§ 16 — Location and cost of local veterans' service agencies; deputy local directors

§ 16. Location and cost of local veterans' service agencies; deputy\nlocal directors. 1. A local director shall designate the location of the\nlocal and branch offices of the local veterans' service agency within\nhis or her jurisdiction, which offices shall be open during convenient\nhours. The cost of maintenance and operation of a county veterans'\nservice agency shall be a county charge and the cost of maintenance and\noperation of a city veterans' service agency shall be a city charge,\nexcepting that the state commissioner with the approval of the veterans'\nservices commission shall allot and pay, from state moneys made\navailable to him or her for such purposes, to each county veterans'\nservice agency and each city veterans' service agency, an amount equal\nto fifty per centum of its expenditures for maintenance and operation\napproved by the state commissioner, provided that in no event shall the\namount allotted and paid for such approved expenditures incurred in any\ngiven year exceed (1) in the case of any county veterans' service agency\nin a county having a population of not more than one hundred thousand or\nin the case of any city veterans' service agency in a city having a\npopulation of not more than one hundred thousand, the sum of twenty-five\nthousand dollars, nor (2) in the case of any county veterans' service\nagency in a county having a population in excess of one hundred thousand\nexcluding the population of any city therein which has a city veterans'\nservice agency, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and, in\naddition thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one hundred\nthousand, or major portion thereof, of the population of the county in\nexcess of one hundred thousand excluding the population of any city\ntherein which has a city veterans' service agency, nor (3) in the case\nof any city veterans' service agency in a city having a population in\nexcess of one hundred thousand, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars,\nand, in addition thereto, the sum of five thousand dollars for each one\nhundred thousand, or major portion thereof, of the population of the\ncity in excess of one hundred thousand. Such population shall be\ncertified in the same manner as provided by section fifty-four of the\nstate finance law.\n 2. The head of a branch office of a local veterans' service agency\nshall be a deputy local director of the local veterans' service agency\nwho shall be appointed by the local director of the county or city in\nwhich the branch office is located with the approval of the governing\nbody which makes the appropriation for the maintenance of such branch\noffice; provided, however, that the head of a branch office of a local\nveterans' service agency which operates in and for two or more adjoining\ntowns or adjoining villages in the same county, and hereinafter in this\narticle referred to as a consolidated branch office, shall be appointed\nby the local director of the county in which the branch office is\nlocated with the approval of the governing body of each town or village\nwhich makes an appropriation for or toward the maintenance of such\nbranch office, and any town or village is authorized to enter into an\nagreement with an adjoining town or an adjoining village in the same\ncounty, respectively, or with two or more respective adjoining towns or\nvillages in the same county, providing for their joint undertaking to\nappropriate and make available moneys for or toward the maintenance of\nsuch a consolidated branch office.\n