2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 19-A - Delinquency and Youth Crime Prevention
422 - Youth Bureaus.

* § 422. Youth  bureaus.  1.  a. Any city, town or village desiring to
  establish a local youth bureau may apply to the municipality which  such
  city,  town or village is located within, for approval of its plans. The
  application shall be in writing, specifying the nature of  the  program,
  and shall contain such information as the municipality shall require.
b.  All  local  youth  bureaus  approved by the office of children and
  family services on or before April first, two thousand thirteen shall be
  deemed approved local youth bureaus for the purpose of this article.
2. No application for the approval of a local youth  bureau  shall  be
  considered  by  the municipality that has not been first approved by the
  governing body of the city, town or village making the application.
3. The municipality may approve or disapprove the proposed local youth
  bureau.
4. The approval of a local youth bureau shall authorize the city, town
  or village to establish, operate and maintain the program and will allow
  the municipality to distribute to such local  youth  bureau,  state  aid
  received  in  accordance  with  subdivision  one of section four hundred
  twenty of this article.
5. Two or more municipalities may join together to establish,  operate
  and  maintain  a  municipal  youth  bureau  and  may  make  and  perform
  agreements  in  connection  therewith.  Such  agreements  shall  include
  provisions  for  the proportionate cost to be borne by each municipality
  and for the manner of employment of personnel and  may  provide  that  a
  fiscal  officer  of  one such municipality shall be the custodian of the
  moneys made available for expenditure for  such  purposes  by  all  such
  municipalities  and that such fiscal officer may make payments therefrom
  upon audit of the appropriate auditing body or officer  of  his  or  her
  municipality. In making claims for state aid pursuant to subdivision one
  of  section  four hundred twenty of this article, each such municipality
  shall claim for its proportionate share of the total joint  expenditures
  so  made. However, where it is provided that there shall be a disbursing
  municipality, such disbursing municipality shall  claim  for  the  total
  joint  program expenditures so made and shall disburse such state aid to
  each participating municipality based upon the  proportionate  share  of
  expenditures so made.
6.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law, rule or regulation to the
  contrary, no municipal youth bureau serving one or  more  municipalities
  with  a  total youth population of twenty-five thousand or less shall be
  required under this article, or for  purposes  of  receiving  state  aid
  hereunder, to employ a full time executive director for their respective
  proposed or approved youth programs, as the case may be.
* NB Effective until December 31, 2021
* § 422. Youth  bureaus;  recreation  and  youth service projects; and
  other youth programs. 1. Any county or city, or any town or village with
  a total population of  twenty  thousand  or  more  persons  desiring  to
  establish  a  youth  bureau, or any municipality desiring to establish a
  recreation, youth service or other project may apply to the  office  for
  approval  of  its plans. The application shall be in writing, specifying
  the nature of the program, and shall contain  such  information  as  the
  office shall require.
2.  No application for the approval of plans for a youth program shall
  be considered that has not been first approved by the governing body  of
  the municipality making application.
3.  The office may approve or disapprove the proposed youth program as
  filed, or, if its modifications are not objected to  by  the  applicant,
  approve the same with such modifications.
4.  The  approval  of  any  proposed youth program by the office shall
  authorize the county, city or municipality  to  establish,  operate  and

  maintain  the  program  and entitle it to state aid as herein set forth;
  provided, however, the office may at any time subsequently withdraw  its
  approval or require changes in a plan or program previously approved.
5.  Two or more municipalities may join together to establish, operate
  and maintain youth programs and  may  make  and  perform  agreements  in
  connection  therewith.  Such agreements shall include provisions for the
  proportionate cost to be borne by each municipality and for  the  manner
  of  employment of personnel and may provide that a fiscal officer of one
  such municipality shall be the custodian of the  moneys  made  available
  for  expenditure  for  such purposes by all such municipalities and that
  such fiscal officer may  make  payments  therefrom  upon  audit  of  the
  appropriate  auditing  body  or  officer  of his municipality. In making
  claims for state aid pursuant to this article,  each  such  municipality
  shall  claim  for  its  proportionate  share  of  expenditures  so made.
  However,  where  it  is  provided  that  there  shall  be  a  disbursing
  municipality,  such  disbursing  municipality  shall claim for the total
  joint program expenditures so made and shall disburse such state aid  to
  each  participating  municipality  based upon the proportionate share of
  expenditures so made.
6. A municipality and the board of education, board of trustees or the
  trustee of a school district may make and perform  agreements  providing
  for the operation by a school district of a youth service, recreation or
  other project of such municipality.
7.  Moneys  derived by a municipality from taxation, from profits of a
  public utility service operated by it, or from gifts or grants available
  therefor, may be made available in accordance with law and expended  for
  improvements  to  real property owned by it and held for school purposes
  or owned by a school district in  whole  or  in  part  located  in  such
  municipality  where  such real property is used by such municipality for
  youth program purposes and  where  such  improvements  are  required  in
  connection   with   such   purposes.   Such   municipality  may  receive
  reimbursement for such expenditures as herein provided, subject  to  the
  rules and regulations of the office.
8.  The  office, by rule and regulation, may authorize expenditures to
  be made by a municipality for work to be done or improvements to be made
  to real property for youth program purposes.
9. Subject to the regulations of the office, a municipality may  enter
  into  contracts to effectuate its youth program established and approved
  as provided in this article.
10. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or  regulation  to  the
  contrary,   no  city,  town  or  village  with  a  youth  population  of
  twenty-five thousand or less residing in  such  city,  town  or  village
  shall be required under this article, or for purposes of receiving state
  aid  hereunder,  to  employ  a  full  time  executive director for their
  respective proposed or approved youth programs, as the case may be.
* NB Effective December 31, 2021