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Opinion 90-55
… municipalities to apply for an accidental disability retirement, a retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty, or … payments to disabled firefighters who reach mandatory retirement age (General Municipal Law, §207-a[2],[4]). In our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55Opinion 95-9
… meetings of the fire district board of commissioners) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (service … (1) A fire district commissioner who is also an active volunteer firefighter may not be granted points toward a year of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 93-30
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … after an individual is arraigned by the village justice court and committed by order of the court to the custody of the county sheriff, a village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-30XII.8.B Matching – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES Matching is an automated process in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) that compares a voucher to a purchase order referenced on the voucher. Where applicable, … Matching is an automated process in the Statewide Financial System SFS that compares a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8b-matchingOpinion 91-14
… for village) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for prior to cooperation agreement for refuse collection) REFUSE AND … resolution authorizing the contract would not be subject to referendum. You ask whether, pursuant to section 119-o of Article 5-G of the General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 2006-3
… gen.,103 NY Jur 2d, Telecommunications, §191). In this case, the public highways and rights of way within the area …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 88-54
… (prior to effective date of a consolidation) TOWN LAW, §§190, 206, 209: A town board may not establish an … to October 1 in any year. Under section 206 of the Town Law, the consolidation of the districts, assuming that it is … has been approved at a special election (Town Law, §206[5]). Pursuant to Town Law, §206(11), the actual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 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-89-54