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Opinion 90-27
… they may be elected pursuant to the provisions of article 11 of the Town Law. This is in response to your inquiry … of joint fire districts without petition. Article 11-A of the Town Law (§189-a et seq. ) and article 22-A of … fashion, the town board's resolution adopted under article 11-A of the Town Law would have to be submitted to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-27II.4.A Minimum Financial Reporting Requirements – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… quarterly, and annual financial statements prepared on a cash basis include: Combined Statements of Cash Receipts, … Balances for all funds of the State, by fund group Notes to the Financial Statements Combining Statements of Selected … information provided includes, but is not limited to: Governmental Funds Combined Statements of Cash Receipts, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4a-minimum-financial-reporting-requirementsOpinion 95-30
… LIBRARIES -- Investments (of moneys raised by taxes and gifts) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §11; EDUCATION LAW, §§226, 255; … in General Municipal Law, §11, except that investments of gifts, grants or bequests in the form of a true trust are … invest moneys raised by taxes, and non-tax moneys, such as gifts. General Municipal Law, §11, as amended by chapter 708 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-30Opinion 98-5
… superseded to the extent inconsistent with this opinion. You ask whether an elective county coroner, who is also a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 96-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … pursuant to this judgment are a townwide or a part-town charge. The general rule is that all taxes for town purposes … Whether the damages payable pursuant to this judgment are a townwide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Opinion 2001-14
… agreement does not constitute "contract" within the meaning of General Municipal Law, article 18) -- Interest in … employee or director (General Municipal Law §800[3][b],[c]). Pursuant to General Municipal Law §801(1), unless an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-14Opinion 97-25
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics (requirement that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Opinion 2000-12
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … -- Codes of Ethics (requiring abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) -- Family Relationships (abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 89-62
… (signing multiple nominating petitions) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Mode of Selection (signing multiple … ten days prior to the date of such fire district elections and in addition may provide by resolution that such … shall specify the names of the candidates duly filed and in addition provide proper blank spaces for each office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 93-14
… procedure for town districts). Further, it is a general rule that, since the construction of sewers involves the … v Syracuse , 184 NY 1; 54 NY Jur, Sewers and Sewage §2; 13 McQullin, Municipal Corporations, §37.27). We note, … Union v Greco , 1988, 137 AD2d 816, 525 NYS2d 279, the Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a lower …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-14Opinion 96-17
… incurred for completing college courses, such as a course leading to a degree in fire science, if the board of fire commissioners determines that the course provides, to a significant extent, technical training … courses of instruction" for firefighters. If the school or course is outside the county in which the municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Archived: Legislative Session 2021–2022
… the state insurance fund by the state comptroller. Natural Gas Damage Compensation Fund – A.7282 (Englebright) – Establishes the natural gas production contamination response and compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2021-2022Opinion 97-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … moneys) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (receipt of unclaimed court and trust moneys) ABANDONED PROPERTY LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-7Opinion 2001-8
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Establishment (within area of former fire protection district) -- Taxes (setting of lower rate for owners of multiple parcels) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (simultaneous … Whether a town may abolish a fire protection district within the town and establish a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-8Archived: Legislative Session 2015 –2016
… certain expenditures for indigent legal services with the State Comptroller. Tax Check-off Funds – Signed into law on … for creating an annual report pursuant to the New York State Equal Access to Justice Act from the State Comptroller’s Office to the Attorney General's Office. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2015-2016Opinion 89-48
… guarantee that the obligation of the contractor and/or subcontractor will be met. We have been unable to discover …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-48Opinion 2000-16
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association (beneficiaries under group life insurance policy); (meaning of "family" as used in … their families, and uses such monies to purchase a group life insurance policy for the members of the association, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-16Opinion 88-36
… COUNTY LAW, §650: A county sheriff is subject to the rule of strict or absolute liability for the loss of public … department. NEW YORK CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE XIII, §13; COUNTY LAW, §650: The constitutional provision which … 805; Tillinghast v Merrill , 151 NY 135, 45 NE 375). This rule of strict liability for public funds is well established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-36Opinion 99-5
… the treasurer of the cooperative library system. 24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 914; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 731; and 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 387, superseded to the extent inconsistent. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-5Opinion 98-13
… activity (see, gen., 1992 Opns St Comp No. 92-40, p 103; New York Tel. v City of Amsterdam , 200 AD2d 315, 613 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-13