Section 99-H. Participation in federal programs

1. As used in this section
  the term "municipal  corporation"  shall  mean  a  county,  city,  town,
  village,  school  district, or board of cooperative educational services
  of this state or a  board  of  higher  education  in  a  city  having  a
  population of one million or more.
    2.  Any municipal corporation shall have power, either individually or
  jointly with one or more other municipal  corporations,  to  apply  for,
  accept  and expend funds made available by the federal government either
  directly or through the state, pursuant to the provisions of any federal
  law, which is not inconsistent with the statutes or constitution of this
  state, in order to administer, conduct or participate with  the  federal
  government   in   programs  relating  to  the  general  welfare  of  the
  inhabitants  of  such  municipal  corporation.     Any  such   municipal
  corporation  is  authorized  to  appropriate and expend such sums as are
  required to administer, conduct or participate in any such programs  and
  may perform any and all acts necessary to effectuate the purposes of any
  such programs.
    3.  Any municipal corporation, either individually or jointly with one
  or more other municipal corporations, may  enter  into  agreements  with
  private,  non-profit  agencies  which  are  authorized  to apply for and
  accept funds made available by the federal government  pursuant  to  the
  provisions  of  any  federal  law,  which  is  not inconsistent with the
  statutes or constitution of this state, in order to administer,  conduct
  or  participate  with the federal government in programs relating to the
  general welfare of the inhabitants of such municipal  corporation.  Such
  agreements  may provide that funds, services, or facilities will be made
  available by any such municipal corporation or municipal corporations to
  such private, non-profit agency upon such terms and conditions as may be
  prescribed by such municipal corporation or municipal  corporations,  in
  order  to defray that portion of the cost of any program administered by
  any such private, non-profit agency which is not paid for by funds  made
  available  by  the  federal  government. Such private, non-profit agency
  shall file annually with each such municipal corporation with  which  it
  has  entered  into such an agreement or at such more frequent periods as
  may be required by such municipality, a financial report with respect to
  such program or programs and shall  make  available  for  inspection  or
  audit  by  each such municipal corporation, its books, records and other
  data.
    No funds, services,  or  facilities  shall  be  made  available  by  a
  municipal  corporation  to  a private, non-profit agency pursuant to the
  provisions of this subdivision unless such agency has obtained  approval
  of  its program as required by law, and its program is designed to serve
  an area within the municipal corporation or municipal corporations  with
  which it has entered into such an agreement.
    4.  The  provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in
  substitution for or in limitation of any other  authorization  to  apply
  for,  accept  and  expend funds made available by the federal government
  either directly or through the state, and it is  not  intended  by  this
  section to repeal by implication any existing provision of law.