§ 762 — Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation plan

§ 762. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation\nplan. 1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities\nto be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more\npublic hearings on the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\nThe hearing or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and\nno more than ninety days after the proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan is approved pursuant to section seven hundred sixty\nof this title. The hearing or hearings may be held jointly or separately\nby the governing body or bodies of the entities. Any interested person\nshall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the\nproposed consolidation.\n 2. The public hearing or hearings shall be held on notice of at least\nten days, but not more than twenty days, published in a newspaper or\nnewspapers having general circulation within each local government\nentity to be consolidated and displayed on a website maintained by each\nentity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or\ncounty in which the entities are located. The notice of the hearing or\nhearings shall provide a descriptive summary of the proposed elector\ninitiated consolidation plan and a reference to the public place or\nplaces within the entities where a copy of such agreement may be\nexamined.\n 3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body or bodies\nof the local government entities to be consolidated may amend the\nproposed elector initiated consolidation plan, provided that the amended\nversion complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven\nhundred sixty of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision\nfour of this section. The entities' governing body or bodies must\napprove a final version of the elector initiated consolidation plan\nwithin sixty days of such final hearing.\n 4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed\nelector initiated consolidation plan, the governing body or bodies of\nthe local government entities to be consolidated shall:\n (a) cause a copy of the amended version of the proposed elector\ninitiated consolidation plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof,\nto be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a\npublic place or places within each entity; and\n (b) cause the amended version of the proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a\nreference to the public place or places within each entity where a copy\nthereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by each\nentity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or\ncounty in which the entities are located.\n