N.Y. Public Health Law § 521: County laboratories; establishment by referendum

§ 521. County laboratories; establishment by referendum. 1. Upon the

petition signed by two hundred or more taxpayers of the county or

district to be served by such a laboratory, the governing body of that

county or district at the next date for filling an elective office shall

hold a referendum upon the question of establishing a laboratory the

construction of which is to be financed by taxes levied for the fiscal

year in which the expenditures therefor are to be made. If a majority

of the votes cast are in favor of establishing such a laboratory it

shall be mandatory upon the governing body of that county or district to

take the steps necessary for the establishment and maintenance of such a

laboratory as provided for by this chapter.

2. Nothing contained in sections five hundred to five hundred

twenty-one, inclusive, of this chapter shall be construed to prevent the

financing of any expenditure, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local

finance law.