N.Y. General Municipal Law § 752: Proposed joint consolidation agreement

§ 752. Proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1. The governing body

or bodies of two or more local government entities may, by joint

resolution, endorse a proposed joint consolidation agreement for the

purpose of commencing consolidation proceedings under this article.

2. The proposed joint consolidation agreement shall specify:

(a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;

(b) the name of the proposed consolidated local government entity,

which name shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of any other

like unit of government in the state of New York (except the name of any

one of the entities to be consolidated);

(c) the rights, duties and obligations of the proposed consolidated

local government entity;

(d) the territorial boundaries of the proposed consolidated local

government entity;

(e) the type and/or class of the proposed consolidated local

government entity;

(f) the governmental organization of the proposed consolidated local

government entity insofar as it concerns elected and appointed officials

and public employees, along with a transitional plan and schedule for

elections and appointments of officials;

(g) a fiscal estimate of the cost of and savings which may be realized

from consolidation;

(h) each entity's assets, including, but not limited to, real and

personal property, and the fair value thereof in current money of the

United States;

(i) each entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and otherwise,

and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;

(j) terms for the disposition of existing assets, liabilities and

indebtedness of each local government entity, either jointly, separately

or in certain defined proportions;

(k) terms for the common administration and uniform enforcement of

local laws, ordinances, resolutions, orders and the like, within the

proposed consolidated local government entity, consistent with section

seven hundred sixty-nine of this title;

(l) the effective date of the proposed consolidation; and

(m) the time and place or places for the public hearing or hearings on

such proposed joint consolidation agreement pursuant to section seven

hundred fifty-four of this title.