§ 752. Proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1. The governing body
or bodies of two or more local government entities may, by joint
resolution, endorse a proposed joint consolidation agreement for the
purpose of commencing consolidation proceedings under this article.

2. The proposed joint consolidation agreement shall specify:

(a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;

(b) the name of the proposed consolidated local government entity,
which name shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of any other
like unit of government in the state of New York (except the name of any
one of the entities to be consolidated);

(c) the rights, duties and obligations of the proposed consolidated
local government entity;

(d) the territorial boundaries of the proposed consolidated local
government entity;

(e) the type and/or class of the proposed consolidated local
government entity;

(f) the governmental organization of the proposed consolidated local
government entity insofar as it concerns elected and appointed officials
and public employees, along with a transitional plan and schedule for
elections and appointments of officials;

(g) a fiscal estimate of the cost of and savings which may be realized
from consolidation;

(h) each entity's assets, including, but not limited to, real and
personal property, and the fair value thereof in current money of the
United States;

(i) each entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and otherwise,
and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;

(j) terms for the disposition of existing assets, liabilities and
indebtedness of each local government entity, either jointly, separately
or in certain defined proportions;

(k) terms for the common administration and uniform enforcement of
local laws, ordinances, resolutions, orders and the like, within the
proposed consolidated local government entity, consistent with section
seven hundred sixty-nine of this title;

(l) the effective date of the proposed consolidation; and

(m) the time and place or places for the public hearing or hearings on
such proposed joint consolidation agreement pursuant to section seven
hundred fifty-four of this title.