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2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government › Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities › 753 - Publication of Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.

§ 753. Publication of proposed joint consolidation agreement. No later
  than  five business days after commencement of consolidation proceedings
  pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this title, the governing
  body or bodies of the  local  government  entities  to  be  consolidated
  shall:
1.  cause  a copy of the proposed joint consolidation agreement, 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 joint  consolidation  agreement,  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; and
3. arrange to be published a descriptive summary of the proposed joint
  consolidation  agreement  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.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government › Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities › 754 - Public Hearings on Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.

§  754.  Public hearings on proposed joint consolidation agreement. 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 joint consolidation agreement. The hearing or
hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and  no  more  than
ninety  days after commencement of consolidation proceedings pursuant to
section seven hundred fifty-two 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  joint
consolidation  agreement  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  joint  consolidation  agreement,  provided  that  the  amended
version complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven
hundred  fifty-two  of  this  title  and  is  publicized   pursuant   to
subdivision  four of this section, and/or approve a final version of the
joint consolidation  agreement,  or  decline  to  proceed  further  with
consolidation  proceedings. Any approval by the entities' governing body
or bodies of the final version of the joint consolidation agreement must
occur within one hundred eighty days of such final hearing.
4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed  joint
consolidation  agreement,  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  joint
consolidation agreement, 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  joint  consolidation
agreement,  along  with a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to
the public place or places within each such 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.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government › Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities › 755 - Referendum Resolution for Consolidation of Towns or Villages.

§  755.  Referendum resolution for consolidation of towns or villages.
1. If a joint consolidation agreement calls for the consolidation of two
or more towns, two or more villages or one or more towns  and  villages,
then  contemporaneous with the final approval of the joint consolidation
agreement  pursuant  to  subdivision  three  of  section  seven  hundred
fifty-four  of  this  title,  the  governing body or bodies of the local
government entities to be consolidated shall enact a resolution  calling
for  a  referendum on the proposed consolidation by the electors in each
of the entities.
2.  The  resolution  calling  for  the  referendum  on  the   proposed
consolidation shall:
(a) provide (i) the name of each of the towns and/or villages proposed
to  be  consolidated, (ii) a statement fully describing the territory to
be included within the proposed consolidated  local  government  entity,
(iii) the name of the proposed consolidated local government entity, and
(iv)  the date for the referendum, in accordance with subdivision one of
section seven hundred fifty-eight 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  a  referendum  on  the  proposed
consolidation shall have attached to it the final  approved  version  of
the joint consolidation agreement.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 17-A - Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government › Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities › 756 - Effective Date of Joint Consolidation Agreement.

§   756.  Effective  date  of  joint  consolidation  agreement.  Local
  government entities  consolidated  pursuant  to  a  joint  consolidation
  agreement  shall  continue  to be governed as before consolidation until
  the  effective  date  of  the  consolidation  specified  in  the   joint
  consolidation  agreement; provided, however, that no joint consolidation
  agreement consolidating two or more towns, two or more villages  or  one
  or  more  towns  and  villages  shall  take  effect unless approved by a
  majority of electors in each such town and/or village  at  a  referendum
  called  through  a  resolution enacted pursuant to section seven hundred
  fifty-five of this title.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
4.  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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
3.  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; and
4.  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.