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Opinion 95-30
… LIBRARIES -- Investments (of moneys raised by taxes and gifts) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §11; EDUCATION LAW, §§226, 255; … in General Municipal Law, §11, except that investments of gifts, grants or bequests in the form of a true trust are … invest moneys raised by taxes, and non-tax moneys, such as gifts. General Municipal Law, §11, as amended by chapter 708 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-30Opinion 98-5
… superseded to the extent inconsistent with this opinion. You ask whether an elective county coroner, who is also a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 96-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … pursuant to this judgment are a townwide or a part-town charge. The general rule is that all taxes for town purposes … Whether the damages payable pursuant to this judgment are a townwide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Opinion 2001-14
… agreement does not constitute "contract" within the meaning of General Municipal Law, article 18) -- Interest in … employee or director (General Municipal Law §800[3][b],[c]). Pursuant to General Municipal Law §801(1), unless an …
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 it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics (requirement that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Opinion 92-14
… TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (when mechanics' lien deposit may be refunded without a court order); (entitlement to CPLR §8010 fee when mechanics' lien deposit refunded without a court order) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW … 20: The chief fiscal officer of a county may refund a deposit made to discharge a mechanic's lien without a court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-14Opinion 96-8
… FEES -- Justice Courts (payment of fees pursuant to General Municipal Law, §99-l[1][a] for handling violations of … by photo-monitoring); (payment of fees pursuant to General Municipal Law, §99-l[1][a] for handling cases which … -- Justice Court Fund (payment of fees pursuant to General Municipal Law, §99-l[1][a] for handling violations of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-8Opinion 2000-12
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … -- Codes of Ethics (requiring abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) -- Family Relationships (abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 90-30
… apply "to any mortgage granted to or made by the state of New York ... or any political subdivision of the state ...". …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-30Opinion 88-46
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … participants are authorized to invest. The fiscal officer of a participating school district or municipality may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-46Opinion 89-62
… (signing multiple nominating petitions) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Mode of Selection (signing multiple … ten days prior to the date of such fire district elections and in addition may provide by resolution that such … shall specify the names of the candidates duly filed and in addition provide proper blank spaces for each office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 93-14
… procedure for town districts). Further, it is a general rule that, since the construction of sewers involves the … v Syracuse , 184 NY 1; 54 NY Jur, Sewers and Sewage §2; 13 McQullin, Municipal Corporations, §37.27). We note, … Union v Greco , 1988, 137 AD2d 816, 525 NYS2d 279, the Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a lower …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-14Opinion 96-17
… incurred for completing college courses, such as a course leading to a degree in fire science, if the board of fire commissioners determines that the course provides, to a significant extent, technical training … courses of instruction" for firefighters. If the school or course is outside the county in which the municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Creditable 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 for service as a: Police officer in the New York State Department … York (maximum of five years), if you completed 20 years of service and successfully completed a course of law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/creditable-serviceArchived: Legislative Session 2021–2022
… the state insurance fund by the state comptroller. Natural Gas Damage Compensation Fund – A.7282 (Englebright) – Establishes the natural gas production contamination response and compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2021-2022Opinion 2004-3
… and City-School Fiscal Relations , March 3, 1948, p 5; The New York State Constitution - A Reference Guide , Galie, … provides: (b) Whenever any … city, other than the city of New York, … provides by direct budgetary appropriation for … through borrowings: For counties, cities, (other than New York City), villages and school districts subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-3Opinion 97-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … moneys) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (receipt of unclaimed court and trust moneys) ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-7Opinion 96-19
… 5-G, to perform the function ( id .). In the instant case, both towns and fire districts are authorized to acquire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-19Opinion 96-6
… rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court … through which the town's insurance is placed, but who does not receive a commission on the town's insurance and is … the supervisor also places insurance through that agency. We have examined analogous relationships in prior opinions. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-6Cost-Saving Ideas: A Guide to Justice Court Consolidation in Villages and Towns
… is initiated, the boards of the affected towns must hold a joint public hearing within 20 to 40 days after the notice is … and the current justice court structure continues. Joint Resolution If each of the town boards approves the resolution or petition, the boards must prepare a joint resolution that: Abolishes the office of one justice in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-guide-justice-court-consolidation-villages-and-towns