2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VIL - Village
Article 2 - (2-200 - 2-258) INCORPORATION
2-234 - Date and certificate of incorporation and effective dates.

 
    §  2-234 Date and certificate of incorporation and effective dates. 1.
  The secretary of state upon receipt of the report of incorporation shall
  forthwith  file  same  in  his  office  and,   in   a   certificate   of
  incorporation, shall certify, under the seal of his office, to the clerk
  of each town in which any portion of such territory is located that said
  report  has  been filed in his office giving the date of filing thereof.
  The village shall be incorporated as of the date of the filing  of  said
  report;  provided,  however,  that  such incorporation shall only become
  effective on the following dates for the following purposes:
    a. from the date of incorporation:
    (1) to perform any and all acts authorized in sections  2-236  through
  2-250 inclusive, hereof
    (2) to appoint a village clerk, treasurer, attorney
    (3) to hold meetings of the board of trustees
    (4) to appoint a zoning commission
    (5) to engage necessary clerical assistants to the clerk
    (6) to designate an official newspaper
    (7)  to  fix  the compensation of and to pay all salaries, fees, costs
  and disbursements in connection with any of the foregoing and to  borrow
  by  tax  anticipation  notes in the manner provided in the local finance
  law, such money as may be needed to make such payments.
    (8) such officers, commission, and employees as are authorized by this
  paragraph shall have power to perform their necessary duties.
    b. from  the  first  day  of  January  next  succeeding  the  date  of
  incorporation:
    (1)  to  perform all acts and fulfill all requirements of title two of
  article fourteen of the real property tax law
    (2) to perform all acts and fulfill all requirements of  this  chapter
  in the article entitled "Finances".
    (3)  to  pay  all necessary costs and disbursements in connection with
  the foregoing and to borrow by tax  anticipation  notes  in  the  manner
  provided  in  the local finance law, such money as may be needed to make
  such payments.
    c. from the first day of June following the first day of January  next
  succeeding  the  date  of  incorporation,  to  have and exercise all the
  rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities  granted  villages  by
  the constitution or any other provision of law.
    2. The town clerks of all towns in which any part of such territory is
  located  shall, uopn the appointment of the village clerk as provided in
  section 2-240 of this article, deliver to said clerk the certificates of
  incorporation filed with them for permanent inclusion  in  the  official
  records of said village.