{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-761","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Municipal Law § 761","heading":"Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan","body":"§ 761. Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\nNo later than five business days after approving a proposed elector\ninitiated consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of\nthis title, the governing body or bodies of the local government\nentities to be consolidated shall:\n  1. cause a copy of the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan,\nalong with a descriptive summary thereof, to be displayed and readily\naccessible to the public for inspection in a public place or places\nwithin each entity;\n  2. cause the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan, along with\na descriptive summary thereof and a reference to the public place or\nplaces within each entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to be\ndisplayed on a website maintained by each entity or otherwise on a\nwebsite maintained by the village, town and/or county in which the\nentities are located; and\n  3. arrange to be published a descriptive summary of the proposed\nelector initiated consolidation plan and a reference to the public place\nor places within the entities where a copy thereof may be examined, at\nleast once each week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper having a\ngeneral circulation within each entity.","path":["General Municipal Law","Article 17-A. Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government","Title 2. Consolidation of Local Government Entities"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GMU/761","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"78fbf727c78c96d1602600125aec763320d759579540280edd8718a7a8c2a747","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-760","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-762"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}