The purpose of this regulation is to implement the requirements of State Finance Law, section 54(10)(h) which established a competitive grant program for two or more municipalities to cover costs associated with mergers, consolidations, cooperative agreements, dissolutions and shared services. It directed the Secretary of State to adopt rules and regulations to implement the program.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 814.1