§ 280-b. County agency. The governing body may appoint or establish an
officer, board or body, or may designate an existing officer, board or
body, or public authority which possesses the express power to act as
such an agency, to act as a county hurricane protection, flood and
shoreline erosion control agency (hereinafter referred to in this
article as the "agency") having the powers hereinafter prescribed in
sections two hundred eighty-c, two hundred eighty-d and two hundred
eighty-e, and such other powers and duties as the governing board may
determine necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article.
Except in the case of a public authority, the agency may also be
designated as the administrative head or body of any county district
which may be established pursuant to the provisions of this article. All
matters relating to the membership of such agency, including, but not
limited to, numbers, method of selection, tenure, qualifications and
compensation, shall be determined by the governing body.