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Opinion 90-39
… Duties (imposition of special tax or user fee on behalf of a fire district) TOWN LAW, §181(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i),(ii)(a)(9-a): A town may not impose … the budget officer of each town in which the fire district is located a detailed written estimate of the amount of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-39Opinion 2005-3
… fundamental principle of law that school districts possess only those powers expressly delegated by statute or … “municipal corporation” as used in section 72-j includes “only a county, town, city and village” (General Municipal Law … not apply here for several reasons. Section 1726 applies only to the placement or erection of a building, not to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-3Opinion 2006-11
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (from store at which town board member is employed) -- Exceptions … has an interest in town purchases from an auto parts store solely because the board member is an employee of the store, the interest would not be prohibited if the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11Opinion 2008-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … 1 The collective bargaining agreement does not expressly state how the cash payment is to be calculated. It appears, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-6State Agencies Bulletin No. 835
… Civil Service Law, Section 131.5 and the N/S to Grade side letter to the 2007-2011 CSEA agreement, OSC is issuing … submit transactions for eligible employees on September 4, 2008 for Pay Period 12L, paychecks dated 9/25/08 … for the revised method of calculation, an employee must have been in a CSEA N/S annual or hourly position immediately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/835-revised-method-calculating-salaries-employees-upon-movement-civilOpinion 92-43
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Policies and Procedures (inclusion of purchases by town highway superintendent); (supersession … to that statute that all purchases or leases in excess of $50000 by the highway superintendent be approved by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-43Opinion 92-1
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§106, 109-b: (1) A municipality does not have discretion to refuse to permit the withdrawal … time to time, may withdraw, at their option, the whole or any portion of the amount retained from payments to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-1Opinion 2002-2
… - Service Award Programs (service credit after entitlement age); (voluntary waiver of right to begin receiving award at entitlement age) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§215(4), (6), 217(c), 218(b), … service credit after attaining the program's entitlement age, subject to the 40 year maximum provided for in article …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2-0Opinion 2002-2
… - Service Award Programs (service credit after entitlement age); (voluntary waiver of right to begin receiving award at entitlement age) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§215(4), (6), 217(c), 218(b), … service credit after attaining the program's entitlement age, subject to the 40 year maximum provided for in article …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2State Agencies Bulletin No. 835.1
… for the revised method of calculation, an employee must have been in a CSEA N/S annual or hourly position immediately … Lateral) Agencies must use the CSEA N/S position in effect immediately prior to the move to the graded position … compare to the employee’s hourly rate for the same year. Do not include hours paid as overtime when reporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/8351-new-promotion-method-calculating-salaries-employees-upon-movement-civilXI.16 Vendor Responsibility – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… alteration, repair or improvement of any state building, whether constructed or to be constructed must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi16-vendor-responsibilityPublications
… Officers Special 25-Year Plan under Sections 89-h and 603(e) (VO1809) Broome County Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, … Officers Special 25-Year Plan under Sections 89-m and 603(i) (VO1805) County Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy … Officers Optional 25-Year Plan under Sections 89-p and 603(l) (VO1832) Detective Investigators in the Office of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publicationsState Agencies Bulletin No. 928
… for submitting transactions for eligible employees. OSC is no longer automatically processing this payment. Affected … Rate in a higher graded or NS equated to grade position (on the NYS Position page) counts toward Job Rate service in a … is equal to or greater than the merit step the employee is currently eligible to receive, a PAY/MST transaction must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/928-october-2009-merit-step-listings-and-payments-certain-graded-and-nsOpinion 2006-7
… use monies paid to it under the contract to purchase and own ambulances used in connection with the provision of … ambulance district may use monies paid to purchase and own ambulances …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-7Opinion 2005-8
… . v City of Amsterdam , 200 AD2d 315, 613 NYS2d 993). When only an approximation of the actual cost to the users is … was intended to be an affirmative grant of authority for, only volunteer fire companies and departments (Bill Jacket, L …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-8Opinion 89-15
… owned by the village fire department) VILLAGE LAW, §4-412: A village may not purchase liability insurance, nor agree to … of a fire district to purchase liability insurance to cover fire company vehicles). In addition, we have previously … Vale Fire Company, Inc. , 141 AD2d 509, 529 NYS2d 132; Cook v City of Geneva , 127 Misc 2d 261, 485 NYS2d 497; Cuddy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-15Opinion 92-8
… FINANCE LAW, §§10.00(a), 11.00(a), 165.00; L 1991, ch 329, §15, as repealed and reenacted by L 1991, ch 330, §9: A … of the municipality. Section 80-b establishes the State's share of the cost of such a project as a portion of the … must be read in conjunction with section 15 of chapter 329 of the Laws of 1991, as repealed and reenacted by section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-8Opinion 95-8
… moneys constitute dedicated general fund revenues for use only for purposes of the claiming authority or claiming … services" subaccount of the general fund, and used only for law enforcement purposes in the investigation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-8Opinion 2000-22
… or approve payments thereunder; (b) audit bills or claims under the contract; or (c) appoint an officer or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-22Opinion 2000-10
… this chapter" (emphasis added), that is, notwithstanding only the provisions of the General Municipal Law. There is … our opinion, chapter 41 takes precedence over section 6-l only insofar as the two statutes are in conflict (id.). After … provided, the pedestrian walkway was constructed using only Federal and State funds. Under these circumstances, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-10