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Opinion 88-37
… p 351, are hereby superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether the city may finance the purchase of five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Opinion 92-24
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER -- Designation of (criteria for designation in … a paid subscription, may not be designated as an official newspaper. A town board is not required to designate an official newspaper, but if it elects to do so the board must follow …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-24Opinion 97-13
… must be credited under a service award program for each calendar year after the establishment of the program in which … is that Opns St Comp, No. 97-13 they are subject to call for whatever duties may be assigned to them under the … firefighter serving such a suspension is not be subject to call and, hence, not an "active volunteer firefighter" during …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-13Opinion 92-4
… and Expenditures (supervised physical fitness training for firefighters) TOWN LAW, §176(10): A fire district may pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for its active volunteer firefighters so long as the particular training program provides the type of conditioning necessary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 92-11
… claims established pursuant to Education Law, §1709(8-c). You ask whether a union free school district which maintains …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 93-20
… mandatory referendum in the case of an elective receiver. You ask whether a town, by resolution, may require a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-20Opinion 98-24
… if injured during the time such services are rendered. You ask whether a fire district which, pursuant to General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-24Opinion 94-4
… as the case may be, has required an original signature. You ask whether vouchers submitted for audit by a town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-4Opinion 94-27
… ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (imposition of assessment for road improvement against non-fronting owners) TOWN LAW, §§200, 202(2): The cost of a road improvement undertaken pursuant to Town Law, §200 may be … owners. You ask whether a town may assess the cost of a road improvement under Town Law, §200 against both abutting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-27Opinion 91-42
… treasurer); (cooperative investment of department funds and village funds); (gift of department funds to village … to condition regarding use) VILLAGE TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (authority to have custody of fire department funds) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (cooperative investment of fire department funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 95-16
… of expenses among school districts included therein) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Last preceding assessment roll" … absent a showing of legislative intent to the contrary, "words of a statute will be interpreted in their ordinary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-16Area #7 – Access Controls – Information Technology Governance
… IT access controls prescribe who or what computer process may have access to a specific IT resource, such as a particular software … Are different from passwords used for other systems; Do not match lists of common, expected, previously used or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-7-access-controlsPension Payment Option Election – Divorce and Your Benefits
… At retirement, a member must elect a pension payment option, which determines how the retirement … after their death. Some DROs require the member to elect a pension payment option that provides a continuing benefit to … should be aware that: The member cannot change their pension payment option or, for joint allowance options, their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/pension-payment-option-electionConferences — Actual and Necessary Expenses – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… time needed to attend conferences, subject to the employee charging the personal time to leave credits, as appropriate. … the traveling employee or the extra traveler. If the room rate is higher than it would have been if the employee was … alone (i.e., upgrading from a $128 single-occupancy room rate to a $168 double-occupancy room rate), the employee may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/conferences-actual-and-necessary-expensesXII.5.L Entering Appropriate Detail in the Invoice Line Fields – XII. Expenditures
… Units must use the Invoice Lines section of the voucher in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) to record as much … Business Units should use the functionality available in the SFS, including: using individual invoice lines for … distribution lines (which are referred to as charge lines in Legacy Systems) to provide as much information as possible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5l-entering-appropriate-detail-invoice-line-fieldsOpinion 91-53
… fixed, however, may not exceed the amount set forth in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget unless a local … of deputy supervisor is not required to be listed in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget. (3) A town board … additional salary in excess of the amount set forth in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget for the highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53Opinion 91-7
… -- Fire Districts (when fire district may contract for emergency and general service) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Ambulance … LAW, §§190, 198(10-f), 209: A town may contract for an emergency medical service, a general ambulance service, or a … town may not, however, enter into such a contract with an emergency rescue and first aid squad of a fire department or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-7Opinion 98-9
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE DISTRICTS -- Contracts (imposition of charge per … of charge per call by entity providing service) AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (imposition of charge per call … service) FEES -- Imposition of (by entity providing ambulance service pursuant to contract) GENERAL MUNICIPAL …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9Opinion 91-16
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER -- Fees (not based on agate measurement for … measurement. If the notice involves tabular matter, the newspaper publishing such notice is entitled to the … sets forth the rates to which the proprietor of a newspaper is entitled for publishing legal advertisements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 2002-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Appropriations and Expenditures (necessity for … (necessity for referendum) REFERENDUM -- Public Libraries (not required to expend monies from reserve fund) … of the Education Law provides, with respect to public libraries, that monies received from taxes and other public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7