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Opinion 89-15
… (with village) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (authority to purchase liability insurance for vehicles owned by the village fire department) VILLAGE LAW, §4-412: A village may not purchase liability insurance, nor agree to … provide that the town will not be responsible for any claim paid in connection with loss, injury or damage to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-15Opinion 2000-20
… museum) -- Powers and Duties (authority to become member of volunteer firefighters museum) HISTORIC … museum) TOWN LAW §176(10), (13), (14), (21), (25): A fire district may expend monies to become a member of a … for local government historic preservation programs do not make reference to fire districts (see, e.g., Arts and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-20Opinion 91-22
… be incorporated as a separate not-for-profit corporation. You ask whether a fire police squad may separately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-22Opinion 93-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State … of the General Municipal Law does not provide authority for) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Fire Protection (article 5-G of … however, we disagree with the Attorney General. February 22, 1993 Cornelius F. Healy Deputy State Comptroller … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-6Opinion 2000 - 13
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … for volunteer membership in more than one fire company at one time (see also Village Law §10-1006[10]; General City … not "eligible" for a membership in more than one company at a time, it follows that an individual would not meet the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-13Opinion 2000-15
… FIREFIGHTERS - Eligibility (of out-of-state firefighter to volunteer on on-going basis) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW … from an out-of-state fire company may not volunteer to assist a fire district fire department within New York State on an on-going basis pursuant to General Municipal Law §209-i. You ask whether a volunteer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15Opinion 89-62
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- … such a prohibition. You ask whether a qualified voter may sign nominating petitions for different candidates for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 98-2
… commences at 8:00 pm and ends approximately 9:00 pm or 10:00 pm, and the commissioners customarily arrive before the … to complete the business at hand (see, e.g., 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-13, p 13; 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-717, … January 20, 1998 Joseph R. Attonito, Esq., Attorney at Law Selden Fire District … Whether a fire district may pay for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Opinion 92-2
… in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Taxes (authority to use general fire district funds to pay amounts due under contract for hydrants serving a zone) FIRE HYDRANTS -- Fire Districts (authority to use general fire district funds to pay amounts due under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-2Opinion 94-32
… of service award program if fire department ceases to provide service outside village or if fire department is dissolved); (authority to transfer responsibility for service award program to fire company) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32Opinion 2000-6
… fire insurance tax monies to the purchase of equipment or payment of other ordinary operating expenses that are the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 2010-4
… cover instances or periods of time when the fire district's service may not be readily available. In neither situation, … ambulance companies to receive "back-up" services ( see New York State Assembly Mem in Support of Legislation, Budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-4Opinion 2010-3
… contract to state a "definite sum to be paid each year for all of the services to be rendered thereunder." 2 This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Opinion 91-12
Whether moneys raised by a volunteer fire company that is part of a village fire department is property of the village or the fire company
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-12Opinion 95-14
… the members of the fire department or company, as the case may be, determine to be for the benefit of the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 94 - 23
… located within two towns) TOWN LAW, §§170, 172-d: In the case of the extension of a fire district located within two … Law, §171 setting forth the petition requirements). In the case of a fire district located within more than one town, … be extended on town board motion, without petition (see 12 Opns St Comp, 1956, p 280). Subdivision two provides, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-23Opinion 97-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Unless otherwise provided by special act, the members of a volunteer fire department may determine to use foreign …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 97-24
… may not participate in a service award program established for the members of the fire company unless they have been … as members of the fire company and are subject to call for whatever duties may be assigned under the rules and … may participate in a service award program established for the members of the fire company. You state that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-24Fire Prevention, Safety and Control
… and control requirements that help ensure the safety of vulnerable populations it serves. Background The Office … disabilities. On March 21, 2009, a fire in one of the residences resulted in the death of four individuals. Since that fire, the Office has taken …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/11/21/fire-prevention-safety-and-controlOpinion 88-55
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … been the position of this Office that a village must be a party to any contract for the provision of fire protection to … Law, §204-a[6][a]). Therefore, since a village board can prohibit a fire company from engaging in fund raising …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-55