Before voting upon the proposed enactment of
a local law, the Board of Trustees shall fix a day, within 30 days
after the presentation of a local law to it, for a public hearing
thereon and, within 10 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 Town/Village
Clerk-Treasurer by causing the same to be published once in the official
newspaper at least three days prior to the day 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 Town/Village Attorney.
The Board of Trustees shall attend at the time
and place appointed for such hearing, which shall be within the Town/Village
and reasonable of access and at a reasonable hour, and shall afford
an opportunity for a public hearing concerning such proposed local
law.
Proof of publication of such notice of public
hearing shall be filed in the office of the Town/Village Clerk-Treasurer.