Section 529. Acquisition of land; dedication by counties, towns or villages

1. Whenever the authority shall determine that any real estate or rights
  or  easements therein are required for any of the bridges or for highway
  connections, and the commissioner shall approve such determination,  the
  commissioner  shall  acquire  such  real  estate  or rights or easements
  therein in the name  of  the  state  by  dedication,  by  agreement,  by
  acquisition  pursuant  to  the  eminent  domain  procedure  law,  or  by
  appropriation, in the manner provided by section thirty of  the  highway
  law.
    2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  other law, the board of
  supervisors of any county, the town board of any town, or  the  trustees
  of  any  village,  without  any  election or meeting of the taxpayers or
  voters or other authorization, is hereby authorized to dedicate  to  the
  state  for  any  of  the  bridges  or  for highway connections, any real
  property, easements or rights in land owned by  such  county,  town,  or
  village which the authority may deem necessary.