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N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-C Expenses of members of the police department and other peace officers in attending police training schools
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§ 72-c. Expenses of members of the police department and other peace officers in attending police training schools. The board or body of a county, city, town or village authorized to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to make payments therefrom, is hereby authorized,…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-D Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes or for district headquarters for the state department of transportation, and dedicatio...
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§ 72-d. Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes or for district headquarters for the state department of transportation, and dedication of the same in the town of Babylon. The governing board of any municipal corporation in the town of Babylon or the town board of suc…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-E Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes and dedication of the same by the counties of Broome, Monroe and Erie
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§ 72-e. Acquisition of lands for park and parkway purposes and dedication of the same by the counties of Broome, Monroe and Erie. The board of supervisors of the county of Broome, Monroe or Erie may acquire by purchase, gift, devise or acquisition pursuant to the provisions of t…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-F Acquisition of lands for parkway and airport purposes and dedication of the same by counties and municipal corporations
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§ 72-f. Acquisition of lands for parkway and airport purposes and dedication of the same by counties and municipal corporations. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act or the provisions of this article, the governing board of any municipal corporation or…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-G Expenses of volunteer firefighters attending training schools and instruction courses
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§ 72-g. Expenses of volunteer firefighters attending training schools\nand instruction courses. 1. The chief officer of the fire department of\na municipal corporation or fire district, subject to any rules or\nregulations governing such department, may authorize the volunteer\n…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-H Sale, lease and transfer to municipal corporations of certain public lands
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§ 72-h. Sale, lease and transfer to municipal corporations of certain public lands. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter, the supervisors of a county, the town board of a town, the board of trustees of a village, the board of f…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-I Acquisition of lands and erection of memorial buildings by adjoining villages
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§ 72-i. Acquisition of lands and erection of memorial buildings by adjoining villages. The governing boards of two or more villages, of which at least one boundary of any one adjoins that of any other, may, upon the adoption of a proposition therefor by a majority vote of the el…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-J Parking garages and parking spaces; public off-street loading facilities
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§ 72-j. Parking garages and parking spaces; public off-street loading facilities. 1. The governing board or other appropriate authority of a municipal corporation may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of any ap…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-K Parking facilities and appurtenances within or outside of the state highway right of way
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* § 72-k. Parking facilities and appurtenances within or outside of the state highway right of way. The governing body of any county, city, town or village is hereby authorized and empowered to authorize and direct such of its officers or agencies as it shall designate to enter …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-K*2 Notification of change in use of property used for recreational purposes
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* 72-k. Notification of change in use of property used for recreational purposes. 1. Whenever an owner of real property used for recreational purposes desires to change the use of such property he shall notify the chief executive officer of each municipal corporation in which th…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-L Navigation and flood control improvements in cooperation with the federal government
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§ 72-l. Navigation and flood control improvements in cooperation with the federal government. Any municipal corporation acting through its governing board or other appropriate authority may; (1) cooperate with the federal government as authorized in the rivers and harbors improv…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-M Appropriations for Bicentennial celebration
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* § 72-m. Appropriations for Bicentennial celebration. A municipal corporation may after a public hearing appropriate annually a sum that it deems appropriate for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the preparation and celebration of the bicentennial celebration of the Unit…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-M*2 Emergency transportation plans
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* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this section becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or municipality operating a public transportation system and any county within the geographical territory of any transportation authority …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-N Air space and air and subsurface areas
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§ 72-n. Air space and air and subsurface areas. 1. Any municipal corporation acting through its governing board may, in addition to those powers granted it by any other provision of law and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, lease to any person, firm or …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-O Expenses of volunteer fire officers and firefighters appearing before a court or other tribunal
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§ 72-o. Expenses of volunteer fire officers and firefighters appearing before a court or other tribunal. 1. The chief officer of the fire department of a municipal corporation or fire district, subject to any rules or regulations governing such department, may authorize reimburs…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-P Lease of real property by a municipality
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* § 72-p. Lease of real property by a municipality. Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter, whenever a municipal corporation enters into a lease of real property the lease agreement shall provide that the tenant may not assign the le…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-P*2 Establishment of farmers' markets
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* § 72-p. Establishment of farmers' markets. 1. The governing body of any municipal corporation may establish one or more farmers' markets, as defined in section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets law, for public purposes and in the exercise of its public powers. 2…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-R Adopt-a-beach stewardship program
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§ 72-r. Adopt-a-beach stewardship program. 1. The governing body of any municipality may enter into stewardship agreements with any person or persons for the purposes of preserving, maintaining, or enhancing its publicly-owned beach, shoreline area or portion thereof in accordan…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 73 Cities and villages may hold property in trust for certain purposes
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§ 73. Cities and villages may hold property in trust for certain purposes. Real and personal estate may be granted and conveyed to the corporation of any city or village of this state, to be held in trust for any purpose of education, or the diffusion of knowledge, or for the re…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 74 Condemnation of real property
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§ 74. Condemnation of real property. A municipal corporation authorized by law to take and hold real property for the uses and purposes of the corporation, may, if it is unable to agree with the owners for the purchase thereof, acquire title to such property by condemnation.
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 74-B Payment of moving and relocation expenses of residential and commercial owners and tenants of appropriated property
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§ 74-b. Payment of moving and relocation expenses of residential and\ncommercial owners and tenants of appropriated property. 1. The chief\nfiscal officer of every municipal corporation shall establish and may\namend rules and regulations authorizing the payment of reasonable an…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 74-C Taking of billboards
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§ 74-c. Taking of billboards. 1. If any local law, ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipal corporation in the exercise of its police power shall require the removal of any legally erected and maintained billboard or like outdoor advertising device, which is leased or rent…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 75 Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county
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§ 75. Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Dutchess county. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, a municipal or other corporation shall not have power to acquire by condemnation for the purpose of increasing or improving its water supply, any str…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 750 Definitions
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§ 750. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Component local government entity" shall mean a local government entity that, as a result of successful consolidation proceedings, is combined into a consolidated local govern…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 751 Commencing the proceeding
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§ 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 consoli…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 752 Proposed joint consolidation agreement
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§ 752. Proposed joint consolidation agreement. 1. The governing body or bodies of two or more local government entities may, by joint resolution, endorse a proposed joint consolidation agreement for the purpose of commencing consolidation proceedings under this article. 2. The p…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 753 Publication of proposed joint consolidation agreement
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§ 753. Publication of proposed joint consolidation agreement. No later than five business days after commencement of consolidation proceedings pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this title, the governing body or bodies of the local government entities to be consolida…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 754 Public hearings on proposed joint consolidation agreement
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§ 754. Public hearings on proposed joint consolidation agreement. 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 joint consolidation agreement. The hearing o…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 755 Referendum resolution for consolidation of towns or villages
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§ 755. Referendum resolution for consolidation of towns or villages. 1. If a joint consolidation agreement calls for the consolidation of two or more towns, two or more villages or one or more towns and villages, then contemporaneous with the final approval of the joint consolid…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 756 Effective date of joint consolidation agreement
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§ 756. Effective date of joint consolidation agreement. Local government entities consolidated pursuant to a joint consolidation agreement shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until the effective date of the consolidation specified in the joint consolidation agr…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 757 Initiative of electors seeking consolidation
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§ 757. Initiative of electors seeking consolidation. 1. The electors of two or more local government entities may commence a consolidation proceeding by filing an original petition, containing not less than the number of signatures provided for in subdivision two of this section…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 758 Conduct of referendum
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§ 758. Conduct of referendum. 1. A referendum required by sections seven hundred fifty-five or seven hundred fifty-seven of this title shall be placed before the electors of each of the local government entities to be consolidated at a special election to be held not less than s…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 759 Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum
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§ 759. Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum. 1. In any referendum held pursuant to this title, the ballots cast shall be counted, returns made and canvassed and results certified in the same manner as other municipal elections or referendums for the local governm…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 76 Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Westchester and Putnam counties
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§ 76. Limitation on acquisition of water rights in Westchester and Putnam counties. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, a municipal or other corporation not situated within the county of Westchester or the county of Putnam shall not have power to acquir…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 760 Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan
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§ 760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. 1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities properly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors vot…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 761 Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan
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§ 761. Publication of proposed elector initiated consolidation plan. No later than five business days after approving a proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of this title, the governing body or bodies of the local government entit…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 762 Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation plan
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§ 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.…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 763 Effective date of elector initiated consolidation plan; permissive referendum
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§ 763. Effective date of elector initiated consolidation plan; permissive referendum. 1. Local government entities consolidated pursuant to an elector initiated consolidated plan shall continue to be governed as before consolidation until the effective date of the consolidation …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 764 Court-ordered consolidation; mediation; judicial hearing officer
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§ 764. Court-ordered consolidation; mediation; judicial hearing officer. 1. If the governing body or bodies of local government entities with a duty to prepare and approve a proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to section seven hundred sixty of this title fail …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 765 General effect of consolidation
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§ 765. General effect of consolidation. 1. On and after the effective date of a consolidation, the consolidating local government entities shall be treated and considered for all purposes as one local government entity, under the name and on the terms and conditions set forth in…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 766 Election and appointment of officials
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§ 766. Election and appointment of officials. New officials of the consolidated local government entity required to be elected shall take office on the first Monday of January following the election designated in the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolidati…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 767 Effect of transition on employees
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§ 767. Effect of transition on employees. Except as otherwise provided by law and except for those officials and employees protected by tenure of office, civil service provisions or collective bargaining agreement, upon the effective date of consolidation, all appointive offices…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 768 Debts, liabilities and obligations
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§ 768. Debts, liabilities and obligations. 1. All valid and lawful debts and liabilities existing against a consolidated local government entity, or which may thereafter arise or accrue against the consolidated local government entity, which but for consolidation would be valid …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 769 Effect on existing laws; transition period
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§ 769. Effect on existing laws; transition period. Subject to the provisions of the joint consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolidation plan, as the case may be, pertaining to the common administration and uniform enforcement of laws in the consolidated local govern…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 77 Leases of public buildings to posts of veteran organizations, organizations of volunteer firefighters, and child care agencies
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§ 77. Leases of public buildings to posts of veteran organizations, organizations of volunteer firefighters, and child care agencies. 1. A municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to a post or posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign War…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 77-A Construction and maintenance of memorial building or monument by county or city
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§ 77-a. Construction and maintenance of memorial building or monument by county or city. A county, or a city by resolution adopted by the governing board of such municipality by a two-thirds vote of its members, may construct and maintain a memorial building, park or a monument …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 77-B Expenses of certain public officers and employees attending conventions, conferences and schools
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§ 77-b. Expenses of certain public officers and employees attending conventions, conferences and schools. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (a) Municipality. A city, county, town, village, school district, cooperative educational services d…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 77-C Per diem meal allowances for travel on official business
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§ 77-c. Per diem meal allowances for travel on official business. Whenever a municipality is authorized or required to reimburse its officers, employees, or the volunteer members or officers of the fire department of the municipality, for their actual and necessary expenses for …
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 77-D Traveling expenses for applicants for public employment
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§ 77-d. Traveling expenses for applicants for public employment. The governing board of each county, city, town, village, school district, fire district or other district corporation may, by local law, ordinance or resolution, authorize the payment of the actual and necessary tr…
N.Y. General Municipal Law § 77-E Baseball field fence leases in Yates county
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§ 77-e. Baseball field fence leases in Yates county. Notwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local law or of any charter to the contrary, the village of Penn Yan, Yates county, may lease municipal baseball field fences, annually, at a nominal rent, to a not-for-…