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Receiving Your Benefit and Filing Your Option Election – New Career Plan for ERS Tier 2 Members
… information for ERS Tier 2 members covered by Sections 75h and 75i Receiving Your Benefit and Filing Your Option Election …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1509/receiving-your-benefit-and-filing-your-option-electionOpinion 94-18
… for nominal consideration to private not-for-profit corporation) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (transfer … real property for nominal consideration to not-for-profit corporation) REAL PROPERTY -- Conveyances Generally … in incorporation of fire department) NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, §1402; VILLAGE LAW, §10-1008: By operation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 2003-5
… firefighter) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §208-b; RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW §363-d: The line-of-duty presumption in Retirement and Social Security Law §363-d does not apply to death benefits … ask whether the line-of-duty presumption in Retirement and Social Security Law §363-d applies in the case of death …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 2005-5
… section 207-m, the police chief is entitled to a monetary payment in the amount of the additional retirement … to a fund or insurer to provide an income for retirees or payment to retirees or their beneficiaries, where such … Whether the police chief is entitled to a monetary payment in the amount of the additional retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 89-30
… the sale of aviation petroleum products at municipal airports; Blank v Browne , 217 App Div 624, 216 NYS 664, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-30Retirement
… The New York State and Local Retirement System NYSLRS offers services for the public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirementOpinion 88-50
… the work, which is expected to extend the tank's useful life by 10 years, would consist of the following: (1) … value of the property, nor does it appreciably prolong its life. It merely keeps the property in an operating condition over the probable useful life for which it was acquired. Expenditures for that purpose …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-50Opinion 2010-2
… v Ambro , 41 NY2d 952, 394 NYS2d 636; Ross v Wilson , 308 NY 605; Davis v Board of Education of the Hewlett-Woodmere … 459 NYS2d 774, lv dismissed 59 NY2d 608, 60 NYS2d 586; Madison Square Garden v MTA , 7 Misc 3d 1030A, 801 NYS2d 236, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-2Opinion 97-24
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Auxiliary (participation in service award program) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program … 217: The members of the "auxiliary" of an incorporated volunteer fire company located in a fire district may not … Whether auxiliary members of an incorporated volunteer fire company in a fire district may participate in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-24Opinion 98-8
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Preferred Source … LAW, §103; STATE FINANCE LAW, §162; CORRECTION LAW, §184: A political subdivision is required to procure microfilming … and utility required by the political subdivision, from a qualified and approved preferred source, in accordance with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-8Opinion 93-16
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (credit for activities performed by local … political subdivision may not earn credit under a service award program for responding to fire alarms during their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 2000-2
… to promote literary, graphic, dramatic and performing arts) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and Duties (promotion of literary, graphic, dramatic and performing arts) PARKS AND RECREATION -- Recreation Programs (promotion of literary, graphic, dramatic and performing arts) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (promotion of literary, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 2000-17
… engaged by the authority, the authority must solicit bids in accordance with Town Law §197 for the construction of … as a discrete project. The authority may not solicit bids for individual categories of estimated construction work … four improvements bid as a group. The Court noted that the city charter provisions at issue required the cost of each …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-17Opinion 2002-11
… responding to the minimum number of calls of the emergency rescue and first aid squad, as set forth in section … minimum number of fire company calls other than emergency rescue and first aid squad calls, as set forth in section … responding to the minimum number of calls of an emergency rescue and first aid squad, and an additional twenty-five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-11-0Opinion 2002-2
… discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - 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), (c), 219(b), 219-a(2)(b): A service award program may provide for a participant to earn service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2-0Opinion 99-8
… of board meetings) LOCAL LAWS - Fees (imposition of by town for subscription to minutes of board meetings) PUBLIC MEETINGS - Minutes (imposition of fees by town for subscription to minutes of board meetings) TOWNS - … of a fee for subscription to minutes of board meetings) TOWN LAW, §§30(1), 63, 64(11-b), 116(13); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-8XI.12.C Surety Takeovers – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… the surety vendor. CONTRACTS APPROVED BY OSC To obtain OSC approval of a surety takeover of a contract originally … the original contract, route the transaction to OSC for approval, and submit the following to OSC: Surety … surety takeover agreement. CONTRACTS NOT SUBJECT TO OSC APPROVAL For a surety takeover on a contract that was not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi12c-surety-takeoversVI.5 Project Budgets – VI. Budgets
… is used to collect financial transactions associated to a project. The Projects module, along with the Commitment … approve and post budget journals to create project child budgets. The generate parent functionality in SFS will … create/update the project parent budget when a project child budget is adjusted. Note: These budget journals do not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi5-project-budgetsII.4.A Minimum Financial Reporting Requirements – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… BUDGETARY (CASH) BASIS The minimum financial reporting requirements for monthly, … Units Notes to the Basic Financial Statements The minimum financial reporting requirements for general purpose … The minimum financial reporting requirements for general purpose …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4a-minimum-financial-reporting-requirementsIntroduction – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… The audit of claims or vouchers (the terms are used interchangeably in … that a thorough, deliberate and independent audit of claims be conducted before payments are authorized. With … not received. An effective audit of claims is often the last line of defense for preventing unauthorized, improper or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/introduction