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N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 55: Change from one alternative form of county government to another

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  1. Alternative County Government Law
  2. Article 2. Alternative Forms of County Government

§ 55. Change from one alternative form of county government to

another. A county operating under an alternative form of county

government may, after the lapse of three years from the date such form

becomes effective in the county, abandon its then existing form and

adopt another alternative form of county government authorized by this

chapter, and such change shall become effective at the time provided in

subdivision five of section six hundred fifty-six. No such question

shall be submitted more often than once in every four years. All of the

provisions of this chapter relating to initiating a proceeding for the

adoption of an alternative form of county government and to the

submission and approval of the question shall apply also to a change

from one alternative form of county government to another as authorized

in this section. The question shall be in substantially the following

form: "Shall the county of (name of county) abandon its present form of

county government and adopt the (name of form) of government?"

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