The board of commissioners of any county may appropriate, annually, such amounts as may be deemed necessary to any "industrial development organization" as defined in section 2301 of the act of June 29, 1996 ( P.L. 434, No.67), known as the "Job Enhancement Act," to assist such agencies in the financing of their operational costs for the purposes of making studies, surveys and investigations, compiling data and statistics and in the carrying out of planning and promotional programs.
16 P.S. § 1985