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General Municipal Law § 753 · Title 2. Consolidation of Local Government Entities

Publication of proposed joint consolidation agreement

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§ 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 of the local government entities to be consolidated shall:

1. cause a copy of the proposed joint consolidation agreement, along with a descriptive summary thereof, to be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a public place or places within each entity;

2. cause the proposed joint consolidation agreement, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to the public place or places within each entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by each entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in which the entities are located; and

3. arrange to be published a descriptive summary of the proposed joint consolidation agreement and a reference to the public place or places within the entities where a copy thereof may be examined, at least once each week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper having a general circulation within each entity.

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