N.Y. General Municipal Law § 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 and no more than ninety days

after the proposed elector initiated dissolution plan is approved

pursuant to section seven hundred eighty-two of this title. Any

interested person shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on

any aspect of the proposed dissolution.

2. The public hearing or hearings shall be held on notice of at least

ten days, but not more than twenty days, published in a newspaper or

newspapers having general circulation within the local government entity

to be dissolved and displayed on a website maintained by the entity or

otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in

which the entity is located. The notice of the hearing or hearings shall

provide a descriptive summary of the proposed elector initiated

dissolution plan, and a reference to the public place or places within

the entity where a copy of such plan may be examined.

3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body of the

local government entity to be dissolved may amend the proposed elector

initiated dissolution plan, provided that the amended version complies

with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven hundred

eighty-two of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision four

of this section. The governing body must approve a final version of the

elector initiated dissolution plan within sixty days of such final

hearing.

4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed

elector initiated dissolution plan, the governing body of the local

government entity to be dissolved shall:

(a) cause a copy of the amended version of the proposed elector

initiated dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof, to

be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a

public place or places within the entity; and

(b) cause the amended version of the proposed elector initiated

dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a

reference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy

thereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by the

entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or

county in which the entity is located.