Section 784. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated 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 elector initiated dissolution 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  dissolution  plan  is
  approved pursuant to section seven hundred eighty-two 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  elector  initiated
  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  elector
  initiated  dissolution  plan, provided that the amended version complies
  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  section  seven  hundred
  eighty-two  of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision four
  of this section. The governing body must approve a final version of  the
  elector  initiated  dissolution  plan  within  sixty  days of such final
  hearing.
    4. No later than  five  business  days  after  amending  the  proposed
  elector  initiated  dissolution  plan,  the  governing body of the local
  government entity to be dissolved shall:
    (a) cause a copy of  the  amended  version  of  the  proposed  elector
  initiated 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  elector  initiated
  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