau associations, county farm bureau and 4-H club associations,

county farm bureau associations or county home bureau associations

existing when this act takes effect shall thereafter be known as county

extension service associations, the name of the county in which

organized being part of their names; said associations shall continue to

have the same rights, privileges, exemptions, powers and duties under

the new name, prescribed herein, as they have or had under their prior

names.

(9) Fire training schools for training firefighters, including the

power to pay to a city within or without the county for services in the

training of firefighters of such county.

(10) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of

a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums

of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private legal

aid bureau or society organized and operating to give legal assistance

and representation in civil or criminal matters to needy persons

residing or charged with a crime within such county or city.

(11) The county legislature of Erie county may appropriate such sums

of money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this

article, toward the maintenance of any duly incorporated society or

organization, the corporate purposes of which include the aid and relief

of poor persons, permanently or temporarily within the county, and may

raise money therefor by tax upon the real and personal property in the

said county in the same manner as other county taxes are levied and

collected; provided, however, that no such appropriation shall be made

except upon presentation to the county legislature with the application

of such society or organization therefor of a certificate from the state

department of social services certifying that such society or

organization has complied with all of its rules and regulations

applicable to such society, and approving of such application. Such sums

appropriated shall be paid in accordance with contracts made between the

local commissioner of social services or other officer of the county

designated by the county legislature and such society or organization

under which contracts said society or organization shall agree to render

the services for which said sums of money have been appropriated, and

shall provide for the payment of the aforesaid sums upon a monthly or

quarterly basis, and upon verified vouchers showing the number of

persons to whom such services were rendered and the nature of the

services rendered during the period of time covered by such vouchers.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to be an abridgement or

limitation of the power of the county legislature to appropriate money

under or pursuant to the provisions of any other law.

(12) Maintenance and operation of a public museum.

(13.) Maintenance and operation of a professional symphony or

philharmonic orchestra, musical festival, or vocal, dance, drama, or

performing arts troupe, group or activity of any kind or nature.

* (14) Maintenance and operation of an educational television station,

organized pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six of the education

law.

* NB There are 2 sub (14)'s

* (14) Publicizing the advantages of the county or region.

* NB There are 2 sub (14)'s

15. The board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may appropriate

such sums of money as it may deem proper toward the operation and

maintenance of educational television stations, in addition to those

authorized by subdivision fourteen of this section, and for the

production of educational television programs for the educational and

cultural benefit of both children and adults in the county. Such sums

appropriated shall be paid in pursuance of a contract authorized by the

board of supervisors on behalf of the county, upon such terms and

conditions as the board of supervisors may prescribe, and no such

contract shall become effective until it is approved by the commissioner

of education of the state of New York.

15-a. Legislative intent and declaration of policy. 1. The county of

Nassau has, by several acquisitions from the United States government,

become the owner of land within the county commonly known as Mitchel

Field for the purpose of providing educational, cultural, recreational

and civic facilities for the benefit of all the people of the county.

The United States government has, by land exchange with the county,

assembled a large parcel of land in Mitchel Field to be used for the

development of a federal office building complex. Several educational

institutions have also erected facilities within the immediate area. In

addition to facilities for the aforesaid purposes, some of the land will

be used for compatible commercial purposes designed to generate tax

revenues and further serve the public. All of the Mitchel Field complex

is within the Uniondale fire district, which is capably protecting the

property and residents but which has found and will find it increasingly

difficult to extend the protection to Mitchel Field as it becomes more

fully developed. Accordingly, the Uniondale fire district requires

additional facilities to accommodate the fire protection needs of the

Mitchel Field complex. These needs include coverage of the Nassau

community college complex, certain facilities and dormitories of Hofstra

university, the Hebrew academy of Nassau county and the Nassau County

Veterans Memorial Coliseum. In addition, the county of Nassau plans to

construct a new college campus for Nassau and a number of buildings for

public use, including a performing arts center and a central reference

library. All of these facilities are being used and will be used for the

benefit of the people of the county and for the improvement of their

health, welfare, education, culture, recreation, prosperity and for the

improvement of trade and commerce. In order to insure the necessary fire

protection for the foregoing facilities and for such other facilities

located within the Uniondale fire district, it is deemed essential, and

in the best interests of the county of Nassau, to insure that adequate

fire protection will be provided to the Mitchel Field complex.

2. Power to provide for fire protection for the Mitchel Field complex

and the other structures and buildings located within the Uniondale fire

district.

In order to provide more adequate fire protection for the above

mentioned facilities at Mitchel Field within the Uniondale fire

district, the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may, upon the

recommendation of the county executive, expend county moneys and

construct on county-owned property located within the said fire

district, such buildings and facilities as may be required for the

preservation, protection and storage of fire apparatus and equipment and

such other purposes for which such buildings and facilities are

customarily utilized.

The board of supervisors of the county of Nassau, upon the

recommendation of the county executive, may, with or without

consideration, lease such land and the buildings and structures thereon

to the Uniondale fire district on such terms and conditions as the board

of supervisors of the county of Nassau may determine. The aforesaid

expenditure, construction and lease are hereby deemed to effectuate a

county purpose and a public purpose of the county of Nassau.

* 16. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums

of money as it deems proper toward the maintenance of a planned

parenthood association organized and operating to give family planning

services to persons residing in the county.

* NB There are 2 sub 16's

* 16. The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of

a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums

of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private

non-profit comprehensive area wide health planning corporation organized

pursuant to United States Public Law 89-749, as amended.

* NB There are 2 sub 16's

17. The county of Erie may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones

Board established by the act of Congress, approved June eighteenth,

nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide for the

establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports

of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign

commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Erie county of the

privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign-trade

zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such

act, and if such application be granted, to have established, operated

and maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to

be located in Monroe county which has the authority to create said

sub-zone pursuant to chapter five hundred seventy-four of the laws of

nineteen hundred seventy-six, and a sub-zone to be located in

Cattaraugus county which has the authority to create said sub-zone

pursuant to subdivision seventeen-a of this section and a sub-zone to be

located in Chautauqua county which has the authority to create said

sub-zone pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of this section and a

sub-zone to be located in Wyoming county which has the authority to

create said sub-zone pursuant to subdivision twenty-nine of this

section. Said sub-zones may only be created with the approval of the

governing body of the appropriate host county. The county of Erie may

enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it

may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the

promotion and establishment of such zones.

17-a. The county of Cattaraugus may make application to the Foreign

Trade Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cattaraugus

county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a

foreign trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones

within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such

application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained

such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Cattaraugus

may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as

it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards

the promotion and establishment of such zones.

18. The county of Suffolk may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Suffolk county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign

trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of

such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,

operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law, including a

sub-zone to be located in the county of Nassau, which has the authority

to create such zones pursuant to subdivision twenty of this section.

Such sub-zone shall only be created upon the approval of the governing

body of the county of Nassau. The county of Suffolk may enter into such

contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,

subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion and

establishment of such zones.

19. The county of Niagara may make application to the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Niagara county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign

trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of

such act and if such application be granted, to have established,

operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of

Niagara may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of

money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,

towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.

20. The county of Nassau may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Nassau county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign

trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of

such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,

operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of

Nassau may contract with a non-profit agency and may appropriate such

sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this

article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.

21. The county of Genesee may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expediate and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Genesee county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign

trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of

such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,

operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of

Genesee may contract with a non-profit agency and may appropriate such

sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this

article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.

21-a. The county of Clinton may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Clinton county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign

trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of

such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,

operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of

Clinton may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of

money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,

towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.

21-b. The county of Montgomery may make application to the Foreign

Trade Zones Board established by the act of congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Montgomery

county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a

foreign trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to the

provisions of such act, and if such application be granted, to have

established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law.

The county of Montgomery may enter into such contracts and may

appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to the

provisions of this article, towards the promotion and establishment of

such zones.

22. The board of supervisors or county legislative body of any county

may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper toward the

maintenance and operation of day care coordinating councils or their

equivalent, such councils to develop policies and procedures encouraging

more efficient, effective and economical operations of child care

services.

23. The county of Onondaga may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in

ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign

commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Onondaga county of the

privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade

zone or zones within such county and its designated service area,

including the adjacent counties of Cayuga, Oswego and Madison, pursuant

to the provisions of such act, and if such application be granted, to

have established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance with

law including sites in Onondaga county and the counties of Cayuga,

Oswego, and Madison, which are counties located adjacent to the Syracuse

Hancock International Airport; for purposes of this section, the term

"adjacent" means those areas located within sixty miles or ninety

minutes driving time of a United States customs and border protection

port of entry. The county of Onondaga may enter into such contracts and

may appropriate such sums of money and may take such further actions as

it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of this article,

towards the promotion, establishment and maintenance of such zone or

zones.

23-a. The county of Cortland may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in

ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign

commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cortland county of the

privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade

zone or zones or foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such county,

pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application be

granted, to have established, operated and maintained such zone in

accordance with law. The county of Cortland may enter into such

contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such

further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of

this article, towards the promotion, establishment and maintenance of

such zone or zones.

24. The county of Jefferson, acting through the chairman of the board

of supervisors, may make application to the Foreign Trade Zones Board

established by the act of Congress, approved June eighteenth, nineteen

hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide the establishment,

operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of

the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for

other purposes," for a grant to Jefferson county of the privilege to

have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade zone or zones

within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such

application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained

such zone in accordance with law. The county of Jefferson may enter into

such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such

further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of

this article, towards the promotion, establishment and maintenance of

such zone or zones. Such chairman may delegate the responsibility to

operate and maintain such trade zone or zones to the Jefferson county

industrial development agency established pursuant to section eight

hundred ninety-two-e of the general municipal law.

25. The county of Chautauqua may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Chautauqua

county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a

foreign trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones

within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such

application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained

such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Chautauqua

may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as

it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards

the promotion and establishment of such zones.

26. The county of Oneida may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Oneida county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign

trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such

county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application

be granted, to have established, operated and maintained such zone or

sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Oneida may enter into

such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem

proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion

and establishment of such zones.

27. The county of Chenango may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Chenango

county of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a

foreign trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones

within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such

application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained

such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Chenango may

enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it

may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the

promotion and establishment of such zones.

28. The county of Ontario may make application to the Foreign Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Ontario county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign

trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such

county, and adjacent counties of Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates and

Steuben pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application

be granted, to have established, operated and maintained such zone or

sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Ontario may enter into

such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem

proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion

and establishment of such zones.

29. The county of Wyoming may make application to the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board established by the act of Congress, approved June

eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide

for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones

in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage

foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Wyoming county

of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a

foreign-trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones

within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such

application be granted, to have established, operated and maintained

such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Wyoming may

enter into such contracts and may appropriate sums of money as it may

deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the

promotion and establishment of such zones.

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