N.Y. Town Law § 172-e: Change of name of fire district

§ 172-e. Change of name of fire district. The name of a fire district

may be changed upon a resolution of the board of fire commissioners of

such fire district after a public hearing thereon. Such public hearing

shall be held prior to the first day of September in any year. The

notice of such hearing shall state the proposed new name and shall be

published and posted, and such hearing shall be held, in the manner

provided in this article for a hearing upon the establishment of a fire

district upon petition. After such hearing and upon the evidence given

thereat, the board of fire commissioners shall determine by resolution

whether it be in the public interest to change the name of such fire

district. If it be so determined, the board of fire commissioners, by an

approving vote of not less than three-fifths of the voting strength of

the board, shall adopt a resolution establishing the new name for the

fire district to take effect on the first day of January of the next

fiscal year of the fire district. Within ten days after the passage of

such resolution, the fire district secretary shall file a certified copy

of such resolution (1) in the office of the town clerk of each town in

which such district is situated, (2) in the office of the county clerk

of each county in which such district is situated, (3) in the office of

the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county in which such

district is situated, and (4) in the office of the state department of

audit and control at Albany, New York.