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Opinion 89-54
… reserve fund may be established for the construction of a type of improvement provided pursuant to Article 12-C of the … reconstruction or acquisition" of a specific or type of "capital improvement" (GML, §6-c[2]). The term … fund is established to finance the cost of a specific or type of capital improvement (GML,§6-c[2],[4],[8]). Where a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Opinion 90-10
… LAWS -- Streets and Highways (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) -- Transfer of Functions … duties, the highway superintendent is responsible for removing dangerous trees or overhanging or broken … swamps and all other wet lands, and recommending a program for ecologically suitable utilization of such areas (General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10Opinion 2006-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Employee Benefit Accrued Liability Reserve Fund (use of for lump sum “retirement awards”) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 2007-5
… to referendum (General Municipal Law § 6-c [4]). 2 In the case of counties, pursuant to Local Finance Law § 33.10, a … County Attorney County of Niagara Falls 1 In that case, however, there must be retained in the fund an amount …
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
… to finance the cost of construction of a dormitory for the county community college. This is in reply to your letter concerning a proposal to build a dormitory for a community college whose sole local sponsor is a county. … and used for carrying out its purposes, and has the power to protect, preserve and improve such property ( id .; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 97-21
… the trustees of public libraries to demand that library funds be paid over to the library treasurer who would then be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-21Opinion 95-29
… retiring the outstanding debt on behalf of the district. You ask whether the facilities of a town water district, for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-29Opinion 96-1
… -- State Comptroller Approval (necessity for in Adirondack Park fire district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties … - need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack Park) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (necessity for … (need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack Park fire district) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 98-6
… county board member as sole proprietor) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801, 802(1)(h), (2)(e), 803: A county … would not have a prohibited interest in a contract with a firm of which the supervisor's spouse is the sole proprietor … prior county board approval (see Municipal Home Rule Law, §§10, 23[2][f], 24[2][b]; cf . County Law, §408; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-6Opinion 91-4
… -- Apparatus and Equipment (transfer of by village to joint fire district without consideration) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (transfer of firefighting equipment to joint fire district without consideration) CONSTITUTIONAL … and Loans (transfer by village of firefighting equipment to joint fire district without consideration) TOWN LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-4Opinion 2002-10
… to acquire by gift as historic property) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (acceptance of gift of privately-owned cemetery … §§119-aa, 119-bb(2), 119-dd(3): A town, after due notice and public hearing, may accept a gift of a privately-owned, … that constitutes historical property within the town and provide for the upkeep and repair of such property. You …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-13
… Uses (funding fire department sports or recreational teams); (paying expenses of fire departments' annual … to fund the fire department softball, billiard and bowling teams, and to pay for expenses for the department's annual … be used to pay expenses of softball, billiard and bowling teams of the fire district fire department, and to pay for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2000-12
… $75 in certain circumstances (General Municipal Law §805-a[1]), prohibits the disclosure of confidential information … as may be deemed advisable (General Municipal Law §806[1]). The code may regulate or prescribe conduct not expressly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 93-31
… the members of the board of commissioners of a recreation district in commuting from their residences to the place … whether commissioners of the Rushford Lake Recreation District may be reimbursed for mileage from their residences … the board of commissioners. The Rushford Lake Recreation District was established pursuant to chapter 78 of the Laws …
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 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-15Opinion 2001-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §90; 29 USC §201 et seq .; NY CONST, ART. VIII, §1: A village board may authorize … without running afoul of the gift and loan prohibition of article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. For purposes of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 2001-5
… of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals for felonies and misdemeanors … district may offer a reward for information leading to the conviction of the persons responsible for an "incident" at a … to individuals for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons for felonies and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5Opinion 2000-6
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding length of service … 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 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6