§ 760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\n1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities\nproperly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven\nhundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors voting\nin a referendum held in each of the local government entities to be\nconsolidated vote in favor of consolidation, the entities' governing\nbody or bodies shall meet within thirty days after certification of the\nfavorable vote and, within one hundred eighty days of such meeting,\nprepare and approve by resolution a proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan.\n 2. The proposed elector initiated consolidation plan shall include:\n (a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;\n (b)
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§ 760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\n1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities\nproperly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven\nhundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors voting\nin a referendum held in each of the local government entities to be\nconsolidated vote in favor of consolidation, the entities' governing\nbody or bodies shall meet within thirty days after certification of the\nfavorable vote and, within one hundred eighty days of such meeting,\nprepare and approve by resolution a proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan.\n 2. The proposed elector initiated consolidation plan shall include:\n (a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;\n (b) the name of what will be the consolidated local government entity,\nwhich name shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of any other\nlike unit of government in the state of New York (except the name of any\none of the entities to be consolidated);\n (c) the rights, duties and obligations of the consolidated local\ngovernment entity;\n (d) the territorial boundaries of the consolidated local government\nentity;\n (e) the type and/or class of the consolidated local government entity;\n (f) the governmental organization of the consolidated local government\nentity insofar as it concerns elected and appointed officials and public\nemployees, along with a transitional plan and schedule for elections and\nappointments of officials;\n (g) a fiscal estimate of the cost of and savings which may be realized\nfrom consolidation;\n (h) each entity's assets, including, but not limited to, real and\npersonal property, and the fair value thereof in current money of the\nUnited States;\n (i) each entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and otherwise,\nand the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;\n (j) terms for the disposition of existing assets, liabilities and\nindebtedness of each local government entity, either jointly, separately\nor in certain defined proportions;\n (k) terms for the common administration and uniform enforcement of\nlocal laws, ordinances, resolutions, orders and the like, within the\nconsolidated local government entity, consistent with section seven\nhundred sixty-nine of this title;\n (l) the effective date of the consolidation; and\n (m) the time and place or places for the public hearing or hearings on\nsuch proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to section\nseven hundred sixty-two of this title.\n