NY Env Conserv L § 3-0117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation 3-0117 - Activities of Local Governmental Agencies.

§ 3-0117. Activities of local governmental agencies.1.  Activities  of  local  health boards, departments and officers and   other local government agencies  pertaining  to  functions,  powers  and   duties  which  were  transferred  pursuant to chapter 140 of the Laws of   1970, from the Department and Commissioner of Health to  the  Department   and Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall be eligible for aid   under  the  provisions  of titles 1, 2, and 3 of article 6 of the Public   Health Law to the same extent such activities were eligible for such aid   if conducted immediately prior to the effective date of chapter  140  of   the  Laws  of 1970. The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall   exercise the same powers of approval and  supervision  with  respect  to   such  activities  as  were  exercised  by  the  Commissioner  of  Health   immediately prior to the effective date of that chapter.2.  Counties  and  cities  shall  be  eligible  for  aid   for   other   environmental  conservation  activities  pertaining to functions, powers   and duties other than  those  which  were  so  transferred  pursuant  to   chapter  140  of  the  Laws  of  1970.  Such  other  activities shall be   described under rules and regulations adopted  pursuant  to  subdivision   four of this section.3.  A  county  or  city  shall  be  eligible for aid whenever it shall   appropriate or otherwise make funds available and expend monies for  the   purpose  of  defraying  expenses  incurred  in undertaking environmental   conservation activities under this section. The appropriations  made  or   to  be  made  by  the  legislature  for  the purpose of carrying out the   provisions of this section shall be apportioned and  made  available  by   the  director  of  the  budget  to  the  Commissioner  of  Environmental   Conservation. The rate of aid shall be set annually by the  Commissioner   of   Environmental   Conservation,  provided  however,  that  except  as   otherwise provided in the public health law, the rate shall  not  exceed   fifty  percentum of the amount expended annually by a county or city. In   the  event  that  the  amount  appropriated  by   the   legislature   is   insufficient  to  make  full  payment of all state aid to which eligible   counties and cities would otherwise be entitled under this section,  the   amounts  appropriated  shall be apportioned in proportion to the amounts   to which such counties and cities would otherwise be entitled.4. The Department of Environmental Conservation shall adopt rules  and   regulations  to  implement  the  provisions of this section, which shall   include, but not be limited  to  the  establishment  of  the  following:   information    and    reporting    requirements;   activity,   facility,   construction, equipment, service, administration  and  work  eligibility   requirements  and  standards;  department  inspection,  examination  and   approval procedures; qualifications for persons engaged in environmental   conservation activities; and minimum criteria  for  the  composition  of   county  and  city  government bodies that may be authorized to engage in   activities for which aid may be sought.