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… Fee: $5.00 Collateral Loan Broker’s Registration Statement Unclaimed Property Forms Industry Specific Handbook - Pawn Brokers … location. Supplemental Registration Fee: $2.50 Reporting Unclaimed Property and Sales Pawn brokers, or collateral loan …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/reporters/collateral-loanpawn-brokersOpinion 90-34
… Law, §§9104[a][1]-[3], 9105[d][2][B]-[D]). In a multi-company fire department, the treasurer or fiscal officer … §§9104[a][4], 9105[d][2][E]). Each fire department or fire company which receives foreign fire insurance tax moneys must use them for the benefit of the department or company, as determined by the membership of the department or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 2012-1
… and Sales (purchases of highway related products from company owned by a member of a town board of assessment … 801, 803: A member of a town board of assessment review who is the sole proprietor of a company that sells highway … ask whether a member of a town board of assessment review who is the sole proprietor of a company that sells highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 98-21
… contract for provision of) -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract for emergency ambulance service) MUNICIPAL … and fire district) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract for emergency ambulance service) GENERAL … LAW, §176(22): Although a town is authorized, pursuant to section 122-b of the General Municipal Law, to enter into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 95-15
… the entire school district. However, this result would not change if the statutes were construed as permitting school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-15Opinion 90-58
… 18 of the General Municipal Law, but may be subject to restrictions under a local code of ethics. You ask whether a … consulted to determine whether it contains any pertinent restrictions. We note that General Municipal Law, §806 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-58Opinion 2000-12
… fixing the salaries of relatives who are town officials and, even if the code of ethics does not require abstention, … board members should recuse themselves from discussion and abstain from voting on matters relating solely or … that relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees. Among other things, article 18 prohibits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 89-62
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Elections (signing multiple nominating petitions) ELECTIONS … petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A qualified voter is not prohibited from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Rockland County – Budget Review (B23-6-8)
… of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure … by Orange, Putnam and Westchester counties, was authorized to issue debt not to exceed $96 million to liquidate the accumulated deficit in … The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2023/11/10/rockland-county-budget-review-b23-6-8Opinion 88-8
… servicing district vehicles) -- Exceptions (abstention from voting not an exception) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … in General Municipal Law, §802 apply. Abstention from voting on matters relating to the contracts between the … stockholder of the automotive dealership and abstains from voting with respect to any matters relating to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8Opinion 90-61
… §198[3][d], authorizing the establishment of user fees for water districts). Further, it is our opinion that a town may not, by local law, provide for the imposition of benefit assessments or user fees to … by enacting provisions in Articles 12 and 12-A for financing town improvement districts, has created a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-61VI.3.A Overview – VI. Budgets
… The generate parent budget option will be checked as a system default. The use of the generate parent budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi3a-overviewOpinion 95-9
… credit for attending meetings of committees of a fire company); (pro rating the number of points credited for … for attending meetings of committees of a fire company. (3) A service award program may not provide for pro … firefighters receive credit for attendance at fire company committee meetings pursuant to General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 92-16
… State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, … 220; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §802(2)(c): A town board may enter into an agreement for the payment of reasonable … office space from a fire company. You ask whether a town may agree to pay rent to the town tax collector, clerk, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16Opinion 88-43
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … by appropriation of workers' compensation benefits which have been paid into the general fund from a self-insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43Opinion 91-44
… in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health insurance) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover fire … commissioners of a fire district may be provided health insurance through the State health insurance plan at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 94-26
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … a town may establish a business improvement district the boundaries of which include area within a village located within the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 96-10
… discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (transfer into general fund) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (transfer from capital reserve fund into general fund prohibited) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … the transfer of the unexpended balance of a capital reserve fund into the fire district's general fund. It may, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-10Oversight of Housing Discrimination Complaints
… and addressed housing discrimination complaints timely and in accordance with its policies and procedures and the … Human Rights Law (HRL). The HRL prohibits discrimination in housing based on age, race, lawful source of income, … protected classes. The HRL also prohibits discrimination in leasing and sales, including in advertisements and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/12/02/oversight-housing-discrimination-complaintsOpinion 98-11
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (where last day of interest-free period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or … 925-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §25-a: When the last day of the penalty-free period for the payment of real … Whether real property tax payments postmarked day after the last day for tax payments wo penalty is timely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-11