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SECTION 784
Public hearings on proposed elector initiated dissolution plan
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 17-A, TITLE 3
§ 784. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated dissolution plan.
1. The governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved
shall set a time and place or places for one or more public hearings on
the proposed elector initiated dissolution 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 dissolution plan is approved
pursuant to section seven hundred eighty-two of this title. Any
interested person shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on
any aspect of the proposed dissolution.

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 the local government entity
to be dissolved and 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. The notice of the hearing or hearings shall
provide a descriptive summary of the proposed elector initiated
dissolution plan, and a reference to the public place or places within
the entity where a copy of such plan may be examined.

3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body of the
local government entity to be dissolved may amend the proposed elector
initiated dissolution plan, provided that the amended version complies
with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven hundred
eighty-two of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision four
of this section. The governing body must approve a final version of the
elector initiated dissolution plan within sixty days of such final
hearing.

4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed
elector initiated dissolution plan, the governing body of the local
government entity to be dissolved shall:

(a) cause a copy of the amended version of the proposed elector
initiated 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; and

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