§ 784 — Public hearings on proposed elector initiated dissolution plan

§ 784. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated dissolution plan.\n1. The governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved\nshall set a time and place or places for one or more public hearings on\nthe proposed elector initiated dissolution plan. The hearing or hearings\nshall be held no less than thirty-five days and no more than ninety days\nafter the proposed elector initiated dissolution plan is approved\npursuant to section seven hundred eighty-two of this title. Any\ninterested person shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on\nany aspect of the proposed dissolution.\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 the local government entity\nto be dissolved and displayed on a website maintained by the entity or\notherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in\nwhich the entity is located. The notice of the hearing or hearings shall\nprovide a descriptive summary of the proposed elector initiated\ndissolution plan, and a reference to the public place or places within\nthe entity where a copy of such plan may be examined.\n 3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body of the\nlocal government entity to be dissolved may amend the proposed elector\ninitiated dissolution plan, provided that the amended version complies\nwith the provisions of subdivision two of section seven hundred\neighty-two of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision four\nof this section. The governing body must approve a final version of the\nelector initiated dissolution plan within sixty days of such final\nhearing.\n 4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed\nelector initiated dissolution plan, the governing body of the local\ngovernment entity to be dissolved shall:\n (a) cause a copy of the amended version of the proposed elector\ninitiated dissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof, to\nbe displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a\npublic place or places within the entity; and\n (b) cause the amended version of the proposed elector initiated\ndissolution plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a\nreference to the public place or places within the entity where a copy\nthereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by the\nentity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or\ncounty in which the entity is located.\n