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Opinion 2005-7
… outside a water district) WATER RENTS -- Collection (by bank or trust company) WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION -- … of the General Municipal Law, for the collection, either by payment in person or payment by electronic funds transfer, of water rents imposed on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-7Opinion 2012-1
… products for use by the town highway department. Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§§ 800 et seq .) contains … a direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit as a result of that contract. A "contract" for this purpose means … interest in accordance with General Municipal Law § 803. March 13, 2012 David C. Schubel, Esq., Attorney at Law Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 90-34
… foreign fire insurance tax moneys unless authorized by a special law. You ask whether an emergency rescue and … foreign fire insurance tax moneys are governed generally by Insurance Law, §§9104 and 9105. These sections, as amended by chapter 293 of the Laws of 1988, provide that except as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 92-26
… and only those expenses that are specifically chargeable to individual jurisdictions within the county may be subsequently charged back to those jurisdictions. In general, the amounts charged back … Law, §4-136(1) and (2). As a practical matter, our change in view will have few consequences for taxpayers since …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-26Opinion 90-58
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance … policy by a village trustee to a village employee in the employee's private capacity is not a "contract" with … of article 18 includes only any express or implied claim, account or demand against or agreement with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-58Opinion 99-9
… for attending such a seminar, in our opinion, would not change the primary purpose of the expense from one that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-9Oversight of School Fire Safety Compliance (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the four recommendations included in our original report, Oversight of School Fire Safety Compliance ( 2015-S-86 ). Background …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/11/28/oversight-school-fire-safety-compliance-followOpinion 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
… of budget authority for the NYS Judiciary appropriations. Legislative Law §6-9 govern the movement of budget authority … budget authority for appropriations passed in a particular legislative session, authority can only be moved between …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi3a-overviewOpinion 2000-12
… governing board of each county, city, town, village and school district to adopt a code of ethics setting forth for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 89-62
… of candidates for fire district office is governed by subdivision 7 of section 176 of the Town Law which states … such fire district elections and in addition may provide by resolution that such nominations be submitted in petition form subscribed by twenty-five qualified voters of the district. Thereafter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 96-10
… of whether voter approval is obtained (1977 Opns St Comp No. 77-787, unreported; see Town of Evans v Catalino , …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-10Opinion 95-15
… . School districts possess only those powers delegated by statute or necessarily and reasonably implied therefrom ( … levy and collection of school taxes is governed generally by article 13 of the Real Property Tax Law. Insofar as here … relevant, article 13 requires school taxes to be levied by the "school authorities" of a school district (see Real …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-15Opinion 88-43
… WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, §25(4): When deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers are injured in the performance of official duties and are paid their salaries under General Municipal Law, … is in reply to your letter with respect to deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers who sustain injuries in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43Opinion 95-9
… concerning a length of service award program established by a fire district pursuant to article 11-A of the General … activities, in accordance with a system established by the sponsor ( id .). General Municipal Law, §217(c) … entities. A fire district is a public corporation governed by a board of commissioners (Town Law, §§174, 176; General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 88-8
… of interest if fire district vehicles are serviced by his company unless the pertinent exceptions in General … Law, §§801, 802). Any contract willfully entered into by or with a municipality in which there is a prohibited … for contracts which would otherwise be prohibited by section 801 which may be pertinent here. Section 802(1)(h) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8Opinion 98-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- … next business day and a real property tax payment received in an envelope postmarked on that next business day, and … accompanied by the statement of such taxes, is enclosed in a properly addressed postpaid wrapper and is deposited in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-11Opinion 91-44
… under State health insurance plan) CIVIL SERVICE LAW, §§160, 163(2),(4), 167(2); TOWN LAW, §174(3): A member of a board of fire commissioners of a … is operated pursuant to Article XI of the Civil Service Law (§160 et seq .) and regulations of the president of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 94-26
… -- Assessments (computation of limit on) -- Establishment (by town within village) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS … charge pursuant to General Municipal Law, §980-k is made by reference to the levy of town taxes or village taxes … (see former General City Law, §24-a et seq., repealed by L 1989, ch 282). It is a general rule that, unless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 92-16
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Exceptions … (contracts for rental of room owned by officer and used in official duties) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers … who utilizes a portion of his or her home as an office in connection with the performance of his or her official …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16