N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-1961: Drainage district with federal aid

§ 15-1961. Drainage district with federal aid.

1. In the event that any agency of the government of the United States

shall be willing to perform, direct or finance any work for the drainage

and reclamation of any swamp, bog, pond, meadow or other low or wet

lands in the state in such manner that the greater part of the cost of

such work shall be paid by such government, the department shall have

power to form a drainage improvement district including the lands so to

be drained and improved by following the procedure set forth in sections

15-1963 to 15-1967 inclusive, hereinafter referred to as the federal aid

sections, in lieu of the procedure specified in the preceding sections

of title 19 of this article.

2. It is the intent of these federal aid sections to facilitate the

carrying out of such projects by permitting changes in the normal

sequence of doing the various acts specified in the preceding sections,

but, except as specifically authorized, not to permit changes in the

manner of doing each act or in the conditions on which such act is

based.