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Opinion 93-21
… In describing a municipality's responsibility when selling unneeded property if public sale is not required by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21Opinion 91-57
… village public library and presently maintains a separate bank account for those moneys. You indicate that the village … moneys were deposited in and disbursed from the same bank account as village moneys. The treasurer would maintain … This Office has expressed the opinion that, where separate bank accounts are not specifically required by State or local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Opinion 96-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … equal to the previous annual principal payment on the bond issue. The moneys would be accumulated for a future … Whether the fire district may include in future years budgets an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24Opinion 96 - 11
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Sales (authority of town board to submit … REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when selling town real property); (on town board motion in lieu of petition) … obtaining one or more appraisals and utilizing a real estate broker to identify potential buyers (see, e.g., Opn …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11Opinion 91-19
… be an intention on the part of the donor to make the gift, delivery of the gift such as to vest the donee with dominion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 91-35
… section provides, in pertinent part, that "whenever the base salary of the permanent full-time police officer who is … receive at least the same dollar amount of any increase in base salary granted to their highest ranking subordinates in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Opinion 88-47
… in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Enforcement (applicability of general statutes of limitations to lien enforcement) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §§902, 1422: The enforcement of liens for unpaid county and village taxes is … Whether a sixyear statute of limitations would bar the enforcement of outstanding village tax liens for 1966 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-47Opinion 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-94-26Cost-Saving Ideas: Capital and Repair Reserve Funds for Town or County Water and Sewer Districts
… district, consider setting aside money in a capital or repair reserve fund to be used for future capital projects or certain repair costs. Planning today and saving incrementally can … creation of a "specific" capital reserve fund. Establish a Repair Reserve Fund A repair reserve fund may be used for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-capital-and-repair-reserve-funds-town-or-county-water-and-sewer-districtsOpinion 2006-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … store that employs the board member as its manager. You state that the board member has no financial ownership …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 292
This bulletin supplements Payroll Bulletin 286 in relation to the processing and taxation of educational assistance benefits for 2001
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/292-educational-assistance-benefits-agency-time-entryOvertime Limits for Tier 6
… Overview For members of Tier 6, New York State Retirement and Social … from overtime pay above the limit. Overtime limits differ for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and the Police and … on the Consumer Price Index. Refer to the table below for your annual limit. Calendar Year Overtime Limit 2025 …
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This guide shows you (as an employer contact with the Employer Reporting Submitter, Employer Reporting Uploader, Payroll or Personnel security role) how to report retirees using the Post Retirement Reporting Page in Retirement Online.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/employers/pdf/post-retirement-reporting-page-how-to-guide.pdfOpinion 96-4
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (disposition of … FUNDS -- Budget Procedures (authority to supersede in village); (disposition of proceeds of sale of property) … a thirty year period for general village purposes. This is in reply to your request for our opinion concerning the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-4Opinion 98-6
… county supervisor is the sole proprietor of a company which was awarded a county printing contract in 1997. … there would be a prohibited conflict of interest if the company were to be awarded additional contracts while the … Law, §800[3][a]). For this purpose, a contract of a company of which the spouse of an officer or employee is the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-6Opinion 96 - 14
… to be county officers and employees (see, e.g., 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-52, p 105; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-75, p 111). Pursuant to General Municipal Law, … the sale of specified goods at a certain price (see Opns St Comp No. 91-63, p 167). The fact that the purchase price …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 2001-11
… corporation doing business with fire district not relevant for purposes of section 801 of the General Municipal Law) -- … in contracts between the fire district and corporation for the sale of radios to, and the repair of radios for, the fire district if, as assistant chief, he or she does …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 2001-13
… to political subdivisions (see, e.g., People v Grant , 306 NY 258, 260). Further, when there is a general delegation of … things, regulating the use of streets and highways by motor vehicles and, in certain instances, authorizes towns to … rule or regulation requiring from any owner of a motor vehicle or motorcycle, or from any operator or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-13Opinion 94-16
… governing board member and treasurer is stockholder) -- Stock Ownership (designation of bank as depository when IDA … interest solely because he or she owns less than 1% of the stock of a bank named as a depository of the IDA. In … in question owns less than 1% of the outstanding stock of the bank. Initially, we note that, by informal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-16