Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 15347. Prevention and control of floods

(a) Prevention and control of floods.--The county commissioners may borrow, appropriate and expend money and may acquire by purchase or dedication or by the power of eminent domain real property, or any interest in real property, for the purpose of cleansing, maintaining, regulating, improving and controlling rivers, streams and other bodies of water and stormwater drainage systems lying within the boundaries of the county, either in whole or in part, for the prevention and control of floods. The county commissioners may make contracts and expenditures for the cleansing, maintenance, regulation, improvement and control of waters and drainage systems and for the prevention and control of floods by storage or retaining reservoirs, or otherwise, in parts of waters beyond the limits of the county or of the Commonwealth, if, in the county commissioner's judgment, the expenditures are necessary and for the benefit of the county.

(b) Investigations.--The county commissioners may make appropriations and expenditures for investigating and examining or for assisting in the investigation and examination of the condition of waters for the purpose of subsection (a).

(c) Agreements.--The county commissioners may enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Defense or other public authorities empowered to act under any law of the United States or of this or any other state, as may be necessary and proper for the prevention and control of floods.

(d) Bonds.--In exercising the powers under this chapter, the county commissioners may, subject to the limitation of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, issue interest bearing bonds of the county in accordance with the provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B  1 (relating to indebtedness and borrowing).