Section 72-E. Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes and dedication of the same by the counties of Broome, Monroe and Erie

The  board of supervisors of the county of Broome, Monroe or Erie may acquire
  by  purchase,  gift, devise or acquisition pursuant to the provisions of
  the eminent domain procedure law, real estate or  any  interest  therein
  necessary  for  or  incidental  to  the  construction  of  a state park,
  parkway, or boulevard or incidental to the separation of grades  at  the
  intersection  of  the  state  parkway or boulevard and a county, town or
  village road, highway or street, and may donate or dedicate the same  to
  the  state  or may release to the state for such purpose existing rights
  of way or easements not required  for  county  purposes.  The  board  of
  supervisors  of  said  county  of  Broome, Monroe or Erie may cause such
  moneys as may be required to pay for real estate or interest therein  so
  acquired  to  be raised, in whole or in part, by taxation and levied and
  collected as other taxes in such county or such moneys may be raised, in
  whole or in part, pursuant to  the  local  finance  law.  In  the  event
  involuntary proceedings are had to acquire lands for the above purposes,
  then,  and  in  that  case, upon the   vesting of the title to the lands
  described in the petition  as provided in the eminent  domain  procedure
  law  said  lands  may  be  conveyed  by  warranty  deed  for  a  nominal
  consideration by said county to the people of the state of New York,  if
  and  when  it  becomes  necessary  to make such conveyance to effect the
  purposes of this act.