§ 965. Designation of empire zone as a foreign trade zone. Any city,
county, town or village which contains an area which is designated an
empire zone in accordance with this article, is hereby authorized to
make application to the foreign trade zones board established by an act
of Congress, approved June eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four,
entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, cooperation and
maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United
States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other
purposes," for a grant to said city, county, town or village for the
privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign trade
zone within such area, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if
such application be granted, to establish, operate and maintain such
foreign trade zone within such area in accordance with law. Any such
city, county, town or village may contract with a not-for-profit agency
and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper, subject to
the provisions of this section, toward the promotion and establishment
of such foreign trade zone in such area.