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Opinion 2008-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Exceptions … entered into prior to municipal service) -- Interests in Contract (town board member providing hauling services as … (1) (h): A newly elected town board member has an interest in a contract between the town and the board member, as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-2Opinion 90-14
… the developer to pay such fees directly to independent contractors performing such services. You inquire whether a … and land surveyor engaged by the town as independent contractors to perform services in connection with … a special planning board attorney employed as independent contractors by the town, we note that in 1977 Opns St Comp …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-14Opinion 2005-7
… in the opinion. WATER DISTRICTS -- Water Supply (service to users located outside a water district) WATER RENTS -- … WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION -- Water Supply (service to users located outside a water district) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … district. (2) A town water district may provide service to users located outside the district pursuant to Town Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-7Opinion 89-24
… CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Collective Bargaining Agreement (school board member holding position in state teachers association) -- Code of Ethics (school board member holding position in state teachers association); (school board member owning college entrance counselling and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-24Contract Submission System Guide for the Office of the Attorney General Users
… which allows State authorities to submit contracts and contract amendments for prior approval or filing to the Office of the State … as required by Public Authorities Law (PAL) 2879-(a) and NYCRR Part 206. OSC will review submitted transactions … which allows State authorities to submit contracts and contract amendments for prior approval or filing to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/contract-submission-system-guide-office-attorney-general-usersContract Submission System Guide for Public Authority Users
… Welcome to the New York State Contract Submission System (CSS) The … CSS is a secure application which allows State authorities to submit contracts and contract amendments for prior approval or filing to the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), as required by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/contract-submission-system-guide-public-authority-usersOpinion 92-33
… also Coconato v Town of Esopus , 152 AD2d 39, 547 NYS2d 953, lv den 76 NY2d 701, 558 NYS2d 891; Municipal Home Rule … 429 NYS2d 487; Hurd v Erie County , 34 AD2d 289, 310 NYS2d 953; see also 1988 Opns St Comp, No. 88-35, p 65). The courts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-33Opinion 93-8
… provision must clearly define what events will cause the municipality to pay the higher rates and what procedures or … note. Section 54.90 of the Local Finance Law authorizes a municipality to issue bonds or notes, on or before June 30, … outstanding variable rate debt subject to this limit, the municipality may exclude variable rate debt which bears …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-8Opinion 97-20
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (remodeling and purchasing appliances for firehouse kitchen) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by … Whether a volunteer fire department may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to remodel and purchase appliances for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 92-44
Whether pursuant to General Municipal Law 207m the chief of police of a city who is the permanent fulltime head of the police department must receive the same increases in the level of fringe benefits received by the highest ranking subordinate in a negotiating unit
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-44Opinion 92-35
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Enforcement (notice of unpaid taxes with respect to county taxable property) … tax collecting officers to mail to the county a notice of unpaid taxes with respect to countyowned real property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-35Opinion 92-31
… notices of public meetings, information as to the structure and function of village government, schedules of … 744). Notices of public meetings, information as to the structure and function of village government, including names …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-31Opinion 2012-1
… 803: A member of a town board of assessment review who is the sole proprietor of a company that sells highway … whether a member of a town board of assessment review who is the sole proprietor of a company that sells highway … Municipal Law § 802 applies, an interest in a contract is prohibited if the officer or employee, individually, or as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 92-17
… TAX -- Agreements (right of towns to receive share) TAX LAW, §1262(c): A sales tax agreement between a county and cities within the county need not, as a matter of law, include a share of county sales tax revenues for towns. … of this Office. In that case, a town brought suit against the county and the State Comptroller challenging …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-17Opinion 96-20
… 1970 by a resolution of the village board adopted pursuant to former Village Law, §188-a may be abolished pursuant to … Law, §8-800 by local law subject to permissive referendum. Notification of the abolishment of the police department must … Law, §8-800 by local law subject to permissive referendum. Notification of the abolishment of the police department must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 96-1
… -- State Comptroller Approval (necessity for in Adirondack Park fire district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties … - need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack Park) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (necessity for … (need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack Park fire district) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2000-19
… insurance tax monies to facilitate access to its meeting room and offices by disabled members of the association … would provide transportation to the association meeting room and office area, and would be made accessible to … insurance tax monies to facilitate access to its meeting room and offices by disabled members of the association …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19Opinion 91-16
… of calculating charges on the basis of an actual count of lines, "[d]isplay advertising shall be charged agate measurement, fourteen lines to each inch...". "Agate measurement" is a standard of … illustrations, maps, pictures, and varying arrangements of lines of unequal lengths, different styles or sizes of type …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 2002-7
… 87-49, p 76; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-54, p 86; see also Buffalo and Erie County Public Library v County of Erie , 171 … 1975 Opns St Comp No. 75-399, unreported; see also Buffalo and Erie County Public Library , supra ; compare Korn … or statutory authority (see, e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; Citizens For An Orderly Energy Policy v County of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 2004-6
… ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW §57.07: A village may not permit an historical society to use an unneeded portion of a village building without … Law §57.07(2) and, as consideration under the contract, permit the historical society to use the unneeded space in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6