NY Cty L § 225 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 5 - General Powers of Board of Supervisors 225 - Optional Appropriations for Public Benefit Services Administered by the Board.

§   225.   Optional   appropriations   for   public  benefit  services administered by the board. 1. The board of supervisors shall have  power to  appropriate county funds and to permit the use of county property of all kinds for the following public benefit, objects and purposes:  (a) Propagation of game, game birds and fish. The amount  appropriated under this paragraph for any fiscal year may equal but not exceed in any county  one-half  of  one  per  centum  of  the total amount of the last preceding annual budget for county purposes, but in no event  an  amount in excess of ten thousand dollars;  (b)   Eradication  or  prevention  of  bovine  tuberculosis  or  other infectious or  communicable  diseases  affecting  domestic  animals  and fowls;  (c)  Publicizing  the  advantages  of  the  county  or  region, or for commemoration programs of historical events;  (d) Care of burial lots of deceased members of the armed forces of the United States located in a cemetery within  the  county  and  owned  and maintained by an incorporated cemetery association;  (e) Suppression or control of white pine blister rust and other forest tree  diseases and forest insects under the direction and supervision of the state conservation department. Employees engaged in such  work  upon public  or  private lands shall not be liable for trespass and no action shall lie therefor;  (f) Suppression or control of the Japanese  beetle  infestation  under the direction and supervision of the state department of agriculture and markets.  Employees  engaged  in  such work upon public or private lands shall not be liable for trespass and no action shall lie therefor; and  (g)  Establishment  and  maintenance  of  fire  training  schools  for training firefighters.  (h) Establishment and maintenance of a central fire alarm system.  (i)  In  the  county  of  Washington  for  the destruction of bobcats, porcupines, wolves, coyotes, coydogs and rattlesnakes, and in the county of Hamilton for the destruction  of  bobcats,  porcupines,  wolves,  and coyotes,  the  funds  appropriated therefor to be expended in payment of bounties to be established by the board of supervisors.  (j) In the counties of Essex, Saratoga, St. Lawrence  and  Warren  for the  destruction of bobcats, wolves, coyotes, coydogs, foxes, porcupines and rattlesnakes, the funds appropriated  therefor  to  be  expended  in payment of bounties to be established by the board of supervisors.  (k)  Conservation  education, including the promotion of better public understanding of problems and desirable  practices  in  conservation  of natural resources.  (l)  Establishment and maintenance of a county zoo, or the expenditure of county funds for the support, in whole or in part, of an existing zoo in the county, owned by a municipal corporation.  (m) eradication or control of the golden  nematode  infestation  under the direction and supervision of the state department of agriculture and markets.  Employees  engaged  in  such work upon public or private lands shall not be liable for trespass and no action shall lie therefor.  (n) Without  limitation  of  the  foregoing  for  any  of  the  public benefits,  objects  and  purposes  which  are  set  forth in section two hundred twenty-four of this county law as amended.   2. The board shall provide for the expenditure  for  wages,  equipment and  supplies,  under  the direction of a committee from its membership. Authority may be granted to the chairman  of  such  committee  to  issue orders  upon the county treasurer for such expenditures. The board shall require a  report  of  such  expenditures  with  verified  or  certified vouchers  attached.  The board of supervisors may adopt such rules as it  may deem necessary governing the expenditure  of  such  moneys  and  may require a bond in such amount as it shall determine.   3.  The board may authorize the expenditure of county funds for any or all of such public benefit objects and  purposes  jointly  with  another county or counties. The board of each participating county shall appoint a  committee  to  act  for  it  in  connection  with  such project. Such committees in joint sessions shall select one of  their  members  to  be chairman  and  shall  designate  the  county  treasurer  of  one  of the participating counties to be custodian of the project fund. Each  county treasurer  shall pay to the designated county treasurer whatever portion of the total estimated cost of the project its board of supervisors  has determined  to  contribute.  Such joint fund shall be deemed the fund of all participating counties in proportion to  the  contribution  made  by each.  Orders  upon the fund shall be signed by the chairman. Reports of expenditures with verified or certified vouchers attached shall be  made annually to the board of supervisors of each participating county.