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dissolveearlville
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 Posted - 01/30/2008 : 06:10:35
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This is an Excerpt from New York State Village Law, Article 19.
It covers the procedures for a legal Village Dissolution:
Village Dissolution – Village Law Article 19
• Board Action or Petition: Process is initiated by the village board or a petition received from at least one-third of the total number of qualified electors.
• Study Committee: Village board creates a study committee, which holds a public hearing and prepares a plan for dissolution.
• Hearing: Village board holds a public hearing on the proposed dissolution.
• Submit Proposition: Village board adopts a plan for dissolution and places a proposition on the ballot on whether the village should be dissolved. If the process was initiated by a petition, the village board must adopt a plan for dissolution and place the proposition on the ballot.
• Dissolution Plans: Proposition must contain plans on how the dissolution will occur, including property disposition, the payment of obligations, the levy and collection of taxes, and any other necessary manners.
• Majority in Village: Proposition receives a majority vote in the village to be dissolved.
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