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Opinion 91-16
… -- Tax Sale (cost of publication of notice) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8007; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §1014: The cost of publication of a notice of unredeemed … unredeemed lands published pursuant to Real Property Tax Law 1014 should be calculated on the basis of agate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 2002-7
… monies from reserve fund) EDUCATION LAW §§259, 3651: The library board of trustees of a school district public library may determine to accumulate library fund monies for capital purposes. The expenditure of … reserve fund established by a school district public library is subject to referendum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 90-2
… in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Contracts (with town library by village) -- Grants (by village to town library) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (contract for library services with, or grant to town library) EDUCATION … Whether a village may contract for library services with a town public library which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 89-45
… under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR). Town Law, §267 authorizes town boards to provide for … defending proceedings commenced under Article 78 of the CPLR. We note that when compensation is paid in this manner, … under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules CPLR …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 89-33
… be paid without prior audit by the board of trustees. Your inquiry makes specific reference to officers who are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33Opinion 2012-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … 801, 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 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 96-24
… by appropriation) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-g: A fire district board of commissioners may determine to include in the annual fire district budget an amount to be paid into a capital reserve … This is in response to your letter concerning a fire district which has recently made the final debt service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24VII.3.A AP Adjustment Voucher Preparation – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… On-line agencies enter an Adjustment Voucher in the Accounts Payable module within SFS. … Chartfield Coding Requirements Within the AP Adjustment Voucher there are two invoice lines, each with its … after an appropriation has lapsed, see: Section 3 – AP Adjustment Voucher Overview – Lapsed Appropriations of this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii3a-ap-adjustment-voucher-preparationOpinion 92-35
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Enforcement (notice of unpaid taxes with respect to county taxable property) RECEIVER OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Powers and Duties (notice of unpaid … officers to mail to the county a notice of unpaid taxes with respect to countyowned real property liable for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-35Opinion 92-9
… 3102[c]). Depositions may be taken from, among others, a "party" to the litigation, an officer, director, member, agent or employee of a party, or from any other person upon notice stating the … 915, pertaining to the circumstances under which a non-party witness may be deposed). It is only when the individual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-9Opinion 2000-6
… Award Program (use of foreign fire insurance taxes to fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§218, 219, 219-a; INSURANCE LAW … to Insurance Law §§9104 and 9105 may not be used to fund a length of service award program established by a … tax monies received by a village treasurer may be used to fund a length of service award program for volunteer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 90-21
… ... and to be stamped or otherwise marked with the date of presentation". Those claims must be available for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21Opinion 2003-1
… within the extension. Towns are authorized to establish and extend water districts upon petition of owners of taxable … of the Town Law (§209-a, et seq .). Under both articles 12 and 12-A, a public hearing is required (Town Law §§193, … Opns St Comp No. 91-10, p 24), unless the petition, in the case of an article 12 district, or the notice of hearing, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 90-31
… which suggests an intent that the provisions of section 41 do not apply to the committee. Therefore, we believe General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 97-18
… head or body is authorized to acquire, by gift, lease, purchase or condemnation, real estate, easements, … to the extent inconsistent, with respect to the need to declare the real property no longer necessary for public use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 94-20
… for) BONDS AND NOTES -- Budget Notes (use of to finance excess cost of snow removal) -- Serial Bonds (use of for … a special assessment to pay the cost of snow removal in excess of the amounts appropriated, but it may issue budget notes to finance such excess costs. In addition, a village has temporary authority …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20Payroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-017
… how to complete transactions, or who need assistance with PS Queries that have been renamed how to get help immediately … to PayServ 9.2. Affected Employees All agency PayServ and PS Query users are affected. Background The Office of the … that are reported to OSC must include the items below: Online PayServ Issues the name and user ID for user(s) who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-017-post-production-support-payserv-92Opinion 88-2
… the court, in passing on whether vacant properties which did not use a sewer improvement were subject to assessment, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-2Opinion 89-15
… this Office has concluded that a village must be a party to any contract entered into by the village fire … the contract is generally required to provide that the party receiving fire protection pay for any increases in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-15Opinion 91-8
… bonds issued by the district. 32 Opns St Comp No. 1976, p 80 superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether the … see also NY Const, art VIII, §2; 32 Opns St Comp 1976, p 80). A fire district secretary- treasurer who acquires a bond …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8