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Opinion 88-5
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover retired employees); … officials. A town has power under an established health plan to reduce benefits for retirees and for persons eligible … to retire but not yet retired. STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE V, §7: Health insurance benefits are not within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-5Opinion 92-16
… 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-92-16Data Breach
… notice of a data breach or network security breach, the chief information officer or, where appropriate, the chief information security officer of a state entity with … 24 hours following the discovery of a data breach the chief information officer or where appropriate the chief …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/data-breachYork College – Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff
… and officers could alter time cards by writing over time stamps from punch clocks. The Department’s current overtime … time card signatures and controls to ensure that time card stamps and any handwritten alterations are valid. Actively …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/06/york-college-time-and-attendance-practices-public-safety-staffOpinion 89-65
… documented and payment should be made pursuant to the payroll method to permit more efficient accounting for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 2001-11
… by the fire district on such transactions for the past year was approximately $7,600. You further indicate that, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 2004-4
… -- Employment Contracts (law partner of school board member as attorney for school district) -- Interest in … §800(3): If the compensation paid to the law partner of a school board member, who is engaged by the school district as its attorney, is not mixed with other revenues of the partnership, and if the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-4Opinion 90-36
… checks) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §924; TOWN LAW, §§35, 37: A town tax collecting officer may accept a postdated check … Hun, at 260) and the agent wrote in pencil on the checks when they were severally to be presented for payment. In … (UCC, §3-114[2]). The fact that a check is postdated does not affect its negotiability (UCC, §3-114[1]); People v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-36XVII.3 Lapsing Transaction Deadlines – XVII. Lapsing Appropriations
… For published Lapsing deadlines and notices, please visit the … Due To and Not Due To Lapse Report of this Chapter for more information. Vouchers Online Entry of Vouchers by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvii/xvii3-lapsing-transaction-deadlinesUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-147
To explain OSCs automatic processing of the SOS increase
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-147-senior-officer-series-sos-differential-increase-eligibleUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-158
To explain OSCs automatic processing of the SOS increase
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-158-senior-officer-series-sos-differential-increase-eligible25-Year Benefit (Section 384) – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… service” is: Service as a firefighter or police officer under a 20- or 25-year plan; Service as a member or officer of the New York State Police; Service in the Regional … your FAE per year of service in titles other than police officer or firefighter. The maximum benefit cannot exceed 50 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/25-year-benefit-section-384Opinion 92-27
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … 46(1)(2); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §93-b; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(1): A municipal officer or employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 95-30
… by, a bank or trust company located and authorized to do business in this State. Such a time deposit account or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-30Opinion 91-63
… (§800, et seq .) contains provisions of law which relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees. Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a municipal officer or … contract. In addition, an officer or employee is deemed to have an interest in, inter alia , any contract of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 90-24
… However, the finance board of any municipality, school district or district corporation may, by resolution, delegate … and duties to the chief fiscal officer or, in the case of school districts, to the clerk of the school board, in which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24XIV.4.A Agency Bank Accounts Overview – XIV. Special Procedures
… account may need to be opened and maintained by an agency for revenue collections, cash advances, or other authorized … Operations Cash Management Unit (BSAO CMU) will arrange for payment of banking services and collateralization of … the program needs of each department as well as provide for the maximum utilization of the state's cash. It is also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv4a-agency-bank-accounts-overviewOpinion 96-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST-- Insurance … agency through which town's insurance placed) -- Interest in Contract (arising from general concern with overall … of the insurance agency, would not have an "interest" in the town's insurance contracts. The supervisor, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-6Opinion 89-33
… opinion. CLAIMS -- Audit (necessity to pre-audit claims for compensation of village officers and employees) VILLAGE … compensation of appointive village officers and employees for services may be paid without prior audit by the board of … such prior audit. You ask whether budgeted compensation for appointive village officers and employees may be paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33Retirement System Membership – En-Con Police Officers Plan
… Police officers and paid firefighters working for employers that participate in the New York State and … 31, 1986. … EnCon Police Officers Plan information for PFRS Tier 1 2 3 5 and 6 members covered by Section 383b …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1822/retirement-system-membership