Viewing an earlier version · effective Dec 29, 2023View current - 1. Within ten days after such hearing is concluded the village incorporation commission established pursuant to section 2-259 of this article shall determine whether the petition complies with the requirements of this article and shall make and sign a decision as to whether a village incorporation shall proceed to election pursuant to the criteria established in section 2-259 of this article. If the decision be adverse to the petition, the decision shall contain a brief statement of the reasons on which the adverse decision is based.
- 2. The original copy of the decision, copies of the notice of the hearing together with affidavits of posting and publishing same, the written objections and the minutes of proceedings taken on the hearing including signed testimony shall be filed by the commission within fifteen days after the hearing is concluded, with the town clerk of the same town in which the original copy of the petition was filed. Duplicate copies of the said papers shall be filed with the town clerks of all other towns in which any part of such territory is located.
- 3. If no proceeding be instituted to review such decision within thirty days after such filing of the original copy thereof, the decision shall be final and conclusive. In the event that the decision is adverse to the petition, a new proceeding for incorporation may be commenced immediately.