New York General Municipal Law Article 17 - MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION LAW

• 700 - Short Title.
  This article shall be known as the "municipal annexation law."
• 701 - Definitions.
  As used in this article the following terms shall mean or include: 1. "Annexation." An alteration of the boundaries of a county, city, town or...
• 702 - Legislative Intent.
  It is the intention of the legislature by the enactment of this article to provide a municipal annexation law pursuant to the provisions of the...
• 703 - Petition by Residents or Property Owners to Initiate Annexation of Territory.
  1. Territory in one or more local governments adjoining one or more other local governments may be annexed to the latter pursuant to the provisions...
• 703-a - Resolution by Governing Boards of Municipalities to Initiate Annexation of Territory.
  Except for territory proposed to be annexed which is entirely uninhabited or territory in an agricultural district, or outside of such district but eligible for...
• 704 - Notice of Hearing on Petition or Joint Resolution to Initiate Annexation of Territory.
  1. In the event it is proposed to annex territory, the governing board or boards of the local government or governments to which it is...
• 705 - Hearing.
  1. Such governing boards shall meet at the time and place specified in such notice or amended and republished notice. The members of the participating...
• 706 - Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Belonging to a City or a Village.
  1. Village-owned territory. If a village is the owner of uninhabited territory adjoining the village, such territory may be annexed to the village if the...
• 707 - Disposition of Property in Area Proposed to Be Annexed.
  1. Except as may be provided in an agreement among the affected local governments, as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning the retention,...
• 708 - Assumption of Debt.
  1. Except as may be provided in an agreement among any of the affected local governments as authorized by subdivision two of this section concerning...
• 709 - Annexation by a City of Territory in Fire, Fire Protection, or Fire Alarm Districts; Assumption of Indebtedness; Property Rights.
  1. If an annexation of territory by a city includes the entire area of a fire district, the city, as of the date of such...
• 710 - Disposition of Taxes and Other Charges Against Property in Annexed Territory.
  1. All unpaid or delinquent taxes levied or charges made against or on account of any territory annexed pursuant to this article and existing at...
• 711 - Determination After Hearing.
  1. Within ninety days after the hearing held pursuant to section seven hundred five of this article is concluded, the governing board of each affected...
• 712 - Adjudication and Determination in the Supreme Court.
  1. In the event that one or more but not all of the governing boards of the affected local governments shall determine that it is...
• 713 - Election in Event of Approval.
  1. Not later than ninety days after the entry of a final judgment of a court or the filing in the offices of the clerks...
• 714 - Annexation After Election Approving Proposition.
  1. Upon the filing of the certificate or certificates of election approving the proposition together with the notice of entry of a final judgment of...
• 715 - Effect on Certain School Districts in Which Territory is Situated.
  1. In the case of an annexation to a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants according to the latest federal census, or...
• 716 - Restrictions and Prohibitions.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of any other law: 1. An annexation shall not affect the boundaries of any congressional district, senate...
• 717 - Boundaries and Map of Local Government to Which Territory is Annexed.
  1. Within a reasonable time after an annexation pursuant to this article, the governing board of a local government to which territory has been so...
• 718 - Construction.
  1. References in other laws, etc. With respect to annexation proceedings commenced on or after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, reference in any general, special...
• 719 - Schedule of Laws Repealed.
  Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed and subject to the provisions of this article, that portion specified in the last column is...

Last modified: February 3, 2019