Section 751. Commencing the proceeding

1. Two or more local government
  entities, whether within the same county or different counties,  may  be
  consolidated  into a single local government entity if each of the local
  government  entities  is  contiguous  to  at  least  one  of  the  other
  consolidating  local  government  entities  and  if  together  the local
  government entities would form a consolidated local government entity of
  a kind or class that is authorized under the laws of the  state  of  New
  York.  The  requirement  that local government entities be contiguous to
  consolidate does not apply to entities other than towns and villages.
    2. Consolidation proceedings may be commenced by either:
    (a) a joint resolution by the governing body or bodies  of  the  local
  government  entities  to  be  consolidated  endorsing  a  proposed joint
  consolidation agreement; or
    (b) elector initiative.
    * NB Effective March 21, 2010