Opinion 89-42

MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (authority to invest in Treasury Bills under "Treasury Direct" program)

Opinion 89-41

FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of service award program); (referendum requirement); (necessity of public hearing)
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (establishment of); (referendum requirement); (necessity of public hearing)

Opinion 89-40

FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for Expenses (loss of wages)
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Reimbursement for Expenses (loss of wages)
WORDS AND PHRASES -- Employer (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §72-o)

Opinion 89-39

CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Insurance Transactions (town board member as employee of insurance agency) -- Exceptions (remuneration and duties exception); (contracts entered into prior to election to office)

Opinion 89-38

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (authority of a school district to purchase insurance to provide benefits to the beneficiaries of a retiree)

Opinion 89-37

STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (filing of registration statements by pawnbrokers)
LICENSING AND REGULATORY POWERS -- Pawnbrokers (authority to license)

Opinion 89-36

MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Funds (referendum requirements where capital improvement has a period of probable usefulness of five years)

Opinion 89-35

LOCAL LAWS -- Procedural Requirements (mandatory referendum - transfer of powers of town supervisor)
MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (authority to make temporary investments)
TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (authority over temporary investments)
TOWN COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (extent to which comptroller may be authorized to exercise the powers of the supervisor); (designation of chief fiscal officer)
TOWN SUPERVISOR -- Powers and Duties (transfer to town comptroller)

Opinion 89-34

TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (authority to investigate misuse of highway equipment and discipline highway department employees); (authority to direct rescission of highway superintendent's appointment of deputy highway superintendent)
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (authority to discipline highway department employees)

Opinion 89-33

CLAIMS -- Audit (necessity to pre-audit claims for compensation of village officers and employees)
VILLAGE BOARD -- Powers and Duties (pre-audit of compensation paid to village officers and employees)

Opinion 89-32

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Approval of Contracts (issuance of check by county treasurer) -- Leases (contract between county and corporation of which county treasurer is stockholder) -- Stock Ownership (county treasurer as stockholder)

Opinion 89-31

ELECTIONS -- Recall Election (authority of city voters to petition)
REFERENDUM-- Recall Election (authority of city voters to petition)
CHARTERS -- City Charters (right to hold recall election)
LOCAL LAWS -- Recall Election (authority of city to provide for)

Opinion 89-30

PERSONAL PROPERTY -- Gasoline (authority to provide to private senior citizens organization under contract)

Opinion 89-29

REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (authority of village to exchange property with a federal agency)

Opinion 89-28

IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Expenses (allocating cost of increase or improvement of facilities); (of excess water tank capacity); (payment of the cost of preparing a general map, plan, and report); (of preliminary study)
WATER DISTRICTS -- Improvement of Facilities (allocating cost of increase or improvement of facilities) -- Water Supply (financing water study)

Opinion 89-27

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Equal Protection (different contributions for health insurance for newly-elected county supervisors)
INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (different contributions for health insurance for newly-elected county supervisors)
WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Compensation" (for purposes of County Law, §200)

Opinion 89-26

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Financial Disclosure (applicability to fire districts)

Opinion 89-25

MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (use of moneys in to pay debt service) -- Repair Reserve Fund (transfer of moneys to capital reserve fund)
SEWERS AND SEWER SYSTEMS -- Contracts (for use of excess capacity of sewage treatment plant) -- Financing of (permissible means of financing expansion of village sewage treatment plant for use by town sewer districts)
VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (permissible means of financing expansion of village sewage treatment plant for use by town sewer districts); (authority to sell excess capacity in sewage treatment plant)

Opinion 89-24

CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Collective Bargaining Agreement (school board member holding position in state teachers association) -- Code of Ethics (school board member holding position in state teachers association); (school board member owning college entrance counselling and tutoring business)

Opinion 89-23

REAL PROPERTY -- Lease (to State agency at less than fair and adequate consideration)