Section 762. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation plan

1. The governing body or bodies of the local  government  entities  to  be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more
  public hearings on the proposed elector  initiated  consolidation  plan.
  The  hearing or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and
  no  more  than  ninety  days  after  the  proposed   elector   initiated
  consolidation  plan  is approved pursuant to section seven hundred sixty
  of this title. The hearing or hearings may be held jointly or separately
  by the governing body or bodies of the entities. Any  interested  person
  shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the
  proposed consolidation.
    2.  The public hearing or hearings shall be held on notice of at least
  ten days, but not more than twenty days, published  in  a  newspaper  or
  newspapers  having  general  circulation  within  each  local government
  entity to be consolidated and displayed on a website maintained by  each
  entity  or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or
  county in which the entities are located. The notice of the  hearing  or
  hearings  shall  provide  a  descriptive summary of the proposed elector
  initiated consolidation plan and a reference  to  the  public  place  or
  places  within  the  entities  where  a  copy  of  such agreement may be
  examined.
    3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body or bodies
  of the local government  entities  to  be  consolidated  may  amend  the
  proposed elector initiated consolidation plan, provided that the amended
  version complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven
  hundred  sixty  of  this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision
  four of this section.  The  entities'  governing  body  or  bodies  must
  approve  a  final  version  of  the elector initiated consolidation plan
  within sixty days of such final hearing.
    4. No later than  five  business  days  after  amending  the  proposed
  elector  initiated  consolidation  plan, the governing body or bodies of
  the local government entities to be consolidated shall:
    (a) cause a copy of  the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector
  initiated  consolidation plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof,
  to be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a
  public place or places within each entity; and
    (b) cause the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector  initiated
  consolidation  plan,  along  with  a  descriptive  summary thereof and a
  reference to the public place or places within each entity where a  copy
  thereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by each
  entity  or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or
  county in which the entities are located.
    * NB Effective March 21, 2010