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Opinion 88-30
… property owners to connect to a district water system) TOWN LAW, §§130(15), 194(1)(b), 198, 201, 202, 202-a, 209-e(1)(b): (1) A town, by ordinance, may require district property owners to … in response to your inquiry concerning the authority of a town board to require that a property owner in a water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-30Opinion 93-25
… under the mistaken belief the right-of-way was a village street may not continue to provide such lighting unless the … right-of-way if the right-of-way has become a village street by prescription or public use. The village's provision … whether the private right-of-way has become a village street by prescription or use. You state that a village has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-25Oversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law (Follow-Up) (2023-F-35)
To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Oversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law (Report 2021-S-19).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/contracts/pdf/sga-2024-23f35.pdfSalary Rate Chart - CUNY Labor Law Section 220 - Supervisor of Mechanics
Attachment from Payroll Bulletin No. CU-431
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/pdf/cuny-431-attachment.pdfEnforcement of Article 19-A of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (2018-S-7)
To determine if the Department of Motor Vehicles takes adequate steps to identify motor carriers that must comply with Article 19-A of the New York...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18s7.pdfOversight of the Pesticide Reporting Law (2017-S-57) 90-Day Response
To determine the accuracy and completeness of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s pesticide reporting database from self-reported information ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-17s57-response.pdfCollection and Use of the Motor Vehicle Law Enforcement Fee (2012-S-2)
To determine whether the Department of Financial Services (Department) has collected, accounted for and distributed all Fee revenue due to the State and whether
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2012-12s2.pdfTown of Waterford - Town Clerk Collections (2018M-265)
… collections intact, in a timely manner. Maintain payment stubs and postmarked envelopes to support real property tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/05/03/town-waterford-town-clerk-collections-2018m-265Overview – Divorce and Your Benefits
… The New York State Court of Appeals has determined that retirement benefits may be … Order (DRO) — a legal document issued by the same court that issued the judgment of divorce. A DRO gives NYSLRS … of an attorney regarding matrimonial matters. Rev. 2/23 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/overviewCity of Olean – Budget Review (B1-15-2)
… accumulated deficit in the City’s general, water and sewer funds as of May 31, 2007. Local Finance Law requires all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2015/03/13/city-olean-budget-review-b1-15-2Cost-of-Living Adjustment – Divorce and Your Benefits
… An ex-spouse may be entitled to a portion of a retiree’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) , not as an option beneficiary, but as part of the overall distribution from the retiree’s monthly retirement benefit while the retiree is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/cost-living-adjustmentCopiague Fire District – Cash Disbursements (2019M-225)
… to the District minutes. 306 checks, totaling almost $2 million, had only one of the two required signatures. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/03/11/copiague-fire-district-cash-disbursements-2019m-225Main-Transit Fire Department – Banquet Hall Disbursements And Collections (2024M-86)
… receipts or another suitable record to demonstrate amounts of collections due to the Department. Without adequate documentation and controls, the Office of the State Comptroller’s auditors and Department officials … his involvement with the banquet hall or this conflict of interest as required by New York State General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/01/03/main-transit-fire-department-banquet-hall-disbursements-and-0Opinion 89-40
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for … for wages lost because the commissioner was subpoenaed to testify in a case in which the fire district was the … and, in that capacity, eligible for reimbursement pursuant to General Municipal Law, §72-o. (2) A volunteer officer or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-40State Agencies Bulletin No. 986
… Purpose To provide guidelines and processing procedures for Cash Merit Awards for Fiscal Year 2010-11. Affected Employees Employees working … To provide guidelines and processing procedures for Cash Merit Awards for Fiscal Year 201011 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/986-cash-merit-awards-managementconfidential-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 815
… awards earned during the current eligibility period. The payroll system will calculate the award limit at the time of … a Cash Merit Award ( MER ) in the current fiscal year. Payroll Register and Employee’s Paycheck/ Advice The Earn Code MER and the amount will be displayed on the payroll register. The earnings description, Merit Award M/C, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/815-cash-merit-awards-managementconfidential-employeesOpinion 89-25
… Contracts (for use of excess capacity of sewage treatment plant) -- Financing of (permissible means of financing expansion of village sewage treatment plant for use by town sewer districts) VILLAGES -- Powers and … means of financing expansion of village sewage treatment plant for use by town sewer districts); (authority to sell …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25Opinion 91-36
… issues discussed in the opinion. ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (use of village park trust fund moneys to develop facilities in town … Whether park land fees imposed upon subdividers by a newly incorporated village under village subdivision regulations adopted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-36Opinion 91-53
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … as board members, the board may fix their salaries at an amount greater than other board members who do not have … hearing on the town's preliminary budget. You state that at the annual reorganization meeting, town board members are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53Opinion 2000-18
… service award program by joint fire district); (authority for service award program established by joint fire district to provide prior service credit for activities performed under auspices of village fire … -- Villages (authority to transfer responsibility for service award program to joint fire district) VILLAGES -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18