§ 177-a. Authorization of municipal corporations to convey or lease to
the state real property for armories and other military purposes and to
acquire real property for such purposes. Whenever the title to any real
property required for an armory, camp, range, base, building, structure
or other facility or purpose for the organized militia, is vested in a
county, city, town or village, such county, city, town or village may
grant, convey, lease and release such real property, together with any
buildings thereon, to the state, with or without consideration, and
without prior notice, public sale or referendum, notwithstanding any
inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any general, special or
local law or of any city charter; provided, however, that any lease to
the state under this section for the purpose of armory construction
shall be without cost to the state. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law or of
any city charter, and without prior notice or referendum, any county,
city, town or village is hereby specifically authorized to acquire any
property for the purpose of conveying or leasing the same to the state
in accordance with the provisions of this section.