172-E - Change of name of fire district.

§  172-e. Change of name of fire district. The name of a fire district  may be changed upon a resolution of the board of fire  commissioners  of  such  fire  district after a public hearing thereon. Such public hearing  shall be held prior to the first day  of  September  in  any  year.  The  notice  of  such  hearing shall state the proposed new name and shall be  published and posted, and such hearing shall  be  held,  in  the  manner  provided  in this article for a hearing upon the establishment of a fire  district upon petition. After such hearing and upon the  evidence  given  thereat,  the  board of fire commissioners shall determine by resolution  whether it be in the public interest to change the  name  of  such  fire  district. If it be so determined, the board of fire commissioners, by an  approving  vote  of not less than three-fifths of the voting strength of  the board, shall adopt a resolution establishing the new  name  for  the  fire  district  to  take  effect on the first day of January of the next  fiscal year of the fire district. Within ten days after the  passage  of  such resolution, the fire district secretary shall file a certified copy  of  such  resolution (1) in the office of the town clerk of each town in  which such district is situated, (2) in the office of the  county  clerk  of  each county in which such district is situated, (3) in the office of  the clerk of the board of supervisors  of  each  county  in  which  such  district  is  situated, and (4) in the office of the state department of  audit and control at Albany, New York.