New York General Municipal Law Title 2 - CONSOLIDATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES

• 751 - Commencing the Proceeding.
  1. Two or more local government entities, whether within the same county or different counties, may be consolidated into a single local government entity if...
• 752 - Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.
  1. The governing body or bodies of two or more local government entities may, by joint resolution, endorse a proposed joint consolidation agreement for the...
• 753 - Publication of Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.
  No later than five business days after commencement of consolidation proceedings pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this title, the governing body or bodies...
• 754 - Public Hearings on Proposed Joint Consolidation Agreement.
  1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or...
• 755 - Referendum Resolution for Consolidation of Towns or Villages.
  1. If a joint consolidation agreement calls for the consolidation of two or more towns, two or more villages or one or more towns and...
• 756 - Effective Date of Joint Consolidation Agreement.
  Local government entities consolidated pursuant to a joint consolidation agreement shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until the effective date of the consolidation...
• 757 - Initiative of Electors Seeking Consolidation.
  1. The electors of two or more local government entities may commence a consolidation proceeding by filing an original petition, containing not less than the...
• 758 - Conduct of Referendum.
  1. A referendum required by sections seven hundred fifty-five or seven hundred fifty-seven of this title shall be placed before the electors of each of...
• 759 - Canvassing of Vote; Moratorium on Further Referendum.
  1. In any referendum held pursuant to this title, the ballots cast shall be counted, returns made and canvassed and results certified in the same...
• 760 - Duty to Approve Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.
  1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities properly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-seven of...
• 761 - Publication of Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.
  No later than five business days after approving a proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of this title, the governing...
• 762 - Public Hearings on Proposed Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan.
  1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or...
• 763 - Effective Date of Elector Initiated Consolidation Plan; Permissive Referendum.
  1. Local government entities consolidated pursuant to an elector initiated consolidated plan shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until the effective date of...
• 764 - Court-Ordered Consolidation; Mediation; Judicial Hearing Officer.
  1. If the governing body or bodies of local government entities with a duty to prepare and approve a proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant...
• 765 - General Effect of Consolidation.
  1. On and after the effective date of a consolidation, the consolidating local government entities shall be treated and considered for all purposes as one...
• 766 - Election and Appointment of Officials.
  New officials of the consolidated local government entity required to be elected shall take office on the first Monday of January following the election designated...
• 767 - Effect of Transition on Employees.
  Except as otherwise provided by law and except for those officials and employees protected by tenure of office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining agreement,...
• 768 - Debts, Liabilities and Obligations.
  1. All valid and lawful debts and liabilities existing against a consolidated local government entity, or which may thereafter arise or accrue against the consolidated...
• 769 - Effect on Existing Laws; Transition Period.
  Subject to the provisions of the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolidation plan, as the case may be, pertaining to the common administration and...
• 770 - Effect on Actions and Proceedings.
  1. Suits may be brought and maintained against a consolidated local government entity in any of the courts of the state in the same manner...
• 771 - Registration of Electors.
  No new registration of electors shall be necessary in case of consolidation, but all elector registrations of the component local government entities shall be transferred...
• 772 - Determination of Rights.
  If any right, title, interest or claim shall arise out of any consolidation or by reason thereof that is not determinable by reference to the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019