793 – Separability.
§ 793. Separability. If any title, section, subdivision, paragraph or other part of this article shall be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the part directly involved in the controversy wherein such judgment shall have been rendered.
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 […]
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 […]
785 – Effective Date of Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan; Permissive Referendum.
§ 785. Effective date of elector initiated dissolution plan; permissive referendum. 1. A local government entity dissolved pursuant to an elector initiated dissolution plan shall continue to be governed as before dissolution until the effective date of the dissolution specified in the elector initiated dissolution plan, which date shall be no less than forty-five days […]
786 – Court-Ordered Dissolution; Judicial Hearing Officer.
§ 786. Court-ordered dissolution; judicial hearing officer. 1. If the governing body of a local government entity with a duty to prepare and approve a proposed elector initiated dissolution plan pursuant to section seven hundred eighty-two of this title fails to prepare and approve such plan or is otherwise unable or unwilling to accomplish and […]
787 – Winding Down the Affairs of a Dissolved Local Government Entity.
§ 787. Winding down the affairs of a dissolved local government entity. 1. Upon the successful completion of dissolution proceedings pursuant to this title, the governing body of the dissolving local government entity shall wind down the affairs thereof, dispose of its property as provided by law, make provisions for the payment of all indebtedness […]
788 – Effect on Actions and Proceedings; Disposition of Records, Books and Papers.
§ 788. Effect on actions and proceedings; disposition of records, books and papers. 1. Except as otherwise provided for in this title, no action for or against the local government entity to be dissolved shall abate, nor shall any claim for or against it be affected by reason of its dissolution. 2. Upon the dissolution […]
789 – Effect on Existing Laws of Village.
§ 789. Effect on existing laws of village. 1. Except as otherwise provided in the dissolution plan or elector initiated dissolution plan, as the case may be, all local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of a village in effect on the date of the dissolution of such village, including but not limited to zoning ordinances, […]
790 – Debts, Liabilities and Obligations.
§ 790. Debts, liabilities and obligations. The outstanding debts, liabilities and obligations of the dissolved local government entity shall be assumed by the town in which the dissolved entity was situated and shall be a charge upon the taxable property within the limits of the dissolved entity, collected in the same manner as town taxes. […]
791 – Liability of Officials and Employees.
§ 791. Liability of officials and employees. In the absence of fraud, gross negligence or willful misfeasance, no officer or employee of a local government entity shall be held personally liable upon any claim arising from the consolidation or dissolution of a local government entity pursuant to this article or any circumstances connected with such […]