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Opinion 90-64
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PARK DISTRICTS -- Increase or Improvement of Facilities … AND NOTES -- Referendum Requirements (bond resolution for park district) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when issuing bonds to finance improvement to park district); (need for when determining to improve park …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-64Opinion 89-54
… §209-q: Where a town provides water improvements pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town Law, a capital reserve fund may be established and moneys expended therefrom for the … any villages. You ask whether a capital reserve fund may be established for the construction of a type of improvement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Opinion 90-10
… -- Powers and Duties (trimming or removal of trees) LOCAL LAWS -- Streets and Highways (highway superintendent's … advisory councils and conservation boards) HIGHWAY LAW, §§140(1),(2), 153; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§239-x, … Comp, No. 85-6, p 6; see also Luceri v County of Orange , 144 AD2d 444, 534 NYS2d 9). Therefore, a town is under a duty …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10Opinion 2006-8
… upon retirement to central school district employees under collective bargaining agreements. You ask whether a central … paid upon retirement to school district employees under collective bargaining agreements. The amounts of the … percentages of the employees’ final year salaries. Collective bargaining between public employers and public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 2007-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Fund Transfers (referendum … Capital Reserve Fund (referendum requirements for transfer in counties) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for transfer of monies from capital reserve fund in county) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW § 6-c: With limited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Opinion 2008-2
… a sole proprietor, under which the board member picks up road salt and delivers the salt to a town storage facility. … a sole proprietor, under which the board member picks up road salt and delivers the salt to a town storage facility. … a sole proprietor, under which the board member picks up road salt and delivers the salt to a town storage facility. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 89-55
… within the town police department, may delegate that authority to the chief of police. Town Law, §150(1) … promotions (Town Law, §150[2]). There is no similar authority in the Town Law, however, to confer upon the chief … within the town police department may delegate that authority to the chief of police …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-55Opinion 97-22
… Permissible Uses (financing by county of construction of community college dormitory) COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- Powers and Duties (financing dormitory … COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (financing the cost of community college dormitory) EDUCATION LAW, §§6304, 6306: The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 97-21
… of annual financial reports from public libraries) EDUCATION LAW, §263; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §30(3): Section 263 of the Education Law does not operate to relieve public libraries … you ask whether the provisions of section 263 of the Education Law requiring public libraries to file annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-21Opinion 95-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (when … and facilities of the water district must be placed in a reserve fund for the purpose of retiring the outstanding … and the district then dissolved. As a general rule, in the absence of a special act of the State Legislature, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-29Opinion 96-1
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … 10% of the total assessed valuation of the town, the prior consent of the State Comptroller will be required for the … Similarly, pursuant to Local Finance Law, §104.10(6), no fire district meeting those criteria may issue bonds, bond …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 98-6
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801, 802(1)(h), (2)(e), 803: A county supervisor would not have a prohibited interest … in a contract is not prohibited, General Municipal Law, §803 requires, with certain exceptions, that the interest be … is not required pursuant to General Municipal Law, §803 when the section 802(2)(e) exception applies (General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-6Opinion 91-4
… interest and principal on the obligations. March 18, 1991 Jack L. Cottet, Chief of Fire Department Village of Cleveland …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-4Opinion 2002-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … for the counties, cities, towns and villages of the state to manage the historic and cultural properties under … in the history, architecture, archeology or culture of the state, its communities, or the nation" (General Municipal Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-13
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular … the fire district fire department, and to pay for expenses in connection with the fire department's annual fund-raising … law enacted by the State Legislature provides otherwise. 1 In general, these sections of the Insurance Law provide that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2000-12
… of $75 in certain circumstances (General Municipal Law §805-a[1]), prohibits the disclosure of confidential information (General Municipal Law §805-a[2]) and prohibits appearances before municipal boards in certain circumstances (General Municipal Law §805-a[3], [4]). There is no provision in article 18, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 93-31
… receive no compensation for services, but is silent with respect to whether the commissioners are entitled to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-31Opinion 99-15
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Taxes and Assessments (authorizing tax … when property not served by water or sewer system) VILLAGE LAW, §§11-1108, 11-1118, 14-1406, 14-1410; STATE … 79-453, unreported; cf. Riley v County of Monroe , 43 NY2d 144, 400 NYS2d 801). Also, the lack of availability of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-15Opinion 2001-1
… Antonio MTA , 469 US 528, 105 S Ct 1005, 83 L Ed2d 1016), New York State law applies in this area only to the extent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 2001-5
… §91(1): A fire district may offer a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals for felonies and misdemeanors directly connected to vandalism … You ask whether a fire district may offer a reward for information leading to the conviction of the persons …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5