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Opinion 88-57
… Opns St Comp, 1968, p 728; 8 Opns St Comp, 1952, p 281; NY Const, Art I, §11; US Const, 14th Amendment). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57Opinion 2000-9
… PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (authority to make payment pursuant to performance evaluation program) WORDS AND PHRASES -- … consideration paid to an officer or employee for his or her services, including salary or wages and authorized fringe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9Opinion 89-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for notice of pendency … fee when affecting more than one parcel) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §§8018, 8021: A county clerk may not charge … parcel of real property. A notice of pendency may be filed in any action in a court of this State or of the United …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5Opinion 88-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … appropriation where surplus bond proceeds available) TOWN LAW, §112(1); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §9; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7Opinion 2000-21
… or towns and village or villages a joint fire district for the purposes hereinafter stated and in the manner … town or towns. This language suggests that, in order for a village to be included within a joint fire district, … 4 of Town Law §189-a, which establishes a procedure for extension of a joint fire district by "each town and … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21Opinion 95-9
… a year of firefighting service may not be granted pursuant to General Municipal Law, §217(c)(v) to active volunteer firefighters for attending meetings of … award program established by a fire district pursuant to article 11-A of the General Municipal Law (§214 et seq .): …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 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-91-63Compliance With the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act and Monitoring and Enforcement of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Requirements (2019-S-54) 180-Day Response
To determine if the Department of Environmental Conservation is ensuring applicable entities are complying with the 2013 Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act and ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s54-response.pdfOpinion 2003-2
… as amended (former McKinney's Unconsolidated Laws, Title 16, Chapter 13 [§5851 et seq.]) (L 1988 ch 241 §2), which had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2XII.4.E Electronic Invoicing – XII. Expenditures
… module in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) provides online agencies with the ability to receive electronic … The purpose of this section is to provide guidance to online agencies about identifying and processing e-invoices … SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES This section provides online agencies with guidance regarding the electronic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii4e-electronic-invoicingOpinion 2001-15
… a lighting district pursuant to Town Law §202-c(1) is proper only if signed by the appropriate number of "resident owners"; that is, individual owners of real property who have established a … board on behalf of a lighting district whose sole asset is a service contract may, subject to mandatory referendum, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-15Opinion 2004-2
… If real property owned by a town board member's spouse is leased to a vendor which supplies gravel from the property … If the contract between the vendor and the town is permissible under article 18 and the code of ethics is silent, the board member should recuse himself or herself …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-2Opinion 91-53
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN BOARD -- Compensation (additional … town board members are assigned additional duties in their capacities as board members, the board may fix their … salary fixed, however, may not exceed the amount set forth in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget unless a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53Comptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Schneiderman & Acting Tax Commissioner Manion Announce $4.3 Million Settlement With Owners of For-Profit School Network for Overcharging State; Failing To Pay Taxes
… Taxation and Finance and an audit and investigation by the Office of the State Comptroller, Koffler and the other … face justice.” An investigation by the Attorney General’s and Comptroller’s office revealed a complicated leasing arrangement created …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-acting-tax-commissioner-manion-announce-43-million-settlementOpinion 92-14
… the county clerk's office, or (2) the lienor has failed to commence an action to foreclose such lien or to secure an … of lien. The question of whether the lienor has failed to commence such an action is a factual question which must be … filed in the county clerk's office. 2. By the failure to commence an action to foreclose upon the lien within the time …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-14Opinion 91-9
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … for "miscellaneous" purposes and "contingencies". At the time, former section 112 of the Town Law contained a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-9Opinion 88-55
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY- Powers and Duties (submission … may require the presentation of the report described in section 10-1018 of the Village Law, and if so, what may be included in that report. Initially, we note that under section 10-1008 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-55Opinion 2006-10
… of proceeds from lease of district property) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Accounting (charging a portion of town engineer’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-10Opinion 92-48
… of the sale of the improvement are used to pay or provide for the construction, reconstruction, acquisition or … and interest due on the indebtedness could be used for any lawful municipal purpose. Based on the requirement in … with the proceeds of obligations authorized to be issued for a single object or purpose and only a portion of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 89-56
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (authority to make … are billed to the town but were not rendered. This is in reply to your letter concerning certain payments proposed … incentive payment constitutes a gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56