§ 39-1. Hearing; notice required.  


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  • Before voting upon the proposed enactment of a local law, the Board of Trustees shall fix a date within 30 days after the presentation of a local law, to wit: for a public hearing thereon and within 20 days after such local law shall have been presented to it shall cause a notice of the time and place of such hearing to be given. Such public notice shall be given by the Village Clerk-Treasurer by causing the same to be published once in the official newspaper at least three days prior to the date fixed for such hearing. In case there is, at any time, no official newspaper, the Board of Trustees shall designate the manner of giving such public notice. Such notice shall also contain the title of the proposed local law and a brief explanatory statement thereof prepared by the Clerk-Treasurer and approved by the Village Attorney.