N.Y. Executive Law § 422: Youth bureaus

§ 422. Youth bureaus. 1. a. Any city, town or village desiring to

establish a local youth bureau may apply to the municipality which such

city, town or village is located within, for approval of its plans. The

application shall be in writing, specifying the nature of the program,

and shall contain such information as the municipality shall require.

b. All local youth bureaus approved by the office of children and

family services on or before April first, two thousand thirteen shall be

deemed approved local youth bureaus for the purpose of this article.

2. No application for the approval of a local youth bureau shall be

considered by the municipality that has not been first approved by the

governing body of the city, town or village making the application.

3. The municipality may approve or disapprove the proposed local youth

bureau.

4. The approval of a local youth bureau shall authorize the city, town

or village to establish, operate and maintain the program and will allow

the municipality to distribute to such local youth bureau, state aid

received in accordance with subdivision one of section four hundred

twenty of this article.

5. Two or more municipalities may join together to establish, operate

and maintain a municipal youth bureau and may make and perform

agreements in connection therewith. Such agreements shall include

provisions for the proportionate cost to be borne by each municipality

and for the manner of employment of personnel and may provide that a

fiscal officer of one such municipality shall be the custodian of the

moneys made available for expenditure for such purposes by all such

municipalities and that such fiscal officer may make payments therefrom

upon audit of the appropriate auditing body or officer of his or her

municipality. In making claims for state aid pursuant to subdivision one

of section four hundred twenty of this article, each such municipality

shall claim for its proportionate share of the total joint expenditures

so made. However, where it is provided that there shall be a disbursing

municipality, such disbursing municipality shall claim for the total

joint program expenditures so made and shall disburse such state aid to

each participating municipality based upon the proportionate share of

expenditures so made.

6. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the

contrary, no municipal youth bureau serving one or more municipalities

with a total youth population of twenty-five thousand or less shall be

required under this article, or for purposes of receiving state aid

hereunder, to employ a full time executive director for their respective

proposed or approved youth programs, as the case may be.