Opinion 99-8

FEES - Imposition of (for a subscription to minutes of board meetings)
LOCAL LAWS - Fees (imposition of by town for subscription to minutes of board meetings)
PUBLIC MEETINGS - Minutes (imposition of fees by town for subscription to minutes of board meetings)
TOWNS - Fees (imposition of a fee for subscription to minutes of board meetings)

Opinion 99-7

FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (in general) -- Recipients (when fire district treasurer is proper recipient)

Opinion 99-6

BONDS AND NOTES -- Revenue Anticipation Notes (issuance in anticipation of payments in lieu of taxes); (issuance in anticipation of State aid paid on transition assessments) -- Tax Anticipation Notes (issuance in anticipation of payments in lieu of taxes)
SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Finances (issuance of revenue anticipation notes or tax anticipation notes in anticipation of payments in lieu of taxes); (issuance of revenue anticipation notes in anticipation of State aid paid on transition assessments)

Opinion 99-5

LIBRARIES -- Contracts (by school district with cooperative library system)
SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Library Appropriation (authority to contract with cooperative library system) -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract with cooperative library system)

Opinion 99-4

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to make a gift of moneys to town); (expenditure of IDA moneys to improve municipal facilities); (authority to utilize agents, employees and facilities of town)
WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Dispose of" (meaning of for purposes of General Municipal Law, §858[3]); (as including conveyance without consideration)

Opinion 99-3

FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE -- Taxes (Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association (use of tax moneys to make nominal contribution to designated charitable organization as memorial in honor of deceased firefighter)

Opinion 99-2

PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (purchase of materials and supplies for construction work performed by municipal employees) -- Municipal Employees (use of for construction as exception to competitive bidding)
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (construction performed by municipal employees as exception to competitive bidding)

Opinion 99-1

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (requirement that program assets be held in trust); (provision of death benefits to volunteer firefighters who have not earned a nonforfeitable right to a service award)

Opinion 98-24

FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (for Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law coverage for a firefighter of a bordering fire company providing on-going services)
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Disability Benefits (liability for when fire district accepts on-going services of firefighters of a bordering fire company)

Opinion 98-23

LOCAL LAWS -- Pre-emption (establishment of maximum speed limits in villages)
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Villages (designation of twenty-five m.p.h. zones)

Opinion 98 - 22

LOCAL LAWS -- Procedural Requirements (amendment of only by another local law) -- Publicity Fund (establishment of in village); (providing for, increasing or eliminating cap on in village)
MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Publicity Funds (procedure to establish in village); (providing for, increasing or eliminating cap on in village)
VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (establishment of, increase or elimination of cap for publicity fund)

Opinion 98-21

AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (by fire district for emergency ambulance service) -- Fire Districts (contracts for emergency ambulance service)
FIRE DISTRICTS -- Ambulance Service (circumstances in which district may contract for provision of) -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract for emergency ambulance service)
MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Ambulance Service (joint contract by town and fire district)

Opinion 98-20

FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to)
FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of minimum service requirement for appointment to fire police squad)

Opinion 98 - 19

FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (referendum requirement for installment purchase contract)
PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Installment Purchase Contracts (referendum requirement for in fire district)
REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for in fire district for installment purchase contract)

Opinion 98-18

AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Fees (imposition of fees for services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad)
FEES -- Imposition of (for services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad)
FIRE DISTRICTS -- Ambulance Service (imposition of fees for services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad) -- Powers and Duties (imposition of fees for services of an emergency rescue and first aid squad)

Opinion 98-17

PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Officers and Employees (defense and indemnification by municipality)
PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Legal Expenses (defense and indemnification by municipality of employees of a public housing authority)

Opinion 98-16

REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Certiorari Proceedings (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in school district reserve fund for tax certiorari claims)
SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Reserve Fund (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in fund established to pay tax certiorari claims)

Opinion 98-15

HISTORIC PRESERVATION -- Town Building (need for referendum when selling)
REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (by town of historic building)
REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for in town when selling historic building)

Opinion 98-14

LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authority to supersede town budget procedures) -- Pre-emption (town highway budget estimates)
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (submission of budget estimates)
TOWNS -- Budget (submission of budget estimates by the highway superintendent)

Opinion 98-13

HISTORIC PRESERVATION -- Town Building (use of to display historical material) -- Public Museum (establishment of by town) -- Contracts (with museum registered by regents)
LOCAL LAWS -- Fees (imposition of for visiting town building containing historical material)
TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of public museum); (use of town building to display historical material); (contract with museum registered by regents)