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Opinion 2007-4
… issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authority to supersede village budget procedures) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Budget Procedures (authority to supersede in … and certain other local governments to establish reserve funds for various stated purposes (General Municipal Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 92-42
… Loans (use of municipal employees and equipment on private property pursuant to contract) PERSONAL PROPERTY -- Municipal Equipment (use for private property pursuant to contract) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42Opinion 91-63
… who resides with president and owner of hardware store) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A town councilman who resides with the owner and president of a hardware store and maintains office space in the same building in which the store is located, but has no relationship with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 90-55
… -- Disability Benefits (termination of police department) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-c; VILLAGE LAW, §8-800: A village which abolishes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55Opinion 96-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … OF INTEREST -- Engineering Services (environmental review by village trustee or firm of the trustee) -- Exceptions … Law, §801[1]). Any contract willfully entered into by or with a municipality in which there is a prohibited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 95-9
Concerning a length of service award program established by a fire district
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 93-2
… on such a proposition at any other time. You ask under what circumstances a referendum on a proposition to change … election. You state that the proposition in question is being submitted to the voters on the village board's own … §9-912[1],[2][e]). The term "regular village election" is not defined in the Election Law. The Election Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-2Opinion 2000-15
… company may not volunteer to assist a fire district fire department within New York State on an on-going basis … state and is a member of an out-of-state volunteer fire department may volunteer his or her services on an on-going basis to a New York State fire district fire department. General Municipal Law §209-i (1-a) provides in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15Opinion 2006-3
… town board, after a public hearing, to grant franchises “for the use of the streets, highways, and public places or … thereof or the space above or under them or any of them, for any specific purpose authorized by law upon such terms … rule, unless a statute provides otherwise, and except for revenues received as a result of a part-town function or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 92-48
… establish a mandatory reserve fund if the proceeds of the sale of the improvement are used to pay or provide for the … districts and school districts in connection with the cash sale of capital improvements financed by obligations which are outstanding at the time of the sale. Prior to the enactment of chapter 413 of the Laws of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 97 - 12
… engineer who appears before the board) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 805-a: An arrangement whereby the recording … be prohibited from performing services for the engineering firm in relation to any matter before, or to come before, the … in matters before the planning board. General Municipal Law, article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions of law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 2000-4
… provided by a public retirement system, or payments to a fund or insurer to provide an income for retirees or payment … provided by a public retirement system, or payments to a fund or insurer to provide an income for retirees, or payment … be provided by a public retirement system", "payments to a fund or insurer to provide income to retirees", or "payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-4Opinion 93-33
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Opinion 98-23
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Pre-emption (establishment of maximum speed limits in villages) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23Opinion 91-49
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … by private sale, to either the adjoining owner or another party and, if so, whether the sale may be approved by … Nassua County , 58 AD2d 591, 395 NYS2d 494). There is no case law so construing Highway Law, §118-a (or companion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 92-27
… request by an officer or employee. You state that a city council member wishes to donate his salary to a … company or credit union doing business in the State of New York, shall in any way operate to prevent the payment of such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 92-10
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. ABANDONED AND LOST PROPERTY -- Money (unclaimed redemption payments on bearer serial bonds) BONDS AND NOTES -- Redemption (disposition of unclaimed moneys representing amounts paid on matured bearer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-10Opinion 99-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … held that bond proceeds of a public authority are not the "money of the State", nor "money under its [the State's] … The state aid must be paid in the manner prescribed by section 544 of the Real Property Tax Law out of "moneys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-6Opinion 95-32
… on the books of the Federal Reserve or other book-entry system operated by a federally regulated entity without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-32Opinion 90-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … is authorized to apply for and accept private gifts of money, property and services for any purpose provided for by the Social Services Law (Social Services Law, §131-g; see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6