New York General Municipal Law Title 3 - DISSOLUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES

• 773 - Commencing the Proceeding.
  1. A local government entity other than a town may be dissolved and terminated by the procedure described in this title. 2. Dissolution proceedings may...
• 774 - Proposed Dissolution Plan.
  1. The governing body of a local government entity may, by resolution, endorse a proposed dissolution plan for the purpose of commencing dissolution proceedings under...
• 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...
• 776 - Public Hearings on Proposed Dissolution Plan.
  1. The governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved shall set a time and place or places for one or more public...
• 777 - Referendum Resolution for Dissolution of Villages.
  1. If a dissolution plan calls for the dissolution of a village, then contemporaneous with the final approval of the dissolution plan pursuant to subdivision...
• 778 - Effective Date of Dissolution Plan.
  A local government entity dissolved pursuant to a dissolution plan shall continue to be governed as before dissolution until the effective date of the dissolution...
• 779 - Initiative of Electors Seeking Dissolution.
  1. The electors of a local government entity may commence a dissolution proceeding by filing an original petition, containing not less than the number of...
• 780 - Conduct of Referendum.
  1. A referendum on a proposed dissolution required by sections seven hundred seventy-seven or seven hundred seventy-nine of this title shall be placed before the...
• 781 - 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...
• 782 - Duty to Approve Proposed Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan.
  1. In the case of a proposed dissolution of a local government entity properly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven hundred seventy-nine...
• 783 - Publication of Proposed Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan.
  No later than five business days after approving an elector initiated dissolution plan pursuant to section seven hundred eighty-two of this title, the governing body...
• 784 - Public Hearings on Proposed Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan.
  1. The governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved shall set a time and place or places for one or more public...
• 785 - Effective Date of Elector Initiated Dissolution Plan; Permissive Referendum.
  1. A local government entity dissolved pursuant to an elector initiated dissolution plan shall continue to be governed as before dissolution until the effective date...
• 786 - Court-Ordered Dissolution; Judicial Hearing Officer.
  1. If the governing body of a local government entity with a duty to prepare and approve a proposed elector initiated dissolution plan pursuant to...
• 787 - Winding Down the Affairs of a Dissolved Local Government Entity.
  1. Upon the successful completion of dissolution proceedings pursuant to this title, the governing body of the dissolving local government entity shall wind down the...
• 788 - Effect on Actions and Proceedings; Disposition of Records, Books and Papers.
  1. Except as otherwise provided for in this title, no action for or against the local government entity to be dissolved shall abate, nor shall...
• 789 - Effect on Existing Laws of Village.
  1. Except as otherwise provided in the dissolution plan or elector initiated dissolution plan, as the case may be, all local laws, ordinances, rules and...
• 790 - Debts, Liabilities and Obligations.
  The outstanding debts, liabilities and obligations of the dissolved local government entity shall be assumed by the town in which the dissolved entity was situated...

Last modified: February 3, 2019