§ 353-a. Joint airports for counties, cities, towns or villages. Two
or more adjoining counties or two cities in the same county or adjoining
counties, or a city and one or more villages located within the same
county or adjoining counties, or two or more villages, located within
the same county, or adjoining counties, or two or more towns in the same
county or adjoining counties, or a city and one or more towns located
within the same county or adjoining counties, or a town and one or more
villages (including a village or villages within such town), located
within the same county or adjoining counties, may jointly acquire real
property by purchase, lease or condemnation for the purposes of this
article and establish, construct, equip, maintain and operate for such
municipalities jointly an airport or landing field. The ordinance, local
law or resolution providing for such action shall be adopted by the
local legislative body or board of trustees of each municipality and
shall create a committee to be at all times composed of members of each
of such bodies or boards to acquire necessary real property, in the name
of the municipalities jointly, and as their joint agent, and to have
charge of the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of such
airport or landing field. The ordinance, local law or resolution may
specify matters as to which the action of the committee shall require
the joint approval of such bodies or boards. The ordinance, local law
or resolution also shall prescribe the proportions of the cost of such
project to be borne by the municipalities respectively. The moneys to
pay the share to be borne by each municipality may be provided in the
manner prescribed by this article. The ordinance, local law or
resolution may be amended from time to time with the concurrence of each
of such bodies or boards, and the boundaries of the airport or landing
place may be extended or the project abandoned in like manner at any
time. A joint airport or landing place established under this article
shall be located in one or more of the counties participating in the
joint undertaking, or within the county in which the cities or one of
them is located, or the county in which the villages or towns are
located. The limitation contained in section three hundred and fifty as
to distance from the boundaries of any such city, village or town shall
not apply to such a joint airport or landing place.