{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-782","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Municipal Law § 782","heading":"Duty to approve proposed elector initiated dissolution plan","body":"§ 782. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated dissolution plan. 1.\nIn the case of a proposed dissolution of a local government entity\nproperly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven\nhundred seventy-nine of this title, if a majority of the electors voting\nat a referendum vote in favor of dissolution, the entity's governing\nbody shall meet within thirty days after certification of the favorable\nvote and, within one hundred eighty days of such meeting, prepare and\napprove a proposed elector initiated dissolution plan.\n  2. The proposed elector initiated dissolution plan shall specify:\n  (a) the name of the local government entity to be dissolved;\n  (b) the territorial boundaries of the entity;\n  (c) the type and/or class of the entity;\n  (d) a fiscal estimate of the cost of dissolution;\n  (e) any plan for the transfer or elimination of public employees;\n  (f) the entity's assets, including but not limited to real and\npersonal property, and the fair value thereof in current money of the\nUnited States;\n  (g) the entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and otherwise,\nand the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;\n  (h) any agreements entered into with the town or towns in which the\nentity is situated in order to carry out the dissolution;\n  (i) the manner and means by which the residents of the entity will\ncontinue to be furnished municipal services following the entity's\ndissolution;\n  (j) terms for the disposition of the entity's assets and the\ndisposition of its liabilities and indebtedness, including the levy and\ncollection of the necessary taxes and assessments therefor;\n  (k) findings as to whether any local laws, ordinances, rules or\nregulations of the entity shall remain in effect after the effective\ndate of the dissolution or shall remain in effect for a period of time\nother than as provided by section seven hundred eighty-nine of this\ntitle;\n  (l) the effective date of the dissolution;\n  (m) the time and place or places for a public hearing or hearings on\nsuch proposed dissolution plan pursuant to section seven hundred\neighty-four of this title; and\n  (n) any other matter desirable or necessary to carry out the\ndissolution.","path":["General Municipal Law","Article 17-A. Consolidation and Dissolution of Local Government","Title 3. Dissolution of Local Government Entities"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GMU/782","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"832c22f86a6ad44ccdb0c58bd6812fd927062f968b3008021a29f182ee0813ee","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-781","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-municipal-law-783"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}