N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 761
Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan

No later than five business days after approving a proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to § 760 (Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan)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.

Source: Section 761 — Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GMU/761 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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