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Opinion 2006-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … whether or not it involves a term or condition of employment subject to mandatory bargaining, unless there is a … plain and clear prohibition against such inclusion in the State or Federal Constitution, a statute, decisional law or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 2007-5
… equipment into another capital reserve fund is not subject to permissive referendum requirements. You ask whether a … of equipment into another capital reserve fund is subject to permissive referendum requirements. General Municipal Law, … the governing boards of counties, among other entities, to establish capital reserve funds for the purpose of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Opinion 2008-2
… OF INTEREST -- Exceptions (contracts entered into prior to municipal service) -- Interests in Contract (town board … the board member picks up road salt and delivers the salt to a town storage facility. If the contract was entered to before the board member was elected to office, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 89-55
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (delegation of power to determine promotions) -- … which presently awards all promotions within the town police department may delegate that authority to the chief of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-55Opinion 97-22
… board of trustees of a community college may acquire by deed, gift, devise, bequest or lease, real or personal … authorized by law (Education Law, §6306[4]). In addition, title to real property acquired by the board of trustees for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 97-21
… §30(3): Section 263 of the Education Law does not operate to relieve public libraries from the requirement that annual … reports be filed with the State Comptroller pursuant to section 30 of the General Municipal Law. This is in response to your inquiry concerning the filing of annual financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-21Opinion 95-29
… IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (when assets are sold to a public authority) WATER DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (when assets are sold to a public authority) TOWN LAW, §§198(12), 202-c: The governing board of a town water district may, subject to a mandatory referendum, sell all the property and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-29Opinion 96-1
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- State Comptroller Approval (necessity for in … Park) TOWN LAW, §176(14); LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §104.10(6); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-g(13): If the moneys … for the Fire District Indian Lake Fire District No. 2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 98-6
… Alternative County Government Law, §§51, 155). Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq .) contains … a direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit as a result of that contract. In addition, an officer or employee … his or her spouse and abstain from voting on such matters. March 9, 1998 Richard Swinehart, Esq., County Attorney County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-6Opinion 91-4
… and villages. Section 189-b of article 11-A relates to the sale or transfer of a village firehouse, land and … a joint fire district ... may by resolution authorize the sale or transfer of ... fire apparatus and fire equipment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-4Opinion 2002-10
You ask whether a town may accept a gift of a privatelyowned family cemetery established during the late eighteenth century to ensure its upkeep and repai
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-13
… annual fund-raising drive (see General Municipal Law §204-a). The distribution and use of foreign fire insurance … law enacted by the State Legislature provides otherwise. 1 In general, these sections of the Insurance Law provide … the fire district (Insurance Law §§9104[a][1]-[3]; 9105[d][2][B]-[D]; Not-For-Profit Corporations Law §1402[e]; Town Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2000-12
… who are elected or appointed town officials. Pursuant to General Municipal Law §806, however, a town board may … from voting on matters relating solely or primarily to the salaries of family members. You ask whether town board members are required to abstain from voting on resolutions setting salaries for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 93-31
… your letter asking whether commissioners of the Rushford Lake Recreation District may be reimbursed for mileage from … to meetings of the board of commissioners. The Rushford Lake Recreation District was established pursuant to chapter … we conclude that the commissioners of the Rushford Lake Recreation District may not be reimbursed for mileage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-31Opinion 99-15
… of municipalities and "quasi-municipal corporations" (NY Const., art III, §1, art XVI, §1; see, e.g., Greater … St Comp No. 87-64, p 96; see Kinkead v Village of Round Lake , 187 AD2d 905, 591 NYS2d 80; Torsoe Bros. v Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-15Opinion 2001-1
… 847, lv den 52 NY2d 702, 437 NYS2d 1025; cf . People v Murphy , 235 AD2d 554, 652 NYS2d 754). In order to avoid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 2001-5
… of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views … at which a member of the fire district fire department was injured requiring emergency room treatment. Fire … Municipal Law §91. The year after Opn No. 82-242, supra , was rendered, section 176(31) of the Town Law was enacted by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5Opinion 2000-6
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding … VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (use of foreign fire insurance taxes to fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§218, 219, 219-a; INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Foreign fire insurance tax monies received pursuant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 2000-3
… LAW, §§194, 195, 209-f, 209-g: A town clerk must cause to be filed with the State Comptroller a certified copy of … or order establishing or extending a district pursuant to articles 12 or 12-A of the Town Law, irrespective of whether the establishment or extension is subject to prior approval of the State Comptroller. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-3DiNapoli Announces $500 College Savings Sweepstakes
… age-based investment options that become more conservative over time. In addition, there are 13 individual investment … $5,000 from New York state taxable income ($10,000 for a married couple filing jointly) on annual contributions made to their accounts. Read …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-announces-500-college-savings-sweepstakes