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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
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS--Capital Reserve Fund (creation of by town for … §6-c authorizes a town board to establish capital reserve funds for the purpose of financing all or part of the cost of … p 7). The town's authority to establish capital reserve funds is subject to certain limitations. General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Holocaust Survivors
… additional assistance. For Funds Held by Swiss Banks and Insurance Companies in Europe If you are seeking information … New York State Department of Financial Services Holocaust Claims Processing Office (HCPO) as follows: By Mail: … Services, One State Street New York, NY 10004-1511 By Phone: 1-800-695-3318 (within the U.S.), 212-709-5583 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/holocaust-survivorsOpinion 90-10
… -- Streets and Highways (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) -- Transfer of Functions (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) TOWN BOARDS -- Powers and Duties … advisory council nor a conservation board is authorized to prevent the highway superintendent from trimming or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10Opinion 2006-8
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- … July 11, 1996, regarding A. 9040; see also Budget Report on S. 6278 of 1996). There is nothing in the legislative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 2007-5
… reserve established for a specific improvement or specific item of equipment into another capital reserve fund is not … reserve established for a specific improvement or specific item of equipment into another capital reserve fund is … improvement," or (2) the acquisition of a specific item or type of “equipment” (General Municipal Law § 6-c …
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 … providing hauling services as sole proprietor) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 801, 802 (1) (h): A newly elected town board … member was elected to office, the exception in General Municipal Law § 802 (1) (h) applies and the interest is not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 89-55
… We note, however, the Municipal Home Rule Law, §23(2)(f) provides that any local law which abolishes, transfers or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-55Collateral Loan/Pawn Brokers
… Pawn brokers, also known as collateral loan brokers, are required by law to file several forms with … before doing business. New Filing Fee: $5.00 Collateral Loan Broker’s Registration Statement Unclaimed Property Forms … Industry Specific Handbook - Pawn Brokers (Collateral Loan Brokers) Established Filings File an updated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/reporters/collateral-loanpawn-brokersState Agencies Bulletin No. 421
… use of the new Earnings Code LOM (Location Other Amount) for employees who receive a location pay amount other than … at Hudson Valley DDSO (51210). Effective Date(s) 7/24/03 for Institution Agency 7/31/03 for Administrative Agencies Background Agreements with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/421-new-earnings-code-location-payOpinion 97-22
… opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Permissible Uses (financing by county of construction of community college dormitory) … college dormitory) EDUCATION LAW, §§6304, 6306: The county governing board, and not the county community college … of trustees, may authorize the issuance of indebtedness to finance the cost of construction of a dormitory for the …
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
… and dissolve the district. Moneys received from the sale of the property and facilities of the water district … the district to a county, city, village, town, joint water works system or a public authority, subject to mandatory … the proposition is approved, the moneys received from the sale must be placed in a reserve fund to amortize any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-29Opinion 96-1
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack … Comptroller approval in Adirondack fire district) REAL PROPERTY -- Purchase (need for State Comptroller approval in … If the moneys necessary to fund the purchase of real property by a fire district are to be provided from a capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 98-6
… into with the spouse's firm unless the total consideration payable, when added to all other consideration payable under contracts in which the supervisor had an … an exception for a contract when the total consideration payable under the contract, when added to the aggregate …
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 -- … the conveyance of village firefighting apparatus, for nominal or no consideration, to a newly-formed joint fire … whether fire apparatus of a village could be transferred, for nominal or no consideration, to a newly-formed joint fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-4Opinion 2002-10
… public hearing, may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery that constitutes historical property within … whether a town may accept a gift of a privately-owned, "family cemetery", established during the late eighteenth … a town board may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery and provide for the upkeep and repair of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-13
… department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to make reasonable expenditures to fund the fire … fund-raising drive. You ask whether foreign fire insurance tax monies received by a fire district treasurer may be used … The distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax monies is governed by sections 9104 and 9105 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2000-12
… OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics (requiring abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) -- Family Relationships (abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, … Law (§800 et seq.) that prohibits a town board member from voting on salaries for family members who are elected or …
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-93-31