§ 754. Public hearings on proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1.
The governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be
consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more public
hearings on the proposed joint consolidation agreement. The hearing or
hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and no more than
ninety days after commencement of consolidation proceedings pursuant to
section seven hundred fifty-two of this title. The hearing or hearings
may be held jointly or separately by the governing body or bodies of the
entities. Any interested person shall be given a reasonable opportunity
to be heard on any aspect of the proposed consolidation.

2. The public hearing or hearings shall be held on notice of at least
ten days, but not more than twenty days, published in a newspaper or
newspapers having general circulation within each local government
entity to be consolidated and 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. The notice of the hearing or
hearings shall provide a descriptive summary of the proposed joint
consolidation agreement and a reference to the public place or places
within the entities where a copy of such agreement may be examined.

3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body or bodies
of the local government entities to be consolidated may amend the
proposed joint consolidation agreement, provided that the amended
version complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven
hundred fifty-two of this title and is publicized pursuant to
subdivision four of this section, and/or approve a final version of the
joint consolidation agreement, or decline to proceed further with
consolidation proceedings. Any approval by the entities' governing body
or bodies of the final version of the joint consolidation agreement must
occur within one hundred eighty days of such final hearing.

4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed joint
consolidation agreement, the governing body or bodies of the local
government entities to be consolidated shall:

(a) cause a copy of the amended version 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; and

(b) cause the amended version of the proposed joint consolidation
agreement, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to
the public place or places within each such 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.