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Opinion 90-31
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … AND HEARINGS -- Voting Procedures (authority to allow act by majority of quorum) LOCAL LAWS -- Voting Requirements … to allow act by majority of quorum) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §353-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §41; MUNICIPAL HOME …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Payroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-017
… to inform PayServ users who experience errors, are unsure how to complete transactions, or who need assistance with PS … on March 10, 2021 until March 15, 2021. The final payroll processed in PayServ v 9.1 will be the Administration cycle, Pay Period 24L/25C, paycheck date March 17, 2021. The first payroll processed in PayServ v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-017-post-production-support-payserv-92Opinion 91-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … 801; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §61.00(a); TOWN LAW, §177: When a secretary-treasurer of a fire district performs the functions … respect to the sale, issuance or payment of bonds, the secretary-treasurer would not have a contractual interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8Opinion 89-15
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-15Opinion 88-2
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (special assessment area for refuse collection in village) LOCAL LAWS -- Refuse and Garbage Collection (imposition of benefit assessment for in village) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (means of … by local law, may establish one or more assessment areas for garbage collection service and provide for the imposition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-2Opinion 93-30
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … and Duties (liability for the cost of transportation to county jail) COUNTY SHERIFF -- Powers and Duties … and committed by order of the court to the custody of the county sheriff, a village transports the individual to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-30Opinion 95-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Award Program (service credit for attending meetings of the fire district board of commissioners) VOLUNTEER … Concerning a length of service award program established by a fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 90-55
… department remains obligated to pay benefits in accordance with General Municipal Law, §207-c to police officers injured … municipalities to apply for an accidental disability retirement, a retirement for disability incurred in … or modify the rights of disabled firefighters whose jobs are eliminated subsequent to the occurrence of their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55XII.8.B Matching – XII. Expenditures
… extract: Approval Status Match Status Match Result B – Pending Budget Check OR V – Pending OSC M – Matched Pass B – Pending Budget Check P - Pending Budget Pending B – Pending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8b-matchingOpinion 93-24
… Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law, §5[1]; 1992 Opns St Comp No. 92-41, p 105; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-34, p 55). In furtherance of these purposes, … implied therefrom (Town Law, §176[21]; 1992 Opns St Comp Nos. 92-4, p 9 and 92-41, supra ; see also 1982 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-24Opinion 98-2
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE CHIEFS -- Powers and Duties (control of use of personal equipment at fire) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for Expenses (dinners … Whether a fire district may pay for dinner expenses for fire commissioners under certain circumstances …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Opinion 95-20
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases 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) COURTS -- … Whether a surrogates court should charge a petitioner one filing fee or separate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-20Opinion 2001-4
… -- Compensation (fixed amount for specified services plus hourly rate for revaluation work to be performed by … assessor) LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for appointive town assessor) PUBLIC … OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for appointive town assessor); (salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Opinion 91-14
… village) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-o; TOWN LAW, §§198(9), 209-e(3): A town board, on behalf of a refuse and garbage … collection services (Village Law, §4-412; Town Law, §198[9]; General Municipal Law, §120-w; 1979 Opns St Comp No. … Opns St Comp No. 88-2, p 3; 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-12, p 20). Therefore, the district, pursuant to the authority in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 2006-3
… Town Law §64(7) authorizes the town board, after a public hearing, to grant franchises “for the use of the streets, … requirements for the notice and conduct of the public hearing (16 NYCRR §894.7) and, in certain circumstances, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 88-54
… on the thirty-first day of December of the next succeeding calendar year." Thus, once the town board's resolution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 98-21
… corporations, associations or other organizations". 2 It has been the opinion of this Office that since section … or a combination thereof), and since section 122-b(2) requires the town to formulate rules and regulations … Law, §3001[11];see also, Public Health Law, 3001[12]). 2 Note that General Municipal Law, §122-b authorizes towns, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 89-4
… the town may sell bonds and notes, at public or private sale, to the bank of which the supervisor is a director and … We note that the term "contract" is defined for purposes of article 18 to include the designation of a … as a depository, paying agent, registration agent or for investment of funds of the municipality of which he is an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Opinion 93-33
… a publication which is entered as second-class matter at a post office located outside the boundaries of the school … a publication which is entered as second-class matter at a post office located outside the boundaries of the school … in a publication which is not entered at the United States post office as second-class matter, we believe it is clear …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Medicaid Program – Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease
… renal disease who were eligible for, but not enrolled in, Medicare. The audit covered the period January 1, 2010 … with ESRD. Medicaid recipients with ESRD are eligible for Medicare coverage if they receive regular dialysis treatments … When Medicaid recipients with ESRD are also enrolled in Medicare, Medicare becomes the primary insurer (payer) and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/medicaid-program-reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-end-stage-renal-disease