N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 16-0105: Appropriation for flood control purposes

§ 16-0105. Appropriation for flood control purposes.

The legislature may appropriate from any money in the state treasury

not otherwise appropriated for payment by the state for the costs of the

state's participation in federal flood control projects and for

engineering connected with these projects including personal services

and expenses. The money appropriated shall be available for the cost of

relocation and reconstruction of state highways, including structures;

for channel improvements; for check dams; for quarries, gravel pits,

spoil banks and burrow pits; for access roads; for camp sites; for

relocation of buildings, structures and facilities; for relocation of

the properties, structures, service lines and connections incident

thereto of public service utilities, both publicly and privately owned;

for relocation of railroad rights-of-way, facilities and structures; for

rights of way and for other related purposes contemplated by and

incidental to said flood control projects. The moneys appropriated shall

also be available for payment by the state for the relocation and

reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, public grounds, parks, cemeteries,

water supply systems, sewer systems and lighting systems of municipal

corporations, county roads and town highways, including structures and

including rights of way.