Opinion 91-33

BAIL MONEYS -- County Treasurer's Fee (applicability of fee to interest earned on deposit of bail) -- Deposit and Investment of (duty of county treasurer to deposit bail in interest-bearing account); (maintenance by county treasurer of common bank account for separate bail deposits); (duty of superior court to deposit retained bail in interest-bearing account and pay interest to State Department of Taxation and Finance)
COUNTY TREASURER -- Bail Moneys (duty to deposit bail in interest-bearing account); (maintenance of common bank account for separate bail deposits); (applicability of 2% bail fee to interest earned on deposit of bail)
COURTS -- Bail Moneys (duty of superior court to deposit retained bail in interest-bearing account and pay interest to State Department of Taxation and Finance)

Opinion 91-32

CLAIMS -- Compromise or settlement of (devaluation of real property located near solid waste facilities)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (application to public benefit corporation)
EMINENT DOMAIN -- Compensable Taking (claim for inverse condemnation arising out of property devaluation)
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES -- Powers and Duties (expenditures to compensate property owners for decrease in market value)

Opinion 91-31

MUNICIPAL FUNDS - Town Charges (costs of rabies treatment for individual injured within the town)

Opinion 91-30

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Interest in Contract (purchases under State or county contract)

Opinion 91-29

FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Associations (use of tax moneys for an eye care plan, hospital telephone and television charges, and gifts); (procedure to make fire department recipient of tax moneys); (power to require treasurer to be bonded) -- Recipients (procedure to make fire department recipient of tax moneys payable to benevolent association) -- Treasurer's Powers (liability for tax moneys)

Opinion 91-28

WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION -- Water Fund (use of profits for general village purposes)

Opinion 91-27

COUNTIES -- Real Property (sale of unneeded real property without public bidding)
LOCAL LAWS -- Real Property (authority of county to supersede sale and lease provisions of County Law, §215)
REAL PROPERTY -- Conveyances Generally (authority of county to supersede sale and lease provisions of County Law, §215) -- Sales (of unneeded county real property without public bidding)

Opinion 91-26

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Architectural Services (provided to public library by firm employing daughter of library board member) -- Codes of Ethics (adoption of by public library) -- Family Relationships (contract between public library and firm employing library board member's daughter) -- Interest In Contract (library board member in contract with firm employing daughter)

Opinion 91-25

FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Disability Benefits (entitlement of paid firefighters to salary increments or steps based on longevity and to holiday pay); (employment restrictions)

Opinion 91-24

SEWERS AND SEWER SYSTEMS -- Contracts (to provide service outside town district)
SEWER DISTRICTS -- Contracts (between town and county districts); (to provide service outside district); (with village)

Opinion 91-23

FIRE COMPANY -- Membership (right to be member of more than one company)
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Eligibility (membership in more than one company)

Opinion 91-22

FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squad (authority to incorporate as separate not-for-profit corporation)
FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Fire Police Squad (authority to incorporate as separate not-for-profit corporation)

Opinion 91-21

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (administrator of estates - county chief fiscal officer's right to fees and commissions); (fees and commissions - right of county chief fiscal officer to remit to county, or to waive)

Opinion 91-20

AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (by town for a particular level of service) -- Fees (authority to collect from insurance companies)
FEES -- Collection of (ambulance service fees from insurance companies)

Opinion 91-19

FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (authority to make gift to fire company); (authority to accept gift of firefighting equipment)
FIRE COMPANY -- Powers and Duties (authority of fire district to make gift to fire company)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (authority of fire district to make gift to fire company)

Opinion 91-18

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Family Relationships (spouse of town supervisor serving as his or her bookkeeper or confidential secretary)

Opinion 91-17

LOCAL LAWS -- Competitive Bidding (cannot expand exception under General Municipal Law, §103[8]) -- Preemption (competitive bidding procedures)
PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (purchases by other than municipal hospitals from group program under the Public Health Law)

Opinion 91-16

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER -- Fees (not based on agate measurement for publication of notice of unredeemed land)
REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Redemption (publication of notice of unredeemed lands) -- Tax Sale (cost of publication of notice)

Opinion 91-15

ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (authority of newly incorporated village to assess park land fee upon subdivision plat already so assessed by town)

Opinion 91-14

MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Procedures (necessity for referendum) -- Refuse and Garbage (town refuse and garbage district collecting refuse for village)
REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for prior to cooperation agreement for refuse collection)
REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (for village by town refuse and garbage district)
REFUSE AND GARBAGE DISTRICT -- Municipal Cooperation (town district collecting refuse for village)