Section 776. Public hearings on proposed dissolution plan

1.  The
  governing body of the local government entity to be dissolved shall  set
  a  time  and  place  or  places  for  one or more public hearings on the
  proposed dissolution plan. The hearing or hearings shall be held no less
  than thirty-five days and no more than ninety days after commencement of
  dissolution proceedings pursuant to section seven  hundred  seventy-four
  of  this  title.  Any  interested  person  shall  be  given a reasonable
  opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the proposed dissolution.
    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 the local government entity
  to be dissolved and displayed on a website maintained by the  entity  or
  otherwise  on a website maintained by the village, town and/or county in
  which the entity is located. The notice of the hearing or hearings shall
  provide a descriptive summary of the proposed  dissolution  plan  and  a
  reference  to  the public place or places within the entity where a copy
  of such plan may be examined.
    3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing  body  of  the
  local   government  entity  to  be  dissolved  may  amend  the  proposed
  dissolution plan, provided that the amended version  complies  with  the
  provisions  of  subdivision two of section seven hundred seventy-four of
  this title and is  publicized  pursuant  to  subdivision  four  of  this
  section,  and/or  approve  a  final  version of the dissolution plan, or
  decline to proceed further with dissolution proceedings. Any approval by
  the governing body of a final version of the dissolution plan must occur
  within one hundred eighty days of the final hearing.
    4. No later than  five  business  days  after  amending  the  proposed
  dissolution  plan,  the  governing  body  of  the entity to be dissolved
  shall:
    (a) cause a copy of the amended version of  the  proposed  dissolution
  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 the entity; and
    (b)  cause the amended version of the proposed dissolution plan, along
  with a descriptive summary thereof and a reference to the  public  place
  or  places within the entity where a copy thereof may be examined, to be
  displayed on a website maintained  by  the  entity  or  otherwise  on  a
  website  maintained  by  the  village,  town  and/or county in which the
  entity is located.
    * NB Effective March 21, 2010