* § 422. Youth bureaus. 1. a. Any city, town or village desiring to\nestablish a local youth bureau may apply to the municipality which such\ncity, town or village is located within, for approval of its plans. The\napplication shall be in writing, specifying the nature of the program,\nand shall contain such information as the municipality shall require.\n b. All local youth bureaus approved by the office of children and\nfamily services on or before April first, two thousand thirteen shall be\ndeemed approved local youth bureaus for the purpose of this article.\n 2. No application for the approval of a local youth bureau shall be\nconsidered by the municipality that has not been first approved by the\ngoverning body of the city, town or village making the application.\n 3. The municipality may approve or disapprove the proposed local youth\nbureau.\n 4. The approval of a local youth bureau shall authorize the city, town\nor village to establish, operate and maintain the program and will allow\nthe municipality to distribute to such local youth bureau, state aid\nreceived in accordance with subdivision one of section four hundred\ntwenty of this article.\n 5. Two or more municipalities may join together to establish, operate\nand maintain a municipal youth bureau and may make and perform\nagreements in connection therewith. Such agreements shall include\nprovisions for the proportionate cost to be borne by each municipality\nand for the manner of employment of personnel and may provide that a\nfiscal officer of one such municipality shall be the custodian of the\nmoneys made available for expenditure for such purposes by all such\nmunicipalities and that such fiscal officer may make payments therefrom\nupon audit of the appropriate auditing body or officer of his or her\nmunicipality. In making claims for state aid pursuant to subdivision one\nof section four hundred twenty of this article, each such municipality\nshall claim for its proportionate share of the total joint expenditures\nso made. However, where it is provided that there shall be a disbursing\nmunicipality, such disbursing municipality shall claim for the total\njoint program expenditures so made and shall disburse such state aid to\neach participating municipality based upon the proportionate share of\nexpenditures so made.\n 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, no municipal youth bureau serving one or more municipalities\nwith a total youth population of twenty-five thousand or less shall be\nrequired under this article, or for purposes of receiving state aid\nhereunder, to employ a full time executive director for their respective\nproposed or approved youth programs, as the case may be.\n * NB Effective until December 31, 2021\n * § 422. Youth bureaus; recreation and youth service projects; and\nother youth programs. 1. Any county or city, or any town or village with\na total population of twenty thousand or more persons desiring to\nestablish a youth bureau, or any municipality desiring to establish a\nrecreation, youth service or other project may apply to the office for\napproval of its plans. The application shall be in writing, specifying\nthe nature of the program, and shall contain such information as the\noffice shall require.\n 2. No application for the approval of plans for a youth program shall\nbe considered that has not been first approved by the governing body of\nthe municipality making application.\n 3. The office may approve or disapprove the proposed youth program as\nfiled, or, if its modifications are not objected to by the applicant,\napprove the same with such modifications.\n 4. The approval of any proposed youth program by the office shall\nauthorize the county, city or municipality to establish, operate and\nmaintain the program and entitle it to state aid as herein set forth;\nprovided, however, the office may at any time subsequently withdraw its\napproval or require changes in a plan or program previously approved.\n 5. Two or more municipalities may join together to establish, operate\nand maintain youth programs and may make and perform agreements in\nconnection therewith. Such agreements shall include provisions for the\nproportionate cost to be borne by each municipality and for the manner\nof employment of personnel and may provide that a fiscal officer of one\nsuch municipality shall be the custodian of the moneys made available\nfor expenditure for such purposes by all such municipalities and that\nsuch fiscal officer may make payments therefrom upon audit of the\nappropriate auditing body or officer of his municipality. In making\nclaims for state aid pursuant to this article, each such municipality\nshall claim for its proportionate share of expenditures so made.\nHowever, where it is provided that there shall be a disbursing\nmunicipality, such disbursing municipality shall claim for the total\njoint program expenditures so made and shall disburse such state aid to\neach participating municipality based upon the proportionate share of\nexpenditures so made.\n 6. A municipality and the board of education, board of trustees or the\ntrustee of a school district may make and perform agreements providing\nfor the operation by a school district of a youth service, recreation or\nother project of such municipality.\n 7. Moneys derived by a municipality from taxation, from profits of a\npublic utility service operated by it, or from gifts or grants available\ntherefor, may be made available in accordance with law and expended for\nimprovements to real property owned by it and held for school purposes\nor owned by a school district in whole or in part located in such\nmunicipality where such real property is used by such municipality for\nyouth program purposes and where such improvements are required in\nconnection with such purposes. Such municipality may receive\nreimbursement for such expenditures as herein provided, subject to the\nrules and regulations of the office.\n 8. The office, by rule and regulation, may authorize expenditures to\nbe made by a municipality for work to be done or improvements to be made\nto real property for youth program purposes.\n 9. Subject to the regulations of the office, a municipality may enter\ninto contracts to effectuate its youth program established and approved\nas provided in this article.\n 10. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, no city, town or village with a youth population of\ntwenty-five thousand or less residing in such city, town or village\nshall be required under this article, or for purposes of receiving state\naid hereunder, to employ a full time executive director for their\nrespective proposed or approved youth programs, as the case may be.\n * NB Effective December 31, 2021\n
§ 422. Youth bureaus. 1. a. Any city, town or village desiring to\nestablish a local youth bureau may apply to the municipality which such\ncity, town or village is located within, for approval of its plans. The\napplication shall be in writing, specifying the nature of the program,\nand shall contain such information as the municipality shall require.\n b. All local youth bureaus approved by the office of children and\nfamily services on or before April first, two thousand thirteen shall be\ndeemed approved local youth bureaus for the purpose of this article.\n 2. No application for the approval of a local youth bureau shall be\nconsidered by the municipality that has not been first approved by the\ngoverning body of the city, town or village making the application.\n 3. The municipality may approve or disapprove the proposed local youth\nbureau.\n 4. The approval of a local youth bureau shall authorize the city, town\nor village to establish, operate and maintain the program and will allow\nthe municipality to distribute to such local youth bureau, state aid\nreceived in accordance with subdivision one of section four hundred\ntwenty of this article.\n 5. Two or more municipalities may join together to establish, operate\nand maintain a municipal youth bureau and may make and perform\nagreements in connection therewith. Such agreements shall include\nprovisions for the proportionate cost to be borne by each municipality\nand for the manner of employment of personnel and may provide that a\nfiscal officer of one such municipality shall be the custodian of the\nmoneys made available for expenditure for such purposes by all such\nmunicipalities and that such fiscal officer may make payments therefrom\nupon audit of the appropriate auditing body or officer of his or her\nmunicipality. In making claims for state aid pursuant to subdivision one\nof section four hundred twenty of this article, each such municipality\nshall claim for its proportionate share of the total joint expenditures\nso made. However, where it is provided that there shall be a disbursing\nmunicipality, such disbursing municipality shall claim for the total\njoint program expenditures so made and shall disburse such state aid to\neach participating municipality based upon the proportionate share of\nexpenditures so made.\n 6. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, no municipal youth bureau serving one or more municipalities\nwith a total youth population of twenty-five thousand or less shall be\nrequired under this article, or for purposes of receiving state aid\nhereunder, to employ a full time executive director for their respective\nproposed or approved youth programs, as the case may be.\n
