N.Y. County Law § 299-x: State aid

§ 299-x. State aid. 1. Recognizing that general public benefits, in

terms of flood prevention, and erosion control, will accrue to the

people of the state, through the establishment of small watershed

protection projects because such benefits will go beyond the limits of

watershed districts and their parent counties; and recognizing that the

health, welfare, and prosperity of our people is enhanced by the proper

management, wise use, and development of our soil and water resources;

it is hereby declared to be a proper state purpose for the state to

provide financial reimbursement to the counties for a part of certain

local costs which must be met in the establishment of watershed

projects.

2. Such reimbursement shall not exceed one-half of the local

expenditure for the land, easements, and rights-of-way which are

necessary and required for the construction of flood prevention works,

not including land treatment measures, for which federal aid for

construction costs is granted pursuant to the said "Watershed Protection

and Flood Prevention Act". In the case of a joint project pursuant to

section two hundred ninety-nine-t, each county of this state

participating therein shall be entitled to claim for and receive state

aid in accordance with its pro rata share of the liabilities or

expenditures incurred or undertaken by said county on account thereof.

Application for such state reimbursement shall be made each year by the

county board of supervisors to the commissioner of conservation on or

before such date, and in such form and manner, as may be prescribed by

him. After his determination that such requests and the amounts thereof

are proper and in compliance with this article, he shall submit a

separate request for each project, as a part of his annual budget

requests and estimates for the department of conservation. The budget

item for each project shall contain the name of the project, the county

or counties in which located, and the amount of state reimbursement

requested therefor.

3. After funds have been appropriated therefor and are available, the

commissioner shall certify to the comptroller for payment the amount of

state reimbursement due each county. The amount so certified by the

commissioner, after audit by and on the warrant of the comptroller,

shall be paid to the county treasurers of the respective counties to

which state reimbursement is due.

4. The provisions of this section shall apply to projects, for which

reimbursement made subsequent to April first, nineteen hundred

sixty-three, was limited to twenty thousand dollars, to the extent of

the difference between twenty thousand dollars and one-half of such

local expenditure.