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N.Y. Vill. Law § 2-208

Decision as to village establishment

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§ 2-208 Decision as to village establishment. 1. Within ten days after\nsuch hearing is concluded the village incorporation commission\nestablished pursuant to section 2-259 of this article shall determine\nwhether the petition complies with the requirements of this article and\nshall make and sign a decision as to whether a village incorporation\nshall proceed to election pursuant to the criteria established in\nsection 2-259 of this article. If the decision be adverse to the\npetition, the decision shall contain a brief statement of the reasons on\nwhich the adverse decision is based.\n 2. The original copy of the decision, copies of the notice of the\nhearing together with affidavits of posting and publishing same, the\nwritten objections and the minutes of proceedings taken on the hearing\nincluding signed testimony shall be filed by the commission within\nfifteen days after the hearing is concluded, with the town clerk of the\nsame town in which the original copy of the petition was filed.\nDuplicate copies of the said papers shall be filed with the town clerks\nof all other towns in which any part of such territory is located.\n 3. If no proceeding be instituted to review such decision within\nthirty days after such filing of the original copy thereof, the decision\nshall be final and conclusive. In the event that the decision is adverse\nto the petition, a new proceeding for incorporation may be commenced\nimmediately.\n

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