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NY Gen Mun L § 774 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 774 - Proposed Dissolution Plan.

§  774.  Proposed  dissolution  plan. 1. The governing body of a local government entity may, by resolution,  endorse  a  proposed  dissolution plan  for  the  purpose of commencing dissolution proceedings under this article.   2. The proposed dissolution plan shall specify:  (a) the name of the local government entity to be dissolved;  (b) the territorial boundaries of the entity;  (c) the type and/or class of the entity;  (d) a fiscal estimate of the cost of dissolution;  (e) any plan for the transfer or elimination of public employees;  (f) the entity's  assets,  including  but  not  limited  to  real  and personal  property,  and  the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;  (g) the entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded  and  otherwise, and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;  (h)  any  agreements  entered into with the town or towns in which the entity is situated in order to carry out the dissolution;  (i) the manner and means by which the residents  of  the  entity  will continue  to  be  furnished  municipal  services  following the entity's dissolution;  (j)  terms  for  the  disposition  of  the  entity's  assets  and  the disposition  of its liabilities and indebtedness, including the levy and collection of the necessary taxes and assessments therefor;  (k) findings as to  whether  any  local  laws,  ordinances,  rules  or regulations  of  the  entity  shall remain in effect after the effective date of the dissolution or shall remain in effect for a period  of  time other  than  as  provided  by  section seven hundred eighty-nine of this title;  (l) the effective date of the proposed dissolution;  (m) the time and place or places for a public hearing or  hearings  on the   proposed  dissolution  plan  pursuant  to  section  seven  hundred seventy-six of this title; and  (n)  any  other  matter  desirable  or  necessary  to  carry  out  the dissolution.
NY Gen Mun L § 775 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 775 - Publication of Proposed Dissolution Plan.

§  775.  Publication  of proposed dissolution plan. No later than five   business days after commencement of dissolution proceedings pursuant  to   section  seven hundred seventy-four of this title, the governing body of   the local government entity to be dissolved shall:1. cause a copy  of  the  proposed  dissolution  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 the entity;2. cause the proposed  dissolution  plan,  along  with  a  descriptive   summary thereof and a reference to the public place or places within the   entity  where  a  copy  thereof  may  be  examined, to be displayed on a   website maintained by the entity or otherwise on a website maintained by   the village, town and/or county in which the entity is located;3. arrange to be published  a  descriptive  summary  of  the  proposed   dissolution  plan  and  a reference to the public place or places within   the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, at least once each week   for four successive weeks in a newspaper having  a  general  circulation   within the entity; and4.  in  the case of a proposed dissolution of a village, the governing   body of the village shall cause the  proposed  dissolution  plan  to  be   mailed  by certified or registered mail to the supervisor of the town or   towns in which the village is situated.
NY Gen Mun L § 776 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 776 - Public Hearings on Proposed Dissolution Plan.

§  776. Public hearings on proposed dissolution plan. 1. The governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved shall set a time and place or places  for  one  or  more  public  hearings  on  the  proposed dissolution  plan.  The  hearing  or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and no more than  ninety  days  after  commencement  of dissolution  proceedings  pursuant to section seven hundred seventy-four of this title.  Any  interested  person  shall  be  given  a  reasonable opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the proposed dissolution.   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 the local government entity to  be  dissolved and displayed on a website maintained by the entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county  in which the entity is located. The notice of the hearing or hearings shall provide  a  descriptive  summary  of the proposed dissolution plan and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where  a  copy of such plan may be examined.   3.  After  completion  of the final hearing, the governing body of the local  government  entity  to  be  dissolved  may  amend  the   proposed dissolution  plan,  provided  that the amended version complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven hundred  seventy-four  of this  title  and  is  publicized  pursuant  to  subdivision four of this section, and/or approve a final version  of  the  dissolution  plan,  or decline to proceed further with dissolution proceedings. Any approval by the governing body of a final version of the dissolution plan must occur within one hundred eighty days of the final hearing.   4.  No  later  than  five  business  days  after amending the proposed dissolution plan, the governing body  of  the  entity  to  be  dissolved shall:  (a)  cause  a  copy of the amended version of the proposed dissolution 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 the entity; and  (b) cause the amended version of the proposed dissolution plan,  along with  a  descriptive summary thereof and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to  be displayed  on  a  website  maintained  by  the  entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village,  town  and/or  county  in  which  the entity is located.
NY Gen Mun L § 777 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 777 - Referendum Resolution for Dissolution of Villages.

§  777.  Referendum  resolution  for  dissolution of villages. 1. If a dissolution  plan  calls  for  the  dissolution  of  a   village,   then contemporaneous with the final approval of the dissolution plan pursuant to subdivision three of section seven hundred seventy-six of this title, the governing body of the village shall enact a resolution calling for a referendum on the proposed dissolution by the electors in the village.   2.   The  resolution  calling  for  the  referendum  on  the  proposed dissolution shall:  (a) provide (i) the name of the village to be dissolved; and (ii)  the date  for  the referendum, in accordance with subdivision one of section seven hundred eighty of this title;  (b) state the substance  of  the  question  to  be  submitted  to  the electors; and  (c)  set forth 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.   3.   The  resolution  calling  for  the  referendum  on  the  proposed dissolution shall have attached to it the final approved version of  the dissolution plan.
NY Gen Mun L § 778 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 778 - Effective Date of Dissolution Plan.

§  778.  Effective date of dissolution plan. A local government entity   dissolved pursuant to a dissolution plan shall continue to  be  governed   as  before  dissolution  until  the  effective  date  of the dissolution   specified  in  the  dissolution  plan;  provided,   however,   that   no   dissolution  plan  for  a village shall take effect unless approved by a   majority of electors of the village at a  referendum  called  through  a   resolution  enacted  pursuant  to section seven hundred seventy-seven of   this title.
NY Gen Mun L § 780 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 780 - Conduct of Referendum.

§   780.  Conduct  of  referendum.  1.  A  referendum  on  a  proposed dissolution required by sections seven hundred  seventy-seven  or  seven hundred  seventy-nine  of this title shall be placed before the electors in the local government entity to be dissolved at a special election  to be held not less than sixty or more than ninety days after the enactment of  a  resolution calling for the referendum, provided, however, that in cases where a town or village general election falls within such period, the referendum question may be  considered  during  a  town  or  village general election.   2.  Notice  of  the  referendum  shall be given to the electors of the local government entity to be dissolved by publication  in  a  newspaper having  a  general  circulation  within  the boundaries of the 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 dissolution plan or petition for dissolution, as the case may be;  (b) a statement as to where may be examined copies of  the  resolution and dissolution plan or petition for dissolution, as the case may be;  (c)  the  name  of  the  local government entity to be dissolved and a statement fully describing its territory;  (d) the time and place or places at which the referendum will be held; and  (e) 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.   3.  The  referendum  question  placed before the electors of the local government  entity  to  be  dissolved  shall  be  in  a   form   reading substantially as follows:   "Shall (insert type and name of local government entity) be dissolved?   YES ____   NO ____"   4. In any referendum held pursuant to this title, the local government entity  to be dissolved shall bear the costs associated with the conduct of such referendum.   5. 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 entity affected by the proposed dissolution.
NY Gen Mun L § 781 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 781 - Canvassing of Vote; Moratorium on Further Referendum.

§ 781. 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 entity affected by the proposed dissolution.2. Dissolution shall not take effect unless a majority of the electors   voting in the local government entity in which the  referendum  is  held   vote  in  favor of dissolution. If such a majority vote does not result,   the referendum shall fail and dissolution shall not take effect.3. If dissolution is approved by a majority of the electors voting  in   the   local   government   entity  in  which  the  referendum  is  held,   certificates  of  such  result  immediately  shall  be  filed  with  the   secretary of state and with the clerks of the local government entity or   entities  and  county  in which is situated any part of the entity to be   dissolved.4. If the referendum shall fail, the dissolution process specified  by   this title shall not be initiated for the local government entity 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 eighty-five of this title.
NY Gen Mun L § 782 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 782 - Duty to Approve Proposed Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan.

§ 782. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated dissolution plan. 1. In  the  case  of  a  proposed  dissolution of a local government entity properly initiated by petition of electors  pursuant  to  section  seven hundred seventy-nine of this title, if a majority of the electors voting at  a  referendum  vote  in favor of dissolution, the entity's governing body shall meet within thirty days after certification of the  favorable vote  and,  within  one hundred eighty days of such meeting, prepare and approve a proposed elector initiated dissolution plan.   2. The proposed elector initiated dissolution plan shall specify:  (a) the name of the local government entity to be dissolved;  (b) the territorial boundaries of the entity;  (c) the type and/or class of the entity;  (d) a fiscal estimate of the cost of dissolution;  (e) any plan for the transfer or elimination of public employees;  (f) the entity's  assets,  including  but  not  limited  to  real  and personal  property,  and  the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;  (g) the entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded  and  otherwise, and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;  (h)  any  agreements  entered into with the town or towns in which the entity is situated in order to carry out the dissolution;  (i) the manner and means by which the residents  of  the  entity  will continue  to  be  furnished  municipal  services  following the entity's dissolution;  (j)  terms  for  the  disposition  of  the  entity's  assets  and  the disposition  of its liabilities and indebtedness, including the levy and collection of the necessary taxes and assessments therefor;  (k) findings as to  whether  any  local  laws,  ordinances,  rules  or regulations  of  the  entity  shall remain in effect after the effective date of the dissolution or shall remain in effect for a period  of  time other  than  as  provided  by  section seven hundred eighty-nine of this title;  (l) the effective date of the dissolution;  (m) the time and place or places for a public hearing or  hearings  on such  proposed  dissolution  plan  pursuant  to  section  seven  hundred eighty-four of this title; and  (n)  any  other  matter  desirable  or  necessary  to  carry  out  the dissolution.
NY Gen Mun L § 783 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 783 - Publication of Proposed Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan.

§  783. Publication of proposed elector initiated dissolution plan. No   later than five business  days  after  approving  an  elector  initiated   dissolution  plan  pursuant  to section seven hundred eighty-two of this   title, the governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved   shall:1. cause a copy of the proposed elector  initiated  dissolution  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 the entity;2. cause the proposed elector initiated dissolution plan, along with a   descriptive  summary  thereof  and  a  reference  to the public place or   places within the entity where a copy thereof may  be  examined,  to  be   displayed  on  a  website  maintained  by  the  entity or otherwise on a   website maintained by the village,  town  and/or  county  in  which  the   entity is located; and3.  arrange  to  be  published  a  descriptive summary of the proposed   elector initiated dissolution plan and a reference to the  public  place   or  places  within  the  entity where a copy thereof may be examined, at   least once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper  having  a   general circulation within the entity; and4.  in  the case of a proposed dissolution of a village, the governing   body  of  the  village  shall  cause  the  proposed  elector   initiated   dissolution  plan  to  be  mailed by certified or registered mail to the   supervisor of the town or towns in which the village is situated.
NY Gen Mun L § 784 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 784 - Public Hearings on Proposed Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan.

§ 784. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated dissolution plan. 1.  The  governing  body  of the local government entity to be dissolved shall set a time and place or places for one or more public hearings  on the proposed elector initiated dissolution 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  dissolution  plan  is approved pursuant  to  section  seven  hundred  eighty-two  of  this  title.  Any interested person shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the proposed dissolution.   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 the local government entity to  be  dissolved and displayed on a website maintained by the entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county  in which the entity is located. The notice of the hearing or hearings shall provide   a  descriptive  summary  of  the  proposed  elector  initiated dissolution plan, and a reference to the public place or  places  within the entity where a copy of such plan may be examined.   3.  After  completion  of the final hearing, the governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved may amend the  proposed  elector initiated  dissolution  plan, provided that the amended version complies with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  section  seven  hundred eighty-two  of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision four of this section. The governing body must approve a final version of  the elector  initiated  dissolution  plan  within  sixty  days of such final hearing.   4. No later than  five  business  days  after  amending  the  proposed elector  initiated  dissolution  plan,  the  governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved shall:  (a) cause a copy of  the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector initiated dissolution 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 the entity; and  (b) cause the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector  initiated dissolution  plan,  along  with  a  descriptive  summary  thereof  and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where  a  copy thereof  may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by the entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town  and/or county in which the entity is located.
NY Gen Mun L § 786 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 786 - Court-Ordered Dissolution; Judicial Hearing Officer.

§  786. Court-ordered dissolution; judicial hearing officer. 1. If the   governing body of a local government entity with a duty to  prepare  and   approve  a  proposed  elector  initiated  dissolution  plan  pursuant to   section seven hundred eighty-two of this  title  fails  to  prepare  and   approve  such plan or is otherwise unable or unwilling to accomplish and   complete the dissolution pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  article,   then  any  five electors who signed the petition seeking dissolution may   commence a special proceeding against the  entity  pursuant  to  article   seventy-eight  of the civil practice law and rules, in the supreme court   within the judicial district in which the entity or the greater  portion   of its territory is located, to compel compliance with the provisions of   this article.2.  If  the petitioners in such special proceeding shall substantially   prevail, then the court shall issue an injunction ordering the governing   body to comply with the applicable provisions of this  article.  If  the   governing  body  violates  the  injunction,  the  court  shall appoint a   hearing officer pursuant to article forty-three of  the  civil  practice   law  and  rules  to  hear and determine an elector initiated dissolution   plan for the entity that complies with the provisions of subdivision two   of section seven hundred eighty-two of this title.3. The final determination  of  the  judicial  hearing  officer  shall   constitute  the final approval of the elector initiated dissolution plan   and provide that such plan takes effect forty-five days after the filing   of such determination, unless a petition for a permissive referendum  is   properly  filed  pursuant  to  section seven hundred eighty-five of this   title.4. In any proceeding pursuant to this section in which the petitioners   substantially prevail, the costs of such proceeding, including the costs   of any judicial hearing officer appointed pursuant to subdivision two of   this section, shall be borne by the local government entity at the  rate   provided  for in article twenty-two of the judiciary law and regulations   promulgated pursuant thereto.
NY Gen Mun L § 787 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government Title 3 - Dissolution of Local Government Entities 787 - Winding Down the Affairs of a Dissolved Local Government Entity.

§  787.  Winding  down  the  affairs  of  a dissolved local government   entity. 1. Upon the successful  completion  of  dissolution  proceedings   pursuant  to  this  title,  the  governing  body of the dissolving local   government entity shall wind down the affairs thereof,  dispose  of  its   property  as  provided  by  law,  make provisions for the payment of all   indebtedness thereof and  for  the  performance  of  its  contracts  and   obligations,  and,  if  applicable and appropriate under law, levy taxes   and assessments as necessary to accomplish the dissolution.2. In furtherance of its duty to wind down the affairs  of  the  local   government entity, the governing body shall cause notice to be given, in   the  same  manner  as notice for a proposed dissolution plan pursuant to   section seven hundred seventy-five of this title, requiring  all  claims   against  the  dissolving  local  government entity, excluding any of its   outstanding securities, to be filed within a time fixed in  the  notice,   but  not  less than three months or more than six months, and all claims   not so filed shall be forever barred. At the expiration of such time the   governing body shall adjudicate claims so filed, and any resident of the   entity at the time of the effective date of the dissolution  may  appear   and  defend against any claim so filed, or the governing body may in its   discretion appoint some person for that purpose.