N.Y. County Law § 849: Appropriations for conservation purposes in Washington county

§ 849. Appropriations for conservation purposes in Washington county.

1. The board of supervisors of Washington county is hereby authorized

and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the board of

supervisors of one or more adjoining counties possessing equivalent

powers for the joint construction or acquisition, maintenance and

control of facilities for the promotion and conservation of fish, game

and other natural resources, and may annually appropriate and expend

such sums as may be necessary pursuant to such agreement. The agreement

may provide for the method of acquisition or construction of the

facility, the management and operation thereof; the method of fixing the

proportionate share of each county and of making contributions; the

custody of moneys; the audit of claims; the duration of the agreement;

and such other matters as may be appropriate in the circumstances. The

agreement shall have a maximum duration of ten years, but such

limitation shall not prohibit successive agreements. Nothing herein

contained shall prevent the financing of the county's share of a project

pursuant to the provisions of the local finance law.

2. The board of supervisors of Washington county is hereby authorized

and empowered to annually appropriate moneys to defray such portion of

the cost of maintenance of a fish screen in Ticonderoga creek between

Lake George and Lake Champlain, heretofore constructed and now

maintained by the Lake George Screen Committee, Incorporated, as such

board may see fit. Moneys so appropriated shall be held in the custody

of the county treasurer and paid out by him only upon order of the board

of supervisors after due and proper audit and allowance. The board of

supervisors is hereby authorized to enter into such agreement with the

Lake George Screen Committee, Incorporated, as may be deemed necessary

to effectuate the provisions of this subdivision.

3. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to supersede, alter or

abridge the powers and duties of the department of conservation, or any

division, agency or officer of said department, or to deprive said

department, or any division, agency or officer thereof of jurisdiction

now or hereafter conferred upon it in relation to conservation matters.