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Opinion 93-8
… clearly define what events will cause the municipality to pay the higher rates and what procedures or indices will be … clearly define what events will cause the municipality to pay the higher rate of interest and what procedure or indices … a formula or procedure which requires the municipality to pay additional interest in an amount that varies from holder …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-8Opinion 97-20
… remodel and purchase appliances for the firehouse kitchen. You ask whether a volunteer fire department may expend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 92-44
… highest ranking subordinate in a negotiating unit. You ask whether, pursuant to General Municipal Law, §207-m, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-44Opinion 92-31
… may not sell advertising space in such a newsletter. You ask whether a village, at village expense, may publish a … with a general law except as authorized by the municipal home rule law, which shall be deemed expedient or desirable … Opns St Comp No. 78-559, unreported; see also Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1]). The content of the newsletter, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-31Opinion 2012-1
… interest in accordance with General Municipal Law § 803. You ask whether a member of a town board of assessment review …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 96-20
… Criminal Justice Services within 30 days of such action. You ask whether a village police department which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 96-1
… would not be subject to consent of the State Comptroller. You ask whether approval of the State Comptroller is required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2000-19
… may be paid for with foreign fire insurance tax monies. You ask whether a volunteer firefighters' benevolent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19Opinion 91-16
… to the additional per line charge allowed by statute. You ask whether the charge for a notice of unredeemed lands …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 2002-7
… expenditure of such monies is not subject to referendum. You ask whether the expenditure of monies from a "capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 2004-6
… to the value of the use of the space in the building. You ask whether a village may permit an historical society to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6Opinion 94-17
… with) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§120-w, 120-cc; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(9-a): A city, by local law, may … procedures prescribed in General Municipal Law, §120-cc. You ask whether a city may include in the next succeeding … equal protection guarantees (see NY Const, art I, §11; Elmwood-Utica Houses v Buffalo Sewer Authority, 65 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 90-35
… applies to the purchase of fuel oil by a fire district. You state that the district has budgeted $5,000 for fuel oil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-35Opinion 2004-8
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§6-n, 6-p; 92-a; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW §10: A village may not establish a reserve fund … for health care expenses not covered by insurance. You ask whether the village may establish a reserve fund to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8Opinion 95-14
… to dedicate a new fire house and new fire apparatus. You ask whether a volunteer fire department may expend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 94-6
… direct or indirect in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in … (cf. General Municipal Law, §800[3], defining "interest" for purposes of General Municipal Law, article 18) or a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 94-3
… for the improvement of a road pursuant to Town Law, §200. You ask whether the approval of the State Comptroller is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3Opinion 89-45
… board of appeals) TOWN LAW, §§27(1), 267(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(d)(3): A town, by local law, may … designated hourly rate for specified additional services. You ask whether a town may pay an attorney employed as … the Town Law in their application to the town (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][ii][d][3]). Based on this grant of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 88-70
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Advisory (fluoridation of water) GENERAL CITY LAW, §20(2), (7); GENERAL MUNICIPAL …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-70Opinion 88-12
… and contracting to provide the service to the others. You ask whether several villages may provide for refuse …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12