N.Y. General Municipal Law 775 – Publication of proposed dissolution plan
§ 775. Publication of proposed dissolution plan. No later than five business days after commencement of dissolution proceedings pursuant to section seven hundred seventy-four of this title, the governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved shall:
Terms Used In N.Y. General Municipal Law 775
- Dissolution: shall mean the termination of the existence of a local government entity. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 750
- Dissolution plan: shall mean a written document that contains terms and information regarding the dissolution of a local government entity and that has been finalized and approved by such entity's governing body pursuant to this article. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 750
- entity: shall mean a town, village, district, special improvement district or other improvement district, including, but not limited to, special districts created pursuant to articles eleven, twelve, twelve-A or thirteen of the town law, library districts, and other districts created by law; provided, however, that a local government entity shall not include school districts, city districts or special purpose districts created by counties under county law. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 750
- Governing body: shall mean the body in which the general legislative, governmental and/or public powers of a local government entity are vested and by authority of which the official business of such entity is conducted. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 750
- Proposed dissolution plan: shall mean a written document that contains terms and information regarding the dissolution of a local government entity, and that has been proposed, but not yet finalized and approved, by such entity's governing body pursuant to this article. See N.Y. General Municipal Law 750
1. cause a copy of the proposed dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof, to be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a public place or places within the entity;
2. cause the proposed dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by the entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in which the entity is located;
3. arrange to be published a descriptive summary of the proposed dissolution plan and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, at least once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation within the entity; and
4. in the case of a proposed dissolution of a village, the governing body of the village shall cause the proposed dissolution plan to be mailed by certified or registered mail to the supervisor of the town or towns in which the village is situated.