N.Y. Village Law § 9-912: Propositions--submission and special election

§ 9-912 Propositions--submission and special election. 1. The board of

trustees may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the petition of at

least two hundred electors in villages containing a population of five

thousand or more; by at least one hundred fifty electors in villages

containing a population of at least three thousand and less than five

thousand; and by at least one hundred electors in villages containing a

population of one thousand and less than three thousand; and in villages

containing a population of less than one thousand, by electors numbering

at least ten percent of the number of voters registered for the last

general village election, cause a proposition on any of the questions

set forth in the following subdivision to be submitted at a regular or

special village election as such elections are defined in the election

law. If such petition request the holding of a referendum at a time

other than at such regular or special village election, such petition

must contain twice the number of signatures otherwise required. If such

petition does not request the holding of such a referendum, such

question shall be submitted at the next regular or special village

election for officers, held not less than thirty days after the filing

of such petition. If such petition requests the holding of a referendum

at a time other than at such regular or special village election, such

referendum shall be held no less than thirty, nor more than sixty, days

after the filing of such petition.

2. The questions which may or shall be submitted as propositions upon

petition or motion of the board of trustees, as hereinbefore provided,

are:

(a) Whether or not the area of the village should be diminished.

(b) Whether or not the village should be reincorporated.

(c) Whether or not the name of the village should be changed.

(d) Whether or not the month of the general village election should be

changed.

3. A special election for submission of a proposition shall be

noticed, conducted, canvassed and otherwise held in the same manner as a

general village election; provided, however, that a proposition for the

consolidation or dissolution of a village shall be noticed, conducted,

canvassed and otherwise held pursuant to, and in accordance with, the

provisions of article seventeen-A of the general municipal law.