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Opinion 90-27
… of a village located within the town are authorized to establish a joint fire district by resolution subject to a … discontinue the operation of its fire department. You ask how the town and village may proceed to establish a joint … 1990 James M. Steele, Supervisor Town of Avon … Concerning how the town and village may proceed to establish a joint …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-27Audit Committee Charter Guidance and Template
… to the Board of Education on the adequacy of this Charter no less than an annual basis or as necessary. Charter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/audit-committee-charter-guidance-and-templateOpinion 95-30
… specified in General Municipal Law, §11 or, in the case of a school district public library, Education Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-30Opinion 98-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … must contain standards of conduct with respect to private employment in conflict with official duties (General … public assistance recipients. Moreover, the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 96-15
… (judgment arising from zoning and planning function) TOWN LAW, §§121, 138, 261: The amount necessary to pay a judgment … some members of the town board, the former town attorney, and the former building inspector were involved in … supervisor, members of the town board, and the former town attorney in finding the town liable under 42 USC §1983. This …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Creditable Service – State Police Plan
… Under this special plan, service as an officer of the New York State Division of State Police is creditable. You may also receive credit … as a: Police officer in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Police officer or member of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/creditable-serviceOpinion 2001-14
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-14Opinion 97-25
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … they will not perform compensated services for applicants to the board until after the board approves the applications) … (performance of services by board member for applicant to the board) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§805-a(1)(c), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Opinion 2000-12
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … of relatives) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: There is no provision in article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 … Law §806, however, a town board may require in its code of ethics that town board members abstain from voting on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 90-30
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … §§8017, 8021; SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, §106-a: A county clerk is entitled to a fee for recording a satisfaction of mortgage where the county department of social services is the mortgagee but the satisfaction of the mortgage is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-30Opinion 92-14
… in the county clerk's office of the county in which the real property is located and of any county in which any party … is not discharged but rather is simply shifted from the real property in question to the funds so deposited with the … involving a mechanic's lien which has been discharged by a cash deposit or an undertaking and surety bond need not be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-14Opinion 96-8
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Justice Courts (payment of fees … Municipal Law, §99-l[1][a] for handling cases which result in default judgments) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Justice Court Fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-8Opinion 89-62
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Elections (signing multiple nominating … of Selection (signing multiple nominating petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 89-26
… complete and file annual financial disclosure statements. You ask whether fire district officers are required to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-26Opinion 96-17
… for tuition expenses incurred in completing certain college courses) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Reimbursement for … (for tuition expenses incurred in completing certain college courses) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-g: A fire … firefighters for tuition expenses incurred for completing college courses, such as a course leading to a degree in fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Archived: Legislative Session 2021–2022
… Services to notify, within 24 hours following the discovery of a data breach or receiving notice of a data …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2021-2022Opinion 93-14
… 318, 392 NYS2d 594; see also O'Donnell v Syracuse , 184 NY 1; 54 NY Jur, Sewers and Sewage §2; 13 McQullin, Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-14Opinion 88-46
… and school districts are interested in cooperatively investing their moneys pursuant to a municipal cooperation … by the State Legislature (2 McQuillin, Mun Corp, 3rd Ed, §10.40; Hartford v Town of North Hempstead , 118 AD2d … with private entities (see 2 McQuillin, Mun Corp, 3rd Ed, §10.41). Accordingly, since decisions concerning the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-46Opinion 97-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ABANDONED AND LOST PROPERTY -- Money (court and trust funds) … and Duties (receipt of unclaimed court and trust moneys) ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW, §§600, 1404: Moneys held by a county … held beyond the five year dormancy period set forth in Abandoned Property Law, §600 should be transferred to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-7Opinion 2004-3
… establish and delineate limits on the amount of real property taxes that may be imposed annually by counties, … twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants according to the latest federal census, for city purposes, two per centum; (c) … bonds (Article VIII, §5[D]). Article VIII, §10-a, in effect, reduces the total amount of property taxes that may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-3