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Opinion 96 - 14
… et seq .) contains the provisions of law which relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, … and employees of a county community college are considered to be county officers and employees (see, e.g., 1988 Opns St … p 105; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-75, p 111). Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a municipal officer or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14State Agencies Bulletin No. 258
… - Garnishment Spec 1, Garnishment Spec 2, Garnishment Spec 3, Garnishment Spec 4 and Garnishment Balances. Although … Use - Garnishment Spec Data - Garnishment Spec Data 1, 2, 3, or 4. Go - Compensate Employees - Maintain Payroll Data … should be completed and submitted to your security coordinator to add the secondary class, 'VGARN', to an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/258-agency-view-access-paysr-garnishment-panelsTown of Butternuts – Disbursements (2021M-62)
… Law) by authorizing insurance claims and annual contracts to be paid before audit and approval. The Board also exceeded … Law (GML) by allowing a third-party vendor direct access to the Town’s bank account that, at times, had more than … on deposit. In addition, the Board allowed debit cards to be used, which resulted in a circumvention of the Town’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/08/06/town-butternuts-disbursements-2021m-62Opinion 96-10
… moneys into another capital reserve fund in accordance with General Municipal Law, §6-g(8). You ask whether a fire … NYS2d 918 mod on other grnds 88 AD2d 780, 451 NYS2d 523 app dsmd 58 NY2d 601, 458 NYS2d 1025 app dsmd 58 NY2d 687, 458 NYS2d 543 rearg den 58 NY2d 824, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-10Processing of Sexual Offense Evidence Collection Kits (Follow-Up)
… has the right to choose whether to report the incident to law enforcement and consent to have the kit released by the … testing. Once a victim provides consent, the investigating law enforcement agency collects the kit and sends it to a … at the lab, and kits received by law enforcement agencies on or after February 26, 2017 were required to be processed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/27/processing-sexual-offense-evidence-collection-kits-followOpinion 2004-8
… Section 1113(a)(3) of the Insurance Law relates to accident and health insurance. 1 Accordingly, a village may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8Opinion 90-11
… ( National League of Cities v Usery , 426 US 833, 96 S Ct 2465, 49 L Ed2d 245 [1976]), the U.S. Supreme Court, in Garcia v San Antonio MTA , 469 US 528, 105 … Opns St Comp No. 85-18, p 23). As noted, because of the Supreme Court's decision in Garcia , supra , the principles …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-11Opinion 89-40
… (1) A fire district may not reimburse a fire district commissioner for wages lost because the commissioner was subpoenaed to testify in a case in which the fire district was the defendant, unless the commissioner is a member of a fire company and, in that … a fire district may reimburse a selfemployed fire district commissioner for wages lost because the commissioner was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-40Opinion 2005-9
… district, the above-quoted provision does not apply to the instant situation. We note, however, that since section … based on this Decision, it is possible, as in the instant situation, for an individual to have his or her term …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Opinion 92-22
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … in assessment review proceedings) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(2), 805-a(1)(c), (d): The comptroller of a village … without violating article 18 of the General Municipal Law. You ask whether a village comptroller may maintain a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-22Opinion 91-1
… for other participating municipalities in connection with projects being undertaken by individual municipalities. … to adopt and amend local laws, not inconsistent with any general law or the Constitution, relating to their … regulating the same subject matter is deemed inconsistent with State law, whether or not the terms of the local law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-1Opinion 2000-5
… purpose for which they were levied or received, that the consent of the town superintendent of highways and town … town superintendent of highways upon audit and with the consent of the town board. Clearly, this express …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-5Examination of Procurement Card Payments
… the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Long Island Developmental Disabilities State Operations Office … the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Long Island Developmental Disabilities State Ope …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/09/examination-procurement-card-paymentsOpinion 89-53
… 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-102, p 19, we concluded that the apportionment and payment of foreign fire insurance tax … (former Insurance Law, §554), but that in either case the apportionment by the treasurer of a multi-company fire … insurance tax because "... in the absence of an express legislative enactment precluding the paid firemen of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 97-19
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … and stockholder of insurance agency) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801, 803; TOWN LAW, §177: A fire district treasurer who is an officer and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-19Opinion 96-13
… §150; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, art. 11-AA; RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§40, 100, 101: A person may … performed during the individual's regularly assigned work periods. The effect of this provision is to limit the … the State Employees' Retirement System (see Retirement and Social Security Law, §40), it seems clear that this provision …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-13Opinion 91-42
… -- Villages (authority to transfer department funds to village treasurer); (cooperative investment of department funds and village funds); (gift of department funds to village subject to condition regarding use) VILLAGE TREASURER … Whether a village and a village fire department may agree to transfer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 94-17
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Tax Levy (inclusion of delinquent solid waste services fees with) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§120-w, … provide for a system of collection and disposal of solid waste through, among other means, resource recovery (General … a city to impose a system of user fees to finance solid waste collection or disposal services (cf. Town Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Kings Park Central School District - Procurement of Professional Services (2020M-22)
… Determine whether the Board and District officials adhered to the law and District policy when procuring professional … services. Consider updating the procurement policy to establish a reasonable interval for how frequently … agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/03/06/kings-park-central-school-district-procurement-professional-servicesOpinion 96-2
… but not including any charge imposed by or on behalf of a city or village (emphasis supplied). Thus, if these … imposed "by" the village ( cf . Crandall Public Library v City of Glens Falls , ____ AD2d ____, 629 NYS2d 100, holding … so long as no contrary intention is clearly indicated" (citation omitted; Grayson v Town of Huntington , 144 Misc 2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-2