N.Y. General Municipal Law § 99-j: Control of aquatic plant growth

§ 99-j. Control of aquatic plant growth. Every municipal corporation

is, and any two or more municipal corporations jointly are, hereby

authorized and empowered to take such action as may be required to adopt

plans and specifications and enter into a contract or contracts, or take

such other action as may be required for the control of aquatic growth

as it may deem to be necessary or desirable, 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.