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.