N.Y. General Municipal Law § 119-p: Projects relating to the use of atmospheric water resources

§ 119-p. Projects relating to the use of atmospheric water resources.

Every municipal corporation is, and any two or more municipal

corporations are, hereby authorized and empowered to conduct or engage

in projects, experiments and other activities designed to develop the

use of atmospheric water resources, and to make scientific evaluations

of such projects, experiments and other activities, or to contract

therefor, and to appropriate and expend moneys therefor. In the case of

a joint project by two or more municipal corporations, the share of the

cost of such project or activity to be borne by each such municipal

corporation shall be fixed by contract. The expenditure of moneys for

such purpose by a municipal corporation shall be deemed a lawful

municipal purpose and the moneys appropriated therefor shall be raised

by tax upon the taxable real property within the municipal corporation

in the same manner as moneys for other lawful municipal purposes. Each

municipal corporation is hereby authorized to accept and disburse grants

of public or private money or other aid paid or made available by the

state or federal government for any such purpose.