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Opinion 99-4
… such as industrial development agencies, have only those powers which are conferred expressly by the State … 582 NYS2d 328, 329), and those powers may be exercised only in furtherance of its prescribed purposes ( Grossman v … of a public purpose of the donor municipality, but only by the enactment of a local law (1990 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4SUNY Bulletin No. SU-195
… code) – if the employee’s Pay Basis Code is ANN, CAL, CYF, FEE or HRY on the last day of Administration Pay Period 12L … Pay Earnings Codes, it may be necessary to submit an adjustment in order to calculate the correct deficit … included in the deficit reduction amount, calculate the adjustment amount and submit a positive adjustment using …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-195-2013-2014-2-day-deficit-reduction-plan-psnu-employeesLegislative and Executive Retirement Plan For Tier 1 and 2 Members (Section 80-a)
… 3% of your benefit. The adjustment percentage is applied only to the first $18,000 of your Single Life Allowance, even … Challenging a Retirement System Determination We can pay only those benefits authorized by law, and cannot pay you any … If you elected this plan on or after July 1, 1972, only legislative and certain military service can be credited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/legislative-and-executive-retirement-plan-tier-1-and-2-members-section-80Resources and Responsibilities: New York State’s Environmental Funding
… decades later, DEC programs range widely, from managing fish and game populations and overseeing the extraction of … populations and issuing licenses to hunt, trap and fish. Overseeing mining and oil and gas extraction in the … towards the replacement or repair of infrastructure. 25 Portions of the appropriation were parceled out over three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/resources-and-responsibilities-new-york-states-environmental-fundingState Agencies Bulletin No. 800
… Purpose To inform agencies of the availability of Control-D report NPAY779 (Merit Step Eligibility Listing) that lists potentially eligible employees for the … To inform agencies of the availability of ControlD report NPAY779 Merit Step Eligibility Listing that lists potentially eligible employees for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/800-april-2008-public-employees-federation-pef-merit-step-listings-andState Agencies Bulletin No. 882
… be used. From a PEF Hourly N/S Position Use only those hours paid where the employee’s hourly rate is at least equal … employee’s hourly rate for the same year. Do not include hours paid as overtime when reporting creditable hours. Hourly employees for whom hours have not been reported …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/882-new-method-calculating-salaries-employees-upon-movement-public-employeesOpinion 2003-2
… opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Joint District (authority to form in coterminous town/village) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- … board and the village board of trustees shall hold a joint meeting at one location within the proposed joint fire … on to provide, in relevant part, that: If at such joint meeting it is determined by a majority vote of each board to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2Opinion 2008-5
… fire company to be expended for fire company purposes only. If the village owns all of the fire apparatus to be … fire company must be expended for fire company purposes only and provides no authority to the village unilaterally to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-5Opinion 2011-1
… special act establishing the IDA in question contains no express authority for the IDA to hire individuals to staff … As such, an IDA "lacks powers not granted to it by express or necessarily implicated legislative delegation" ( … Comp No. 99-4, at 6; 1991 Ops St Comp No. 91-32, at 91). Express Powers Article 18-A provides for IDAs to fulfill …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2011-1Opinion 2000-18
… least sixty percent of the governing board of a "political subdivision" having "control of the fire departments and fire … referendum of the eligible voters within such political subdivision to determine whether the governing board shall … program for the volunteer firefighters of the political subdivision. For this purpose, the term "political …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18Opinion 2001-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … (authority to dissolve district when there are no "resident owners" within the district); (authority to dissolve … (meaning of for purpose of Town Law §§191, 202-c) -- "Resident Owner" (meaning of for purpose of Town Law §198[12]) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-15XII.6.U Payments Pursuant to Awards and Non-Judicial Settlement Agreements – XII. Expenditures
… to back-up withholding). Attorney’s fees may be provided only where a statute expressly authorizes awards for such … on IRS Form W-2. Generally, front pay awards will be paid only where front pay is a remedy expressly available under an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6u-payments-pursuant-awards-and-non-judicial-settlement-agreementsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-209
… Purpose To inform agencies of new earnings codes and procedures for processing the … an H1B, J1 or O1 Visa. Background Pursuant to Section 7 of Part A of Chapter 491 of the Laws of 2011 and the Division of the … To inform agencies of new earnings codes and procedures for processing the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-209-2014-2016-deficit-reduction-plan-psnu-employeesSUNY Bulletin No. SU-203
… Pay Period 20L or if the employee’s Pay Basis Code is FEE, BIW or HRY and the 2013-2014 2 Day DRP Earnings Code was … Pay Earnings Codes, it may be necessary to submit an adjustment in order to calculate the correct deficit … Date falls; therefore, the agency must submit a positive adjustment (see Processing Adjustments in Time Entry …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-203-2013-2015-deficit-reduction-plan-psnu-employeesOpinion 90-53
… (authority to contract out functions of village assessor); (authority to contract out functions of village … ASSESSMENTS -- Assessment Procedures (authority to retain assessor on contractual basis) BUILDING INSPECTOR -- … the powers and perform the duties of the positions of assessor, building inspector and deputy road commissioner, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-53Opinion 2005-4
… 449 NYS2d 30 mot to dismiss granted 56 NY2d 1031; People v Mann , 113 Misc 2d 980, 450 NYS2d 275; 1987 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-4Opinion 89-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Banking Transactions (purchase of bonds and … bank as a depository if the town supervisor is a director of the bank and a shareholder of less than one percent of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Opinion 89-28
… capacity); (payment of the cost of preparing a general map, plan, and report); (of preliminary study) WATER … may authorize the payment of the expense of a general map and plan for the establishment or extension of a water … a specific amount to pay the cost of preparing the general map and plan. This cost is, in the first instance, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-28Opinion 98-21
… corporation may participate in a cooperation agreement only for the performance of those functions which it is … to provide (see Public Health Law, §3008[7]). There are only limited circumstances, however, in which the board of … enter into a contract for the provision of those services only with a city, town, village or fire district which has in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 90-8
… it is a State statute which in terms and in effect applies only to one city. Therefore, it appears that the exception … words "shall not be changed, modified or amended" refer only to the future adoption of local laws. Further, Insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-8