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 in his office and, in a certificate of incorporation, shall certify, under the seal of his office, to the clerk of each town in which any portion of such territory is located that said report has been filed in his office giving the date of filing thereof. The village shall be incorporated as of the date of the filing of said report; provided, however, that such incorporation shall only become effective on the following dates for the following purposes:
a. from the date of incorporation:
(1) to perform any and all acts authorized in sections 2-236 through 2-250 inclusive, hereof
(2) to appoint a village clerk, treasurer, attorney
(3) to hold meetings of the board of trustees
(4) to appoint a zoning commission
(5) to engage necessary clerical assistants to the clerk
(6) to designate an official newspaper
(7) to fix the compensation of and to pay all salaries, fees, costs and disbursements in connection with any of the foregoing and to borrow by tax anticipation notes in the manner provided in the local finance law, such money as may be needed to make such payments.
(8) such officers, commission, and employees as are authorized by this paragraph shall have power to perform their necessary duties.
b. from the first day of January next succeeding the date of incorporation:
(1) to perform all acts and fulfill all requirements of title two of article fourteen of the real property tax law
(2) to perform all acts and fulfill all requirements of this chapter in the article entitled "Finances".
(3) to pay all necessary costs and disbursements in connection with the foregoing and to borrow by tax anticipation notes in the manner provided in the local finance law, such money as may be needed to make such payments.
c. from the first day of June following the first day of January next succeeding the date of incorporation, to have and exercise all the rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities granted villages by the constitution or any other provision of law.
2. The town clerks of all towns in which any part of such territory is located shall, uopn the appointment of the village clerk as provided in section 2-240 of this article, deliver to said clerk the certificates of incorporation filed with them for permanent inclusion in the official records of said village.
Last modified: February 3, 2019