Legislation
SECTION 777
Referendum resolution for dissolution of villages
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 17-A, TITLE 3
§ 777. Referendum resolution for dissolution of villages. 1. If a
dissolution plan calls for the dissolution of a village, then
contemporaneous with the final approval of the dissolution plan pursuant
to subdivision three of section seven hundred seventy-six of this title,
the governing body of the village shall enact a resolution calling for a
referendum on the proposed dissolution by the electors in the village.
2. The resolution calling for the referendum on the proposed
dissolution shall:
(a) provide (i) the name of the village to be dissolved; and (ii) the
date for the referendum, in accordance with subdivision one of section
seven hundred eighty of this title;
(b) state the substance of the question to be submitted to the
electors; and
(c) set forth such other matters as may be necessary to call, provide
for and give notice of the referendum and to provide for the conduct
thereof and the canvass of the returns thereupon.
3. The resolution calling for the referendum on the proposed
dissolution shall have attached to it the final approved version of the
dissolution plan.
dissolution plan calls for the dissolution of a village, then
contemporaneous with the final approval of the dissolution plan pursuant
to subdivision three of section seven hundred seventy-six of this title,
the governing body of the village shall enact a resolution calling for a
referendum on the proposed dissolution by the electors in the village.
2. The resolution calling for the referendum on the proposed
dissolution shall:
(a) provide (i) the name of the village to be dissolved; and (ii) the
date for the referendum, in accordance with subdivision one of section
seven hundred eighty of this title;
(b) state the substance of the question to be submitted to the
electors; and
(c) set forth such other matters as may be necessary to call, provide
for and give notice of the referendum and to provide for the conduct
thereof and the canvass of the returns thereupon.
3. The resolution calling for the referendum on the proposed
dissolution shall have attached to it the final approved version of the
dissolution plan.