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Opinion 88-37
… to replace a similar vehicle which was in service for a year or more. Prior opinions, including 11 Opns St Comp, … usefulness are set forth in section 11.00(a). A five-year period of probable usefulness is established by … quoted language, we have expressed the view that the five-year period of probable usefulness established for motor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Area #7 – Access Controls – Information Technology Governance
… such as a particular software program or database. For example, access controls can be implemented to limit who … what level and type of protection is appropriate for various resources (e.g., data) and who needs access to … to very few individuals who have a valid business need for such access; and IT users are restricted from performing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-7-access-controlsOpinion 89-48
… by the county clerk. November 16, 1989 Rosemarie A. Corbett, Deputy County Clerk County of Saratoga … Concerning …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-48Opinion 98-9
… established an ambulance district and contracted with a not-for-profit ambulance company to provide services within … and that the person or entity providing the service may not itself impose any fee upon persons receiving the services … Town of Brookhaven 1 To the extent a town board has not fixed a schedule of fees or charges to offset the costs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9Opinion 91-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … town with fire department rescue squad) -- Fire Districts (when fire district may contract for emergency and general … service to the area of the town outside of the village. When a village has organized an emergency rescue and first …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7Opinion 91-53
… opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53Opinion 89-33
… continues. The audit, however, would be conducted on a post audit basis; that is, after the compensation has been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33Opinion 2002-7
… or statutory authority (see, e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; Citizens For An Orderly Energy Policy v County of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 92-35
… with respect to county taxable property) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §987: A notice of unpaid taxes pursuant to RPTL, … its taxable real property. You ask whether Real Property Tax Law (RPTL), §987 requires town tax collecting officers to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-35Opinion 2012-1
… of a town board of assessment review) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 800 (3), 801, 803: A member of a town board of … would have a prohibited interest in a contract of his firm to sell products for use by the town highway department. … Law § 803. March 13, 2012 David C. Schubel, Esq., Attorney at Law Town of Yates 1 Although not raised in your …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 96-24
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures … by appropriation) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-g: A fire district board of commissioners may determine to include in … provided therefor by budgetary appropriation or raised by tax therefor**** Thus, pursuant to section 6-g(5), a board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24Opinion 91-16
… -- Fees (not based on agate measurement for publication of notice of unredeemed land) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Redemption (publication of notice of unredeemed lands) -- Tax Sale (cost of publication of notice) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8007; PUBLIC OFFICERS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 90-2
… village is located and which is funded by town-wide taxes. Section 256 of the Education Law authorizes villages and … and conditions as may be stated in the contract. Since section 256 authorizes a village to contract with a "public … to geographical location, there is no prohibition in section 256 against a village contracting with the trustees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 89-45
… expressed the opinion that section 267(1) is sufficiently broad to authorize either appointing an attorney as an … contractor to assist the zoning board of appeals (24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 109; 19 Opns St Comp, 1963, pps 108 and 182). The word "compensation" as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 2000-6
… a length of service award program established by a village for members of the village fire department. You ask whether … may be used to fund a length of service award program for volunteer firefighters of the village fire department. … contains provisions relating to service award programs for volunteer firefighters. A service award program for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 92-9
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … ask whether General Municipal Law, §72-o authorizes a fire district to reimburse a volunteer firefighter for expenses … judicial supervision (see Wiseman v American Motors Sales Corp , 103 AD2d 230, 479 NYS2d 528; Spector v Antenna and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-9Opinion 2003-1
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS … manner and at the same time as other town charges (i.e., on an "ad valorem basis"; see, e.g., 1991 Opns St Comp No. … that each lot or parcel will derive therefrom (i.e., on a "benefit basis"). Section 202(5) provides generally that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 97-18
… 5-A for the sale of the property of a county district. Section 275 of the County Law makes specific provision for … to a water authority or a joint water works system. Section 275 provides that such a sale is subject to a … Opns St Comp No. 91-27, p 27). There is no provision in section 215 that would require or permit the board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 96-7
… been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS … parties to the agreement. April 18, 1996 William N. Young, Jr., Esq., Counsel Westmere Fire District … Whether fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-7Opinion 94-20
… for snow and ice removal incurred in its 1993-4 fiscal year. You ask whether a village may impose a special … has been appropriated for snow removal in a given fiscal year, a village may finance an increase in the appropriation by the issuance of budget notes in that year, in accordance with Local Finance Law, §29.00 (see Local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20