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Opinion 2008-5
… LAW § 184; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW § 209-d: With respect to a fire protection contract between a village and a town on … No. 61-28, at 20 [1961]). Since the above-quoted language from General Municipal Law § 209-d is permissive in nature, … General Municipal Law § 209-d. December 26, 2008 Howard I. Krantz, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Lake George 1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-5Opinion 98-20
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (establishment of minimum service requirement for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 92-37
… of the State Comptroller) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (necessity to obtain approval of the State … after public hearing, adopts a resolution approving the dissolution of a fire protection district and the addition to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 90-19
… only to the internal affairs of a fire company which do not involve the rights and obligations of the village and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-19Opinion 91-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE DISTRICTS -- Contracts (authority to contract with village fire department) AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (by town with fire department … for emergency and general service) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Ambulance Service (circumstances in which district may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7Opinion 99-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (in general) -- Recipients (when fire district treasurer is proper recipient) INSURANCE LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-7Opinion 90-57
… is required to appropriate annually the amount needed to fund the program (see General Municipal Law, §§219[d], …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 90-34
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Recipients (emergency rescue and … An emergency rescue and first aid squad within a village fire department is not entitled to receive foreign fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 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 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 89-47
… in which the fire district is located is currently served by the fire district and two fire protection districts. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 89-53
… statute of section 9104 (former Insurance Law, §553) and permissive under the predecessor statute of section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 2007-8
… fire company) TOWN LAW § 184; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 204-a, 209-z: A town may not unilaterally impose an audit requirement on a … of the entity, and must be filed no later than the last day of February of each year for the preceding calendar year. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-8Opinion 89-51
… limited exception to the "definite sum" requirement, is found in section 30(12) of the Volunteer Firefighters' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-51Opinion 92-25
… upon circumstances of each case. 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 404 is superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether … the chief or assistant chief (see 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 404, which also discusses whether a commissioner is entitled … circumstances of each situation. 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 404, supra , is superseded to the extent inconsistent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 2002-13
… to fund the fire department softball, billiard and bowling teams, and to pay for expenses for the department's … may be used to pay expenses of softball, billiard and bowling teams of the fire district fire department, and to … monies to fund the fire department softball, billiard and bowling teams, and to pay for expenses for the department's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2000-18
… fire company. In our view, however, these provisions do not authorize a service award program established by one …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18Opinion 91-23
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Membership (right to be member of more than … firefighter may not simultaneously be a member of two fire companies, regardless of whether the companies are part …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-23Opinion 94-11
… Expenditures (celebration of district fire department's anniversary) TOWN LAW, §176-d: A board of fire commissioners … with a celebration of the district fire department's anniversary. The district may, however, expend funds pursuant to Town Law, §176-d if the anniversary celebration of the fire department consists of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-11Opinion 2001-8
… owners of multiple parcels) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (simultaneous establishment of fire district … (§170 et seq .) generally governs the establishment and dissolution of fire and fire protection districts in towns. … fire protection district, with the effective date of the dissolution delayed until the termination of fire protection …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-8DiNapoli Proposes More Transparency for Fire Protection Costs
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today proposed changes to the process for local communities that contract out their fire protection services to incorporated volunteer fire companies. DiNapoli's … the state. All 62 cities and many of the state's villages have municipal fire departments. There are over 90,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-proposes-more-transparency-fire-protection-costs