753 – Publication of Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.
§ 753. Publication of proposed joint consolidation agreement. No later than five business days after commencement of consolidation proceedings pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this title, the governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolidated shall: 1. cause a copy of the proposed joint consolidation agreement, along with a […]
754 – Public Hearings on Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.
§ 754. Public hearings on proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more public hearings on the proposed joint consolidation agreement. The hearing or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days […]
755 – Referendum Resolution for Consolidation of Towns or Villages.
§ 755. Referendum resolution for consolidation of towns or villages. 1. If a joint consolidation agreement calls for the consolidation of two or more towns, two or more villages or one or more towns and villages, then contemporaneous with the final approval of the joint consolidation agreement pursuant to subdivision three of section seven hundred […]
756 – Effective Date of Joint Consolidation Agreement.
§ 756. Effective date of joint consolidation agreement. Local government entities consolidated pursuant to a joint consolidation agreement shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until the effective date of the consolidation specified in the joint consolidation agreement; provided, however, that no joint consolidation agreement consolidating two or more towns, two or more villages […]
757 – Initiative of Electors Seeking Consolidation.
§ 757. Initiative of electors seeking consolidation. 1. The electors of two or more local government entities may commence a consolidation proceeding by filing an original petition, containing not less than the number of signatures provided for in subdivision two of this section and in the form provided for in subdivision three of this section, […]
758 – Conduct of Referendum.
§ 758. Conduct of referendum. 1. A referendum required by sections seven hundred fifty-five or seven hundred fifty-seven of this title shall be placed before the electors of each of the local government entities to be consolidated at a special election to be held not less than sixty or more than ninety days after the […]
759 – Canvassing of Vote; Moratorium on Further Referendum.
§ 759. Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum. 1. In any referendum held pursuant to this title, the ballots cast shall be counted, returns made and canvassed and results certified in the same manner as other municipal elections or referendums for the local government entities to be consolidated. 2. Consolidation shall not take effect […]
760 – Duty to Approve Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.
§ 760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. 1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities properly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors voting in a referendum held in each of the local government entities […]
761 – Publication of Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.
§ 761. Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. No later than five business days after approving a proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to 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 […]
762 – Public Hearings on Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.
§ 762. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. 1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more public hearings on the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. The hearing or hearings shall be held no less than […]