700 – Short Title.
§ 700. Short title. This article shall be known as the “municipal annexation law.”
702 – Legislative Intent.
§ 702. Legislative intent. It is the intention of the legislature by the enactment of this article to provide a municipal annexation law pursuant to the provisions of the bill of rights for local governments in subdivision (d) of section one of article nine of the constitution, which provisions specify basic prerequisites to the annexation […]
703 – Petition by Residents or Property Owners to Initiate Annexation of Territory.
§ 703. Petition by residents or property owners to initiate annexation of territory. 1. Territory in one or more local governments adjoining one or more other local governments may be annexed to the latter pursuant to the provisions of this article. A petition for such annexation, describing the territory, stating the approximate number of inhabitants […]
703-A – Resolution by Governing Boards of Municipalities to Initiate Annexation of Territory.
§ 703-a. Resolution by governing boards of municipalities to initiate annexation of territory. Except for territory proposed to be annexed which is entirely uninhabited or territory in an agricultural district, or outside of such district but eligible for an agricultural assessment, pursuant to article twenty-five-AA of the agriculture and markets law, the governing boards of […]
704 – Notice of Hearing on Petition or Joint Resolution to Initiate Annexation of Territory.
§ 704. Notice of hearing on petition or joint resolution to initiate annexation of territory. 1. In the event it is proposed to annex territory, the governing board or boards of the local government or governments to which it is proposed to annex such territory and the governing board or boards of the affected local […]
705 – Hearing.
§ 705. Hearing. 1. Such governing boards shall meet at the time and place specified in such notice or amended and republished notice. The members of the participating boards shall agree on the selection of one of their members to preside at such meeting and in the event no such agreement is reached, he shall […]
706 – Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Belonging to a City or a Village.
§ 706. Annexation of uninhabited territory belonging to a city or a village. 1. Village-owned territory. If a village is the owner of uninhabited territory adjoining the village, such territory may be annexed to the village if the town board of the town in which such territory is situated, by a concurring vote of a […]
707 – Disposition of Property in Area Proposed to Be Annexed.
§ 707. Disposition of property in area proposed to be annexed. 1. Except as may be provided in an agreement among the affected local governments, as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning the retention, division, regulation, land use or other disposition of real and personal property and rights in real and personal property […]
708 – Assumption of Debt.
§ 708. Assumption of debt. 1. Except as may be provided in an agreement among any of the affected local governments as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning the apportionment of any indebtedness and any contract or other liabilities, and interest thereon, any such indebtedness or liabilities, or interest, in the event of […]
709 – Annexation by a City of Territory in Fire, Fire Protection, or Fire Alarm Districts; Assumption of Indebtedness; Property Rights.
§ 709. Annexation by a city of territory in fire, fire protection, or fire alarm districts; assumption of indebtedness; property rights. 1. If an annexation of territory by a city includes the entire area of a fire district, the city, as of the date of such annexation, shall become the owner of all of the […]
710 – Disposition of Taxes and Other Charges Against Property in Annexed Territory.
§ 710. Disposition of taxes and other charges against property in annexed territory. 1. All unpaid or delinquent taxes levied or charges made against or on account of any territory annexed pursuant to this article and existing at the time such annexation takes effect, shall be due and payable and collected in all respects the […]
711 – Determination After Hearing.
§ 711. Determination after hearing. 1. Within ninety days after the hearing held pursuant to section seven hundred five of this article is concluded, the governing board of each affected local government shall determine by a majority vote of its total voting strength whether the petition or joint resolution to initiate annexation complies with the […]
712 – Adjudication and Determination in the Supreme Court.
§ 712. Adjudication and determination in the supreme court. 1. In the event that one or more but not all of the governing boards of the affected local governments shall determine that it is not in the over-all public interest to approve the proposed annexation, the governing board of any other affected local government may […]
713 – Election in Event of Approval.
§ 713. Election in event of approval. 1. Not later than ninety days after the entry of a final judgment of a court or the filing in the offices of the clerks of the affected local governments of orders of the governing boards of such affected local governments approving a proposed annexation, the governing board […]
714 – Annexation After Election Approving Proposition.
§ 714. Annexation after election approving proposition. 1. Upon the filing of the certificate or certificates of election approving the proposition together with the notice of entry of a final judgment of a court or of the approving orders of the governing boards of the affected local governments, the governing board or boards of the […]
715 – Effect on Certain School Districts in Which Territory Is Situated.
§ 715. Effect on certain school districts in which territory is situated. 1. In the case of an annexation to a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants according to the latest federal census, or to any other city having a city school district which is coterminous with such city, the commissioner of […]
716 – Restrictions and Prohibitions.
§ 716. Restrictions and prohibitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of any other law: 1. An annexation shall not affect the boundaries of any congressional district, senate district or assembly district. 2. The date on which any such annexation shall take effect shall be such that it will not deprive a qualified […]
717 – Boundaries and Map of Local Government to Which Territory Is Annexed.
§ 717. Boundaries and map of local government to which territory is annexed. 1. Within a reasonable time after an annexation pursuant to this article, the governing board of a local government to which territory has been so annexed shall cause (a) a survey to be made of the annexed territory, (b) the boundaries of […]
718 – Construction.
§ 718. Construction. 1. References in other laws, etc. With respect to annexation proceedings commenced on or after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, reference in any general, special or local law, county, city or village charter, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or document to any provision of the general city law, village law, town law, county […]
719 – Schedule of Laws Repealed.
§ 719. Schedule of laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed and subject to the provisions of this article, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed. SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED Laws of Chapter Section 1909 ….. 64 348 1912 ….. 124 All 1915 ….. 257 All 1927 ….. […]