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Opinion 88-35

… computer software constitutes the purchase of a commodity for competitive bidding purposes and does not fall within the … advisable to seek competition through the use of requests for proposals or, where appropriate, a less formal method, to … evaluation of the responses to the RFP, using a scoring sheet to evaluate the vendors, and the city would choose the …

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Opinion 90-24

… board may not, pursuant to Local Finance Law, §56.00, delegate to the chief fiscal officer of the municipality the … §56.00(a) authorizes a finance board of a municipality to delegate the authority to hire bond attorneys to the chief … district or district corporation may, by resolution, delegate all or part of such powers and duties to the chief …

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Opinion 89-45

… in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning … PLANNING -- Zoning Board of Appeals (paying fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning … OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning …

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Opinion 91-55

… Debt Limits (exclusion from - calculation of net revenues for exclusion for self-liquidating indebtedness) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Cost … deducted from "gross revenues" to calculate "net revenues" for purposes of the exclusion from debt limitation for …

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Opinion 2012-1

… -- Purchases and Sales (purchases of highway related products from company owned by a member of a town board of … Board of Assessment Review (purchases of highway related products from company owned by a member of a town board of … sole proprietor of a company that sells highway related products would have an interest in contracts between the …

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Opinion 88-34

… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Towns (manner of adoption of … of adoption of regulations, orders and rules) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1640, 1660, 1800; TOWN LAW, §§130, 131, 133; VILLAGE LAW, §20-2002: Towns may enact traffic regulations, rules, and orders in the same manner as …

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State Agencies Bulletin No. P-774

New Workers' Comp Program for PS&T Aft 7/1/93

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State Agencies Bulletin No. 2148.1

… – Management Confidential BU18 – Management Confidential State Police BU46 – Military and Naval Affairs M/C BU66 – … Fac are eligible for the lump sum payment. OSC Actions: New Earnings Codes OSC has created the following Additional … to employment and income taxes. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the …

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State Agencies Bulletin No. 2148

… – Management Confidential BU18 – Management Confidential State Police BU46 – Military and Naval Affairs M/C BU66 – … Fac are eligible for the lump sum payment. OSC Actions: New Earnings Codes OSC has created the following Additional … to employment and income taxes. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the …

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Opinion 94-3

… COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for proceeding to improve road pursuant to Town Law, §200) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- … in connection with a proceeding for the improvement of a road pursuant to Town Law, §200. You ask whether the approval … with a proceeding for the improvement of a private road pursuant to Town Law, §200 when it is proposed that the …

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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1026

… D40 or DH4 Hours: Enter the number of hours to be paid. Payroll Register and Employee Paycheck/Advice The Earnings Code D40 o r DH4 will appear on the payroll register. The Earnings Code description Over 40 Cash … Questions about this bulletin may be e-mailed to the Payroll Audit mailbox. …

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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1102

… Purpose To provide instructions to agencies for processing the Over40 Comp Time II Cash Out payment for eligible employees. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who have opted to participate in the Over40 Comp Time II program: Administrative Services BU02 …

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Opinion 90-32

… (acquisition of land and construction of building for storage of) BONDS AND NOTES -- Referendum Requirements (for DEC ordered construction of town salt storage shed) HIGHWAY LAW, §142(4); LOCAL FINANCE LAW, … of bond proceeds for the construction of a town salt storage shed is not subject to referendum under either Town …

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Opinion 96-24

… for principal on obligations issued to finance a fire truck. The establishment of a capital reserve fund for the … for principal on obligations issued to finance a fire truck 1 . As to referendum requirements, a resolution for the … as a particular sort of firefighting vehicle (e.g., pumper truck), must set forth the estimated cost thereof and is …

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Opinion 88-45

… in the opinion. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS -- Financing of (bank line of credit unauthorized) LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §§20.00, … the Local Finance Law to borrow by the establishment of a line of credit with a bank but may issue capital notes to the … be permitted to draw against the entire amount of the line all at once or in increments. Interest would be payable …

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Opinion 2002-13

… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding fire department … expenses of fire departments' annual fund-raising drive) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by … fire department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to make reasonable expenditures to fund …

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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1945.1

… Payroll Bulletin No. 1945 . Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of several process changes to Workers’ Compensation Leave in … Teachers from Workers’ Compensation leave at the end of a contract. Affected Employees: Employees on Workers’ …

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Opinion 93-24

… ask whether the fire district may permit such facilities to be used by residents of the district, as well as members … the purpose of providing fire protection and responding to certain other types of emergencies (see Town Law, §176[1], … 13, authorizing towns, villages, cities and counties to provide playgrounds and neighborhood recreation centers). …

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Opinion 2005-1

… AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Fees (retention of by service provider) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (collection … STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: Towns may fix fees for ambulance services, to be paid by persons requesting the … to your inquiry concerning the provision of emergency medical service in a town. You indicate that the town …

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Opinion 92-23

… hearing requirements, may enter into a lease to permit a mobile communications company to use a portion of real … governed by a separate board of commissioners, to permit a mobile communications company to lease property owned by the … the conduct of the company's business. You state that the mobile communications company, which has a license from the …

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