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Opinion 90-21
… is no town comptroller, the town clerk "shall cause each claim presented to the town board for audit to be numbered … hours. Town Law, §119(1) further provides that when a claim has been audited by the town board, the town clerk must file the claim in numerical order as a public record in his or her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21Opinion 2003-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Expenses (of extension to town water district) WATER DISTRICTS -- … Whether the cost of an improvement for an extension to an existing town water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 90-18
Whether the purchase of medical supplies by a county department of health is subject to the competitive bidding requirements of General Municipal Law 103 103a 103b and 103c
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-18Opinion 2005-2
… that the members of the fire department or company, as the case may be, determine to be for the use and benefit of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-2Opinion 2006-6
… the supervisor generally may determine to take time off for personal reasons in his or her discretion. You ask … generally were free to take as much or as little time off as they might wish under a schedule they controlled (see … equally to leaves of absence. As is the case with time off for illness, an elected town officer may determine to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6Opinion 89-11
… if the meetings are for the purpose of providing care and relief to disabled or indigent volunteer firemen and their … these meetings will be devoted to discussing the care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer firemen and their … intercourse among the members of such corporation, the relief, aid and assistance of such members and their families …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Opinion 97-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … district. You ask whether the sale of the real property used for a county sewer district must be approved by a … Whether the sale of the real property used for a county sewer district must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 92-46
… exceed $10,000 over the course of a fiscal year (1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-64, p 169; 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-35, p 80; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-4, p 6; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 866; 11 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 92-37
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Extension (necessity to obtain approval of the State Comptroller) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (necessity to obtain … COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (approval of extension of fire district) TOWN LAW, §§172-d, 173: The extension of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 98-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Expenses (defense and indemnification by municipality of employees of a public housing authority) PUBLIC OFFICERS … Whether a town may confer the benefits of Public Officers Law 18 upon employees of a town housing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-17Opinion 97-22
… those of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York. Any city, county, intermediate school district, … Each county community college, except in the City of New York, is administered by a board of trustees of ten …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 99-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Destruction of (not required by State Comptroller's regulations) … it is proper for a school district to pay for the framing of a cancelled bond to be presented to a retiring teacher as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11Opinion 93-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … to advertise for sealed bids to contract for the services of physicians to give physicals to volunteer firefighters of … to advertise for sealed bids to engage the services of physicians to give physicals to volunteer firefighters of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 93-28
… subject to section 284 agreement) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Highway Fund (CHIPs moneys subject to section 284 agreement) HIGHWAY LAW, §§10-c, 284: Consolidated Local Highway … Whether moneys received pursuant to section 10c of the Highway Law are subject to the agreement between the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28Opinion 94-20
… LAW§10(1)(ii)(e)(2); LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §§26.10, 29.00: A village may not impose a special assessment to pay the cost of snow removal in … public emergency during a fiscal year, there is no ceiling on the amount of budget notes which may be issued … Whether a village may impose a special assessment to fund costs in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20Opinion 94-30
… remitted to State) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8018(a); JUDICIARY LAW, §39(2)(e): County clerks outside of the City … Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) and section 39(2)(e) of the Judiciary Law. The county clerk has been collecting an index … of New York in accordance with section 39(2)(e) of the Judiciary Law. You ask whether, under section 39(2)(e), the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-30Opinion 2004-5
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax monies is governed by sections 9104 and 9105 of the Insurance Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5Opinion 94-22
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … DISTRICTS -- Assessments (custody, control and expenditure of) -- District Management Association (contract for services … Whether the charges imposed on behalf of a business improvement district may be turned over to and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22Opinion 95-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … one-time maintenance fee in connection with operation of village-owned cemetery) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties … Whether a village in connection with the operation of a villageowned cemetery may impose a onetime maintenance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-18Opinion 91-44
… in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health insurance) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover fire district fire … of fire commissioners of a fire district may be provided health insurance through the State health insurance plan at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44