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Opinion 91-14
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (for village by town refuse and garbage district) REFUSE AND GARBAGE … entered into under section 119-o must be approved by each participating municipal corporation or district by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 2006-3
… cable television franchise fees are credited) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Accounting (fund to which town cable television …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 88-54
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … is certain to come into existence on the date specified by section 206, there appears to be no legal or practical … it is our opinion that once the resolution adopted by the town board consolidating the districts becomes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 98-21
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (by fire district for emergency ambulance service) -- Fire … MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Ambulance Service (joint contract by town and fire district) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 89-4
… You also ask whether the town may sell bonds and notes, at public or private sale, to the bank of which the supervisor … article 18 to include the designation of a depository of public funds (General Municipal Law, §800[2]). Section 801 … respect to holding collateral must yield to the strong public policy evinced by article 18. Accordingly, it is our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Opinion 93-33
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Medicaid Program – Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease
… ESRD have been eligible for Medicare benefits. This allows state Medicaid programs to transfer some of the medical costs … (up to 12 months of an individual’s medical costs) by tracking when ESRD recipients are retroactively enrolled … Follow up with recipients who do not apply for Medicare by implementing a process that: Ascertains the Medicare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/medicaid-program-reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-end-stage-renal-diseaseOpinion 90-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … of village auditor, the village board of trustees may not, by resolution or local law, authorize the auditor to audit … be processed without either certification or verification by oath of the claimant. You ask whether a village board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Opinion 89-59
… and maintenance and capital costs) TOWN LAW, §§198(3)(d), 202, 202-a: A town board may raise all the operation and … to raising expenses of special districts. Subdivision 3 of section 202 provides that the expense of the establishment of … enlargement and improvement of the water system and for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds issued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 94-32
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … program remains in effect until it is amended or abolished by the affirmative vote of at least sixty percent of the … the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters by the village fire department, through the payment of a form …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32Opinion 89-47
… be assessed, levied, and collected from the taxable real property of the fire district in the same manner and at the … be assessed, levied and collected from the taxable real property within the district as it existed prior to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 97-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … and Duties (audit of claim for compensation submitted by assigned counsel) CLAIMS -- Audit (by county of claim for … otherwise provided by law", every claim for the payment of money must be audited by the county board of supervisors. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-16Opinion 91-51
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … to any other county fund in the manner prescribed by General Municipal Law, §9-a. You ask whether a county … district. County sewer districts are governed generally by article 5-A of the County Law. The cost of establishing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-51Opinion 96-22
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … reserve fund would be used to pay tax certiorari judgments or settlements. Section 6-e of the General Municipal Law … as are not required by law to be paid into any other fund or account ...". There is a limit on the amount which may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-22Opinion 92-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … INTEREST -- Exceptions (contracts for rental of room owned by officer and used in official duties) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … PROPERTY -- Leases (payment of rental to town officers); (by town from volunteer fire company) TOWNS -- Powers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16Opinion 2000-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (expenditure by village to promote literary, graphic, dramatic and … et seq .; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(l)(i): A village, by resolution, may provide for bands, movies and similar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 91-38
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … for the performance of public work submitted by each unsuccessful bidder upon the proper return of a … deposit on copies of plans and specifications, required by General Municipal Law, §102, must be returned by a city to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-38Opinion 2008-4
… district matters) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (costs for park district improvements not payable from general fund) … HOME RULE LAW § 10(1)(ii)(d)(3); TOWN LAW §§ 198(4), 202(3), 202-b: The costs of construction of additional … provides that costs or expenses incurred pursuant to that section "shall be a charge against the district and assessed, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-4Opinion 89-54
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS--Capital Reserve Fund (creation of by town for … §6-c authorizes a town board to establish capital reserve funds for the purpose of financing all or part of the cost of … p 7). The town's authority to establish capital reserve funds is subject to certain limitations. General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-155
… Background Based on an agreement between the Office of the State Comptroller and the Office of Court Administration, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-155-2009-year-end-adjustment-judges-and-justices-unified-court