N.Y.
General Municipal Law Section 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 § 782 (Duty to approve proposed elector initiated dissolution plan)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 § 782 (Duty to approve proposed elector initiated dissolution plan)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.
Source:
Section 784 — Public hearings on proposed elector initiated dissolution plan, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GMU/784 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).
