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NY Gen Mun L § 758 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 758 - Conduct of Referendum.

§  758.  Conduct  of  referendum. 1. A referendum required by sections seven hundred fifty-five or seven  hundred  fifty-seven  of  this  title shall  be  placed  before  the  electors of each of the local government entities to be consolidated at a special election to be  held  not  less than  sixty or more than ninety days after the enactment of a resolution calling for such referendum, provided, however, that in  cases  where  a town  or village general election falls within such period, the question may be considered during a town or village general election.   2. The referendum may be held in each local government entity  on  the same  day,  or  on  different  days,  however, not more than twenty days apart.   3. Notice of the referendum shall be given to  the  electors  of  each local government entity to be consolidated by publication in a newspaper having  a  general  circulation  within the boundaries of each entity at least once a week for four consecutive weeks immediately  prior  to  the referendum. The notice shall include, but not be limited to:  (a)   a   summary   of  the  contents  of  the  resolution  and  joint consolidation agreement or petition for consolidation, as the  case  may be;  (b)  a  statement as to where may be examined a copy of the resolution and joint consolidation agreement or petition for consolidation, as  the case may be;  (c)  the names of the local government entities to be consolidated and a description of their territory;  (d) with respect to  a  resolution  calling  for  a  referendum  under section  seven  hundred  fifty-five  of this title only, the name of the proposed consolidated local government entity;  (e) the time and place or places at which the referendum will be held; and  (f) such other matters as may be necessary to call,  provide  for  and give notice of the referendum and to provide for the conduct thereof and the canvass of the returns thereupon.   4.  The  referendum  question placed before the electors of each local government entity  to  be  consolidated  shall  be  in  a  form  reading substantially as follows:   "Shall   (insert   type  and  name  of  local  government  entity)  be consolidated with (insert type and name of local  government  entity  or entities)?   YES ____   NO ____"   5.  In  any  referendum  held  pursuant  to  this  title,  each  local government entity to be  consolidated  shall  bear  only  the  costs  of holding  such  referendum  in  its  respective  entity  and shall not be required to bear the costs of a referendum held in any other entity.   6. In any referendum held  pursuant  to  this  title,  and  except  as otherwise  specified  herein,  the  referendum shall be conducted in the same manner as other municipal elections or referendums  for  the  local government entities to be consolidated.
NY Gen Mun L § 759 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 759 - Canvassing of Vote; Moratorium on Further Referendum.

§ 759. Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum. 1. In any   referendum  held  pursuant  to  this  title,  the  ballots cast shall be   counted, returns made and canvassed and results certified  in  the  same   manner  as  other  municipal  elections  or  referendums  for  the local   government entities to be consolidated.2. Consolidation shall not  take  effect  unless  a  majority  of  the   electors  voting in each local government entity to be consolidated vote   in favor of consolidation. If in any one of the entities such a majority   vote does not result, the referendum shall fail and consolidation  shall   not take effect.3.  If  consolidation is approved by a majority of the electors voting   in each local government entity to be consolidated, certificates of such   result shall be immediately filed with the secretary of state  and  with   the  clerks of the entities and county in which any part of the entities   is situated.4. If the referendum shall fail, the consolidation  process  specified   by  this  title  shall not be initiated for the same purpose within four   years of the date of such referendum. This  subdivision,  however,  does   not apply to a permissive referendum conducted pursuant to section seven   hundred sixty-three of this title.
NY Gen Mun L § 760 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 760 - Duty to Approve Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.

§  760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. 1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government  entities properly  initiated  by  petition  of electors pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors  voting in  a  referendum  held  in  each of the local government entities to be consolidated vote in favor of  consolidation,  the  entities'  governing body  or bodies shall meet within thirty days after certification of the favorable vote and, within one hundred  eighty  days  of  such  meeting, prepare   and   approve  by  resolution  a  proposed  elector  initiated consolidation plan.   2. The proposed elector initiated consolidation plan shall include:  (a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;  (b) the name of what will be the consolidated local government entity, which name shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of any other like unit of government in the state of New York (except the name of any one of the entities to be consolidated);  (c) the rights, duties  and  obligations  of  the  consolidated  local government entity;  (d)  the  territorial  boundaries of the consolidated local government entity;  (e) the type and/or class of the consolidated local government entity;  (f) the governmental organization of the consolidated local government entity insofar as it concerns elected and appointed officials and public employees, along with a transitional plan and schedule for elections and appointments of officials;  (g) a fiscal estimate of the cost of and savings which may be realized from consolidation;  (h) each entity's assets, including, but  not  limited  to,  real  and personal  property,  and  the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;  (i) each entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and  otherwise, and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;  (j)  terms  for  the  disposition  of existing assets, liabilities and indebtedness of each local government entity, either jointly, separately or in certain defined proportions;  (k) terms for the common administration  and  uniform  enforcement  of local  laws,  ordinances,  resolutions,  orders and the like, within the consolidated local government  entity,  consistent  with  section  seven hundred sixty-nine of this title;  (l) the effective date of the consolidation; and  (m) the time and place or places for the public hearing or hearings on such  proposed  elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty-two of this title.
NY Gen Mun L § 761 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 761 - Publication of Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.

§  761.  Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.   No later than five business days  after  approving  a  proposed  elector   initiated  consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of   this title, the  governing  body  or  bodies  of  the  local  government   entities to be consolidated shall:1.  cause a copy of the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan,   along with a descriptive summary thereof, to be  displayed  and  readily   accessible  to  the  public  for  inspection in a public place or places   within each entity;2. cause the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan, along with   a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to  the  public  place  or   places  within  each  entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to be   displayed on a website maintained by  each  entity  or  otherwise  on  a   website  maintained  by  the  village,  town  and/or county in which the   entities are located; and3. arrange to be published  a  descriptive  summary  of  the  proposed   elector initiated consolidation plan and a reference to the public place   or  places  within the entities where a copy thereof may be examined, at   least once each week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper having  a   general circulation within each entity.
NY Gen Mun L § 762 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 762 - Public Hearings on Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.

§  762.  Public  hearings  on proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. 1. The governing body or bodies of the local  government  entities to  be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more public hearings on the proposed elector  initiated  consolidation  plan. The  hearing or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and no  more  than  ninety  days  after  the  proposed   elector   initiated consolidation  plan  is approved pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of this title. The hearing or hearings may be held jointly or separately by the governing body or bodies of the entities. Any  interested  person shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the proposed consolidation.   2.  The public hearing or hearings shall be held on notice of at least ten days, but not more than twenty days, published  in  a  newspaper  or newspapers  having  general  circulation  within  each  local government entity to be consolidated and displayed on a website maintained by  each entity  or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in which the entities are located. The notice of the  hearing  or hearings  shall  provide  a  descriptive summary of the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan and a reference  to  the  public  place  or places  within  the  entities  where  a  copy  of  such agreement may be examined.   3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body or bodies of the local government  entities  to  be  consolidated  may  amend  the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan, provided that the amended version complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven hundred  sixty  of  this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision four of this section.  The  entities'  governing  body  or  bodies  must approve  a  final  version  of  the elector initiated consolidation plan within sixty days of such final hearing.   4. No later than  five  business  days  after  amending  the  proposed elector  initiated  consolidation  plan, the governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolidated shall:  (a) cause a copy of  the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector initiated  consolidation plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof, to be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a public place or places within each entity; and  (b) cause the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector  initiated consolidation  plan,  along  with  a  descriptive  summary thereof and a reference to the public place or places within each entity where a  copy thereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by each entity  or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in which the entities are located.
NY Gen Mun L § 765 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 765 - General Effect of Consolidation.

§  765. General effect of consolidation. 1. On and after the effective   date of a consolidation, the  consolidating  local  government  entities   shall be treated and considered for all purposes as one local government   entity,  under the name and on the terms and conditions set forth in the   joint consolidation agreement or  the  elector  initiated  consolidation   plan, as the case may be.2.  All  rights,  privileges  and  franchises  of each component local   government entity and all assets, real  and  personal  property,  books,   records, papers, seals and equipment, as well as other things in action,   belonging  to  each component local government entity shall be deemed as   transferred to and vested in the consolidated  local  government  entity   without further act or deed.3.  All  property,  rights-of-way  and  other  interests  shall  be as   effectually the property of the consolidated local government entity  as   they  were  of  the  component  local government entities prior to their   consolidation. The title to real estate, either by  deed  or  otherwise,   under  the  laws of the state of New York vested in any of the component   local government entities shall not be deemed to revert or be in any way   impaired by reason of the consolidation.4. The consolidated local government entity shall in all  respects  be   subject to all the obligations and liabilities imposed and shall possess   all  the  rights,  powers, and privileges vested by law in other similar   entities.5.  Upon  the  effective  date  of  the   consolidation,   the   joint   consolidation  agreement or the elector initiated consolidation plan, as   the case may be, shall be subordinate in all respects  to  the  contract   rights  of  all  holders  of  any securities or obligations of the local   government  entities  outstanding  at  the   effective   date   of   the   consolidation.6.   If   a   joint   consolidation  agreement  or  elector  initiated   consolidation plan provides for  the  dissolution  of  a  local  justice   court, all court records of such court shall be deposited with a justice   court judge to be designated by the administrative judge of the judicial   district  within  which  the  dissolving  justice  court is located. The   designated justice court judge  shall  have  authority  to  execute  and   complete all unfinished business.
NY Gen Mun L § 766 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 766 - Election and Appointment of Officials.

§  766.  Election  and  appointment of officials. New officials of the   consolidated local government entity required to be elected  shall  take   office  on the first Monday of January following the election designated   in the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated  consolidation   plan,  as  the case may be. At such election, the necessary officials of   the consolidated local government entity shall be elected in  accordance   with  the  terms  of  the  general law affecting entities of the kind or   class of the consolidated local government entity. Except  as  otherwise   specified  in  the  joint  consolidation  agreement or elector initiated   consolidation plan, all appointive officials of the  consolidated  local   government  entity  thereafter  shall  be appointed by the individual or   entity upon whom the power to appoint such officials is conferred by the   terms of the general law affecting entities of the kind or class of  the   consolidated  local  government  entity.  Successors  in office for such   elected or appointed positions shall thereafter be elected or  appointed   at the time, in the manner and for the terms provided by the general law   affecting  entities  of  the  kind  or  class  of the consolidated local   government entity.
NY Gen Mun L § 767 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 767 - Effect of Transition on Employees.

§ 767. Effect of transition on employees. Except as otherwise provided   by  law and except for those officials and employees protected by tenure   of office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining  agreement,   upon  the  effective  date  of consolidation, all appointive offices and   positions then existing  in  all  component  local  government  entities   involved in the consolidation shall be subject to the terms of the joint   consolidation  agreement or elector initiated consolidation plan, as the   case may be. Such agreement or plan may provide for instances  in  which   there  is duplication of positions and for other matters such as varying   length of employee contracts, different civil service regulations in the   constituent entities and differing ranks  and  position  classifications   for similar positions.
NY Gen Mun L § 768 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 768 - Debts, Liabilities and Obligations.

§  768.  Debts,  liabilities  and obligations. 1. All valid and lawful   debts and liabilities existing against a consolidated  local  government   entity, or which may thereafter arise or accrue against the consolidated   local  government entity, which but for consolidation would be valid and   lawful debts or liabilities against one or more of the  component  local   government  entities, shall be deemed and taken to be like debts against   or liabilities of the consolidated local  government  entity  and  shall   accordingly be defrayed and answered to by it to the same extent, and no   further  than,  the  component local government entities would have been   bound if no consolidation had taken place.2. The rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of  any  of   the  component  local  government  entities  of a consolidation shall be   preserved unimpaired. The respective component entities shall be  deemed   to  continue  in  existence  to  preserve such rights and liens, and all   debts, liabilities and duties of any of  the  component  entities  shall   thenceforth  attach  to  the consolidated local government entity and be   enforced against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities and   duties had  been  incurred  or  contracted  by  the  consolidated  local   government entity.3.  All  bonds,  contracts  and  obligations of the component entities   which exist as legal obligations shall be deemed like obligations of the   consolidated local government entity, and all such  obligations  as  are   authorized  or  required to be issued or entered into shall be issued or   entered into by and in the name of  the  consolidated  local  government   entity.
NY Gen Mun L § 769 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 769 - Effect on Existing Laws; Transition Period.

§  769.  Effect  on  existing  laws; transition period. Subject to the   provisions of the joint consolidation  agreement  or  elector  initiated   consolidation  plan,  as  the  case  may  be,  pertaining  to the common   administration and uniform enforcement of laws in the consolidated local   government entity, all local laws, ordinances, rules or  regulations  of   the  component local government entities in effect on the effective date   of consolidation shall remain  in  full  force  and  effect  within  the   respective areas of the component local government entities that existed   prior  to consolidation, insofar as the local laws, ordinances, rules or   regulations are not repugnant to law, until repealed or amended. As soon   as practicable but not later than two years after the effective date  of   consolidation,  the  governing body of the consolidated local government   entity shall adopt new local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations  as   necessary to redress conflicts and otherwise redress ambiguities arising   among  the  then-existing laws, ordinances, rules or regulations for the   common administration and uniform governance of the  consolidated  local   government entity.
NY Gen Mun L § 770 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 770 - Effect on Actions and Proceedings.

§  770. Effect on actions and proceedings. 1. Suits may be brought and   maintained against a consolidated local government entity in any of  the   courts  of  the  state  in  the  same  manner as against any other local   government entity.2. In any action or  proceeding  pending  on  the  effective  date  of   consolidation to which any component local government entity is a party,   the consolidated local government entity may be substituted in its place   and  the  action  or  proceeding  may  be  prosecuted  to judgment as if   consolidation had not taken place.
NY Gen Mun L § 771 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 771 - Registration of Electors.

§ 771. Registration of electors. No new registration of electors shall   be  necessary in case of consolidation, but all elector registrations of   the component local government entities  shall  be  transferred  to  the   proper  registration  books of the consolidated local government entity,   and new registrations shall  be  made  as  provided  by  law  as  if  no   consolidation had taken place.
NY Gen Mun L § 772 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities 772 - Determination of Rights.

§ 772. Determination of rights. If any right, title, interest or claim   shall  arise  out  of any consolidation or by reason thereof that is not   determinable by reference to the provisions  of  this  article,  by  the   joint  consolidation  agreement or elector initiated consolidation plan,   as the case may be, or otherwise under the laws of this state, then  the   governing  body  of the consolidated local government entity may provide   therefore in a manner conforming to law.
NY Gen Mun L § 773 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 773 - Commencing the Proceeding.

§  773.  Commencing the proceeding. 1. A local government entity other than a town may be dissolved and terminated by the  procedure  described in this title.   2. Dissolution proceedings may be commenced by:  (a)  a resolution of the governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved endorsing a proposed dissolution plan; or  (b) elector initiative.