New York Village Law Article 2 - INCORPORATION

• 2-200 - Population and Area Requirements.
  2-200 Population and area requirements. 1. A territory containing a population of at least five hundred persons who are regular inhabitants thereof, as hereinafter defined,...
• 2-202 - Petition for Incorporation.
  2-202 Petition for incorporation. 1. A proceeding for the incorporation of such territory as a village shall commence with a petition. The requirements for such...
• 2-204 - Notice of Hearing.
  2-204 Notice of hearing. Within twenty days after the filing of such petition or copies thereof, each supervisor with whom same were filed shall cause...
• 2-206 - Proceeding on Hearing.
  2-206 Proceeding on hearing. 1. The supervisor, or supervisors if a joint hearing, with whom the petition or copies thereof, were filed, shall meet at...
• 2-208 - Decision As to Legal Sufficiency of Petition.
  2-208 Decision as to legal sufficiency of petition. 1. Within ten days after such hearing is concluded the supervisor or supervisors jointly shall determine whether...
• 2-210 - Review of Decision.
  2-210 Review of decision. 1. The decision of the supervisor or supervisors as to the legal sufficiency of the petition shall be subject to judicial...
• 2-212 - Right to Election.
  2-212 Right to election. 1. An election to determine the question of incorporation shall be held no later than forty days after the first occurring...
• 2-214 - Notice of Election.
  2-214 Notice of election. Within ten days after the right to an election is complete the town clerk of each town in which any portion...
• 2-216 - Qualification of Voters.
  2-216 Qualification of voters. Each resident in such territory qualified to vote for town officers may vote at such election.
• 2-218 - Registration List of Voters.
  2-218 Registration list of voters. 1. Preparation. It shall be the duty of the clerk of each town in which a portion of such teritory...
• 2-220 - Conduct of Election.
  2-220 Conduct of election. 1. Time and place. An election shall be held at the time and place specified in the notice of election. 2....
• 2-222 - Canvass of Election.
  2-222 Canvass of election. 1. At the close of the polls and as soon thereafter as the inspectors of election shall have completed their other...
• 2-224 - Review of Election.
  2-224 Review of election. A person qualified to vote at such election may, not more than ten days after the filing of the original of...
• 2-226 - Notice of Proceeding for Review of Election.
  2-226 Notice of proceeding for review of election. A person instituting a proceeding under section 2-224 of this article shall serve a copy of the...
• 2-228 - Stay of Further Proceedings.
  2-228 Stay of further proceedings. The institution of a proceeding under section 2-224 of this article shall serve to stay all further proceedings in connection...
• 2-230 - New Election.
  2-230 New election. If the election is set aside as a result of a final determination in a proceeding instituted pursuant to section 2-224 of...
• 2-232 - Report of Incorporation.
  2-232 Report of incorporation. After ten and within fifteen days from the filing of the certificate of election certifying that a majority of the votes...
• 2-234 - Date and Certificate of Incorporation and Effective Dates.
  2-234 Date and certificate of incorporation and effective dates. 1. The secretary of state upon receipt of the report of incorporation shall forthwith file same...
• 2-236 - Payment of Expenses Incurred in Proceedings for Incorporation If Village Not Incorporated.
  2-236 Payment of expenses incurred in proceedings for incorporation if village not incorporated. If the incorporation of the proposed village be not effected by the...
• 2-240 - Appointment of Village Clerk.
  2-240 Appointment of village clerk. 1. Within five days after the filing of the certificate of incorporation in the offices of the clerks of each...
• 2-242 - First Election of Officers, Terms of Office.
  2-242 First election of officers, terms of office. 1. Except as provided in section 17-1703 of this chapter, an election, which shall be deemed a...
• 2-244 - Notice of Election, Appointment of Inspectors.
  2-244 Notice of election, appointment of inspectors. 1. Within ten days after his appointment, the village clerk shall cause to be conspicuously posted, in at...
• 2-246 - Conduct of First Village Election.
  2-246 Conduct of first village election. 1. All persons qualified to vote for town officers and who have been residents of the village for thirty...
• 2-248 - First Meeting of the Board of Trustees.
  2-248 First meeting of the board of trustees. As soon as is practicable after such first election the mayor and trustees elected thereat shall meet...
• 2-250 - Town Legislation to Carry Over.
  2-250 Town legislation to carry over. For a period of two years after the date of incorporation, all local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, which...
• 2-252 - Town and District Services Continued.
  2-252 Town and district services continued. 1. a. Any town in which any part of a newly incorporated village is located shall, from the date...
• 2-254 - Effect of Incorporation on All Districts Entirely Within Village.
  2-254 Effect of incorporation on all districts entirely within village. 1. Whenever the term "district" is used in this section it shall be construed as...
• 2-256 - Liability to Special Districts and Collection of Funds.
  2-256 Liability to special districts and collection of funds. If the territory so incorporated as a village includes within its boundaries part of a special...
• 2-258 - Apportionment of Property and Obligations of a Special District of a Town Upon the Incorporation of a Part in a Village.
  2-258 Apportionment of property and obligations of a special district of a town upon the incorporation of a part in a village. If the territory...

Last modified: February 3, 2019