2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 17-A - Consolidation in 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.