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Opinion 90-20
… of foreign fire insurance moneys in a manner inconsistent with sections 9104 and 9105 (see 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-8, … is hereby superseded to the extent that it is inconsistent with this conclusion. June 8, 1990 Francis L. Real, Mayor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-20Opinion 2001-5
… the reward pursuant to General Municipal Law §91. The year after Opn No. 82-242, supra , was rendered, section 176(31) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5Opinion 98-24
… 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-98-24Opinion 2001-6
… Particular Uses (purchase of personal computer, facsimile machine and refrigerator for fire department use) INSURANCE … tax monies to purchase a personal computer, facsimile machine and refrigerator for fire department use. You ask … tax monies to purchase a personal computer, a facsimile machine and a refrigerator for department use. Sections 9104 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-6Opinion 97-14
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (furniture and trophy … provided by special act, the members of a volunteer fire department or, if the department is comprised of several …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-14Opinion 2009-1
… fire district treasurer. Town Law § 174 (2) provides for the election of a fire district treasurer for a term of three years. Pursuant to Town Law § 176 (2-a), … www.osc.state.ny.us/files/local-government/documents/doc/2020-05/code-ethics-fire-districts.docx ]). 2 Further, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-1DiNapoli: Local Governments Should Improve Enforcement of State Fire Code Regulations
… facilities, hospitals, hotels, preschools, libraries and shopping malls, according to an audit released today by State … care facilities hospitals hotels preschools libraries and shopping malls according to an audit released by State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-local-governments-should-improve-enforcement-state-fire-code-regulationsOpinion 96-12
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Fiscal Year (change only by … its fiscal year from a calendar year to a year ending in February or March. You indicate that the change would … the thirty-first day of December". There is no provision in the Town Law or any other State statute which authorizes a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-12Opinion 94-25
… Board is authorized to make determinations of claims for benefits under the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law (see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25Fire Safety (2015-MS-1)
… [read complete report - pdf] We also released ten letter reports to the … following municipalities: Cities of Ithaca [pdf] , North Tonawanda [pdf] , Plattsburgh [pdf] , Poughkeepsie [pdf] , … from five municipalities (Hempstead, Lindenhurst, North Tonawanda, Plattsburgh and Poughkeepsie) did not review or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2015/05/27/fire-safety-2015-ms-1Opinion 89-40
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … pursuant to General Municipal Law, §72-o. (2) A volunteer officer or member of a fire department who is self-employed … §178-c, we note that section 178-c provides, in relevant part, that when incurred by the authority of the board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-40Opinion 96-7
… COOPERATION -- Fire Protection (cooperation agreement for recruitment of volunteer firefighters) -- Municipal Funds … to implement an advertising campaign for the purpose of recruiting volunteer firefighters for the fire companies of … together in an advertising campaign for the purpose of recruiting volunteer firefighters for the fire departments of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-7Opinion 96-1
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- State Comptroller Approval (necessity for in Adirondack Park fire district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State … bond anticipation notes, capital notes or budget notes, and the fire district is situated wholly or partly within a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 98-21
… The ambulance company would provide necessary care at the scene, but would not provide transportation for the patient. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 92-41
… the "sidewalks" with the district. December 30, 1992 J. Stewart McLaughlin, Esq., Attorney Kismet Fire District … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-41Opinion 2008-3
… (authority to make cash refunds of unexpended monies in a capital reserve fund) -- Powers and Duties (authority to make … or acquisition of a type of, or specific, capital improvement. 1 General Municipal Law § 6-g (7) provides that … Comp No. 2003-4, at 10; cf . Wells v Town of Salina , 119 NY 280). Except as outlined above with respect to transfers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-3Opinion 91-42
… as, for example, membership dues, foreign fire insurance tax proceeds (see Insurance Law, §§9104, 9105) and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 93-24
… Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law, §5[1]; 1992 Opns St Comp No. 92-41, p 105; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-34, p 55). In furtherance of these purposes, fire … implied therefrom (Town Law, §176[21]; 1992 Opns St Comp Nos. 92-4, p 9 and 92-41, supra ; see also 1982 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-24Opinion 2003-4
… from towns' express authority to establish "publicity funds" for, among other purposes, "promot[ing] the general, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-4Opinion 2004-5
… and control of the fire department which, in the case of a village fire department, will generally be the … that the members of the fire department or company, as the case may be, determine to be for the use and benefit of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5