§ 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.

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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 17-A of the general municipal law.