Section 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.