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Opinion 2008-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Powers and Duties (amount payable to volunteer fire company under fire protection contract); (restrictions on use … PREVENTION -- Contracts (amounts payable to volunteer fire company); (restrictions on use of money by volunteer fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-5Opinion 98-20
… the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE … of minimum service requirement for appointment to fire police squad) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §209-c; TOWN LAW, … otherwise qualified individual may be assigned to a fire police squad immediately upon becoming a member of a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 92-37
… which requires the Comptroller's approval. The procedures for merging a fire protection district into an adjoining fire … in section one hundred seventy-three of this chapter for the extension of a fire district". Subdivision 2 of Town … the resolution must be submitted to the State Comptroller for approval. Subdivision 1 of section 173, on the other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 90-19
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … employees of the fire department, the employment of part-time, paid firefighters, and the compensation of persons …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-19Opinion 91-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in which district may contract for provision of) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Ambulance Service (by fire … under which the emergency rescue and first aid squad of a village fire department may provide general ambulance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7Opinion 99-7
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Assuming there is no special act providing otherwise, a fire district treasurer would be … department has no treasurer. Except as provided by special act, foreign fire insurance tax moneys may be expended for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-7Opinion 90-57
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether the establishment of a service award program for the volunteer firefighters of a village fire department is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 90-34
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Recipients (emergency rescue and first aid squads) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §209-b(1); INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: An emergency rescue and first … fire department is not entitled to receive foreign fire insurance tax moneys unless authorized by a special law. You …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 91-19
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties … TOWN LAW, §176(13); STATE CONSTITUTION, Article VIII, §1: A fire district may not make a gift to a fire company of … company has requested that the fire district, in turn, pay back to the company an amount equal to the cost of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 89-47
… the area of the fire district, as extended. This is in reply to your letter concerning the proposed extension of a … section 172-d provides the requisite statutory authority for the dissolution of the two fire protection districts and … same time as town taxes. Section 181 makes no provision for the allocation of any costs, including those for debt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 89-53
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … to each volunteer fire company of a multi-company fire district fire department. Sections 9104 and 9105 of the … moneys should be allocated to each volunteer fire company of a multicompany fire district fire department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 2007-8
… a fire company that provides fire protection by contract to a town fire protection district. A fire protection … fund raising activities of certain fire companies pursuant to General Municipal Law §204-a, a town board may require, as … that contracts with a city, town, village or fire district to provide fire protection service and that has revenues of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-8Opinion 89-51
… Contracts (additional payments for the services of private contractors); (cost of VFBL insurance) FIRE PROTECTION … Contracts (additional payments for the services of private contractors); (cost of VFBL insurance) TOWN LAW, §184(5): A … fire protection to pay the cost of the services of private contractors engaged by the fire company in connection with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-51Opinion 92-25
… commissioner, who is not a member of the fire department, to ride on fire vehicles during emergency calls, so long as … of service and a breakdown in fire department morale (see Memorandum to the Governor by the Association of Fire … assume command, or attempted to instruct the fire chief on how to fight a fire (see Memoranda to the Governor by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 2002-13
… Law §§9104[a][4]; 9105[d][2][E]; see also 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-53, p 120). Sections 9104 and 9105 provide … benefit of the department or company (see, e.g., 2000 Opns St Comp No. 2000-6, p 16; 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-16, p 34; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-88, p 130; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2000-18
… for our opinion with respect to several issues arising from the inclusion of a village within a proposed joint fire … ch 287, a special act authorizing the transfer of assets from a village service award program to a town service award … L 1999, ch 287, precluding actions taken pursuant thereto from affecting, altering or impairing, inter alia, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18Opinion 91-23
… of whether the companies are part of the same fire department or different fire departments. You ask whether the … only to membership in fire companies within the same fire department. In particular, you ask whether an individual may … a member of a volunteer fire company within a village fire department and a volunteer fire company within a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-23Opinion 94-11
… in connection with a celebration of the district fire departments anniversary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-11Opinion 2001-8
… of former fire protection district) -- Taxes (setting of lower rate for owners of multiple parcels) FIRE PROTECTION … rates so that owners of multiple parcels are taxed at a lower rate. You ask whether a town may abolish a fire … rates so that owners of multiple parcels would pay at a lower rate." Article 11 of the Town Law (§170 et seq .) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-8DiNapoli Proposes More Transparency for Fire Protection Costs
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today proposed changes to the process for local communities that contract out their fire protection services to incorporated volunteer fire companies. … fire protection services to residents. New York's system for providing fire protection is complex. It can lead to lack …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-proposes-more-transparency-fire-protection-costs