General Municipal Law § 775 · Title 3. Dissolution of Local Government Entities
Publication of proposed dissolution plan
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§ 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 local government entity to be dissolved shall:
1. cause a copy of the proposed dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof, to be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a public place or places within the entity;
2. cause the proposed dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by the entity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in which the entity is located;
3. arrange to be published a descriptive summary of the proposed dissolution plan and a reference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, at least once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation within the entity; and
4. in the case of a proposed dissolution of a village, the governing body of the village shall cause the proposed dissolution plan to be mailed by certified or registered mail to the supervisor of the town or towns in which the village is situated.
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