N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 522

§ 522. County laboratories; boards of supervisors; powers and duties.\n1. The board of supervisors, when it shall have determined to establish\na county laboratory, shall have the power:\n (a) to acquire by purchase, exchange or otherwise, necessary real\nproperty, building or rooms or to erect necessary buildings;\n (b) to cause to be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner\nas other charges against the county, such sums of money as it shall deem\nnecessary for laboratory purposes; provided, however, that where a\nlaboratory is intended to serve less than a whole county the\nexpenditures made in connection therewith shall be assessed only against\nthe area served by the laboratory; and\n (c) to accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of\nland or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property or any\ndonation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of\nsaid laboratory.\n 2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal or amend any\nprovision of law not inconsistent herewith relating to laboratories in\ncounties or to abrogate any powers of boards of supervisors relating\nthereto.\n