N.Y. GMU Law § 756
This is the official text of N.Y. GMU Law § 756, part of New York’s GMU Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "GMU Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Effective date of joint consolidation agreement
Official statutory text
§ 756. Effective date of joint consolidation agreement. Local\ngovernment entities consolidated pursuant to a joint consolidation\nagreement shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until\nthe effective date of the consolidation specified in the joint\nconsolidation agreement; provided, however, that no joint consolidation\nagreement consolidating two or more towns, two or more villages or one\nor more towns and villages shall take effect unless approved by a\nmajority of electors in each such town and/or village at a referendum\ncalled through a resolution enacted pursuant to section seven hundred\nfifty-five of this title.\n
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