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Opinion 98-2
… commissioners) TOWN LAW, §178-c: A fire district may not pay for post-meeting dinners of members of a fire district … or prohibit such use. You ask whether a fire district may pay for dinner expenses for fire commissioners under the … Whether a fire district may pay for dinner expenses for fire commissioners under certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Opinion 95-20
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees (filing fees paid in Surrogate's Court proceedings seeking multiple relief) … fee or separate filing fees for each type of relief sought in a single proceeding seeking multiple relief will depend on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-20Opinion 93-24
… outdoor competitive sports facility by fire district) TOWN LAW, §176(14): A fire district may not improve vacant land … responding to certain other types of emergencies (see Town Law, §176[1], [22]; General Municipal Law, §§209, 209-b; Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-24Opinion 2001-4
… connection with a revaluation inasmuch as these services are part of the responsibilities of the assessor (1979 Opns … that elected officials determine their own work hours and are entitled to salary as fixed by law as an incident of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Opinion 89-4
… securities pledged as collateral to be held by a third party custodian. (2) A town may sell obligations to a bank of … to secure town deposits and investments held by a third party custodian. The first bank is willing to comply with … town has adopted a policy of requiring an unrelated third party to hold securities pledged to secure the town's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Opinion 98-21
… Municipal Law to enter into a contract with any third party for the provision of those services by the third party. In addition, even if the board of fire commissioners …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 90-9
Whether a village board of trustees which has established the office of auditor may grant the auditor authority to audit and order paid some but not all claims against the village
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Opinion 89-47
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Extension (when adjoining … reflecting the existence of special services or benefits not common to the entire fire district, all costs of the fire … zones must be related to some special service or benefit not common to the entire fire district and that such zones …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 89-59
… harmoniously if at all possible (see Town of Islip v Powell , 78 Misc 2d 1007, 358 NYS2d 985; McKinney's Statutes, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 94-32
… PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Villages (continuation of service award program if fire department ceases to provide service outside village or if fire department is dissolved); (authority to transfer responsibility for service award program to fire company) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32Opinion 93-33
… circulation within such district". Although section 2004 does not define the word "newspaper", the word is defined in … entered as second-class mail matter. Any publication which does not satisfy these threshold requirements does not constitute a "newspaper" which may make a claim for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Medicaid Program – Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease
… diagnosed with end stage renal disease who were eligible for, but not enrolled in, Medicare. The audit covered the … requirements: (1) have worked the required amount of time under Social Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, or … address this, the federal Social Security Administration (SSA) has a policy that allows Medicaid recipients who are age …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/medicaid-program-reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-end-stage-renal-diseaseOpinion 89-54
… levy for town outside village purposes or, if there are no villages within the town, as a part of the general … how the costs of the proposed water main extensions are to be apportioned. General Municipal Law (GML), §6-c … referendum requirements, but expenditures from the fund are not subject to referendum. However, where a town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Opinion 2008-4
… district pursuant to the authority in Town Law § 202-b, are charged against the properties within the park district on an ad valorem basis, and are not general town expenses payable out of the town's … in which expenses for town special district improvements are raised. Town Law § 202 (3) provides that the expenses of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-4Opinion 96-22
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … that there may be paid into the fund "such amounts as may be provided therefor by budgetary appropriation, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-22Opinion 92-16
Whether a town may agree to pay rent to the town tax collector clerk justice and supervisor for the use of a portion of their homes as offices from which they regularly perform their official town duties
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16Opinion 97-16
… shall seek or accept any fee for representing the party for whom he is assigned without approval of the court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-16Opinion 91-51
… behalf of a county sewer district. County sewer districts are governed generally by article 5-A of the County Law. The … Costs of a county sewer district raised on a benefit basis are "assessed upon each ... parcel of land at the time and in … to moneys, such as moneys in a capital reserve fund, which are required by law to be kept in a separate account not to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-51Opinion 91-38
… rejection of the bid of such person or corporation, the full amount of such deposit for one copy of the plans and … that: Partial reimbursement , in an amount equal to the full amount of such deposit for one set of plans and … The first sentence of section 102 is intended to require full reimbursement of the deposit for one copy of the plans …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-38Opinion 2000-2
… You note that, pursuant to Town Law, §64(17-b), towns are authorized to expend moneys for certain cultural … we note that villages and other municipal corporations are authorized to enter into agreements with not-for-profit agencies which are authorized to apply for and accept certain federal funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2