General Municipal Law § 756 · Title 2. Consolidation of Local Government Entities
Effective date of joint consolidation agreement
Text — Law content up to date as of September 11, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 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 specified in the joint consolidation agreement; provided, however, that no joint consolidation agreement consolidating two or more towns, two or more villages or one or more towns and villages shall take effect unless approved by a majority of electors in each such town and/or village at a referendum called through a resolution enacted pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-five of this title.
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- Law content up to date as of September 11, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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