§ 762. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation
plan. 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 elector initiated consolidation plan.
The hearing or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and
no more than ninety days after the proposed elector initiated
consolidation plan is approved pursuant to section seven hundred sixty
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 elector
initiated consolidation plan 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 elector initiated consolidation plan, provided that the amended
version complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven
hundred sixty of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision
four of this section. The entities' governing body or bodies must
approve a final version of the elector initiated consolidation plan
within sixty days of such final hearing.

4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed
elector initiated consolidation plan, 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 elector
initiated consolidation 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 each entity; and

(b) cause the amended version of the proposed elector initiated
consolidation plan, 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.