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Opinion 88-8
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Maintenance … serviced by his company unless the pertinent exceptions in General Municipal Law, §802 apply. Abstention from voting … General Municipal Law, §802 contains several exceptions for contracts which would otherwise be prohibited by section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8Opinion 98-11
… considered timely under Real Property Tax Law, §925 (see, e.g., 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-264, p 284; cf . 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-39, … section 925 (see, e.g., 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-346, p 102). Accordingly, when the last day of the penalty-free …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-11Opinion 91-44
… (health insurance) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) … to Article XI of the Civil Service Law (§160 et seq .) and regulations of the president of the Civil Service … Law, §163[2],[4]; 4 NYCRR 73.1[b]-[i], 73.2). In either case, it appears that the statute and regulations require a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 94-26
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Assessments … a local law, subject to permissive referendum, to provide for the provisions of article 19-A to be applicable to the … supra; 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-69, p 137). Article 19-A does not limit the authority of a town to establish a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 92-16
… Duties (rental of home as office) REAL PROPERTY -- Leases (payment of rental to town officers); (by town from volunteer … A town board may enter into an agreement for the payment of reasonable rental to a town officer who utilizes a … that a town board may enter into an agreement for the payment of reasonable rental to a town officer who utilizes a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16Assessable Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act for the State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2023
… Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act (collectively, Acts) for the State Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2023. About the … Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) is responsible for tracking the expenses of administering the Acts and … ascertain the expenses incurred in administering the Acts for the State Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2023. Expenses to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/26/assessable-expenses-administering-motor-vehicle-financial-security-act-and-motor-vehicleAssessable Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act for the State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2022
… Objective To ascertain the total expenses incurred in administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and … help ensure that the operators of motor vehicles driven in New York State possess adequate insurance coverage, or are … to by the Department, to ascertain the expenses incurred in administering the Acts for the State Fiscal Year ended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/11/16/assessable-expenses-administering-motor-vehicle-financial-security-act-and-motor-vehicleAssessable Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act for the State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024
… Objective To ascertain the total expenses incurred in administering the … adequate insurance coverage, or are financially secure, to compensate those persons they might injure or whose …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/25/assessable-expenses-administering-motor-vehicle-financial-security-act-and-motor-vehicleOpinion 92-3
… in Contract (contracts of creditors) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Ethics (consulting engineer as creditor of planning board chairman) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning Boards (consulting engineer as … money from the planning board's consulting engineer and has not yet repaid the loan. You also state that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-3Opinion 91-12
… ask whether moneys raised by a volunteer fire company that is part of a village fire department is property of the village or the fire company. General … For purposes of section 204-a, the term "fire company" is defined to include a volunteer fire company of a county, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-12Opinion 93-4
… TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Certiorari Proceedings (authority to issue bonds to finance judgments) LOCAL FINANCE LAW, … purpose (Local Finance Law, §§10.00[a], 21.00[a]; see also NY Const, art VIII, §2). Clearly, towns are authorized to … Law (see also Real Property Tax Law, §726[4]; City of Rochester v Chiarella , 65 NY2d 92, 490 NYS2d 174; Cherey v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-4Opinion 98 - 19
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment … Installment Purchase Contracts (referendum requirement for in fire district) REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for in fire … for installment purchase contract) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §109-b: An installment purchase contract of a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-19Opinion 93-15
… LAW, §123: Neither the board of trustees nor the separate treasurer of a town public library is required pursuant to … to Town Law, §123, the board of trustees or the separate treasurer of a town public library is required to annually … and that the library board of trustees has appointed a treasurer of the library who holds only private source moneys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15Opinion 93-3
… §§103, 104-b: A fire district is not required to advertise for sealed bids to contract for the services of physicians to give physicals to volunteer … You ask whether a fire district is required to advertise for sealed bids to engage the services of physicians to give …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 89-37
… LICENSING AND REGULATORY POWERS -- Pawnbrokers (authority to license) GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, §§40, 52, 53: A license … must be obtained from the the local government in order to carry on the business of collateral loan broker. In … registration statement with the State Comptroller in order to carry on the business. You ask whether the conduct of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-37Opinion 94-8
… in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Deputy Treasurer (qualifications for office) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- … to the fire district treasurer. You ask what are the qualifications for appointment to the office of fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-8Opinion 2001-7
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Expenses (authority to charge "entry fee" to properties within an extension to a … parent district. The apparent purpose of the "entry fee" is to recover capital costs of the district. Towns are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-7Opinion 92-20
… no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory … CORPORATION LAW, §1409(k); TOWN LAW, §§136, 137: A town may not impose a licensing fee for concerts to be held … of the fair, even if the property upon which the fair is held is not owned by the agricultural corporation which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-20DiNapoli: New York on Stronger Financial Footing
… and determine actual spending growth. Spending of $589.5 million from a settlement with JPMorgan will be paid out of … approximately $115 million transferred from the Mortgage Insurance Fund for housing and homelessness programs and … Tax into the Corporation Franchise Tax and reducing the top corporate tax rate from 7.1 to 6.5 percent; increasing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-new-york-stronger-financial-footingOpinion 91-7
… the opinion. AMBULANCE DISTRICTS -- Contracts (authority to contract with village fire department) AMBULANCE SERVICE … fire protection) TOWNS -- Ambulance Service (authority to contract to receive ambulance service) VILLAGES -- Ambulance Service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7