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2022 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 5 - Laboratories
Title 2 - County Laboratories
521 - County Laboratories; Establishment by Referendum.

Universal Citation: NY Pub Health L § 521 (2022)
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§  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.

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