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Opinion 2002-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … receive" twenty-five points, we believe section 217(c)(vi) is intended to treat each category of response independently … of point accrual. Based on this statutory scheme, it is our opinion that a volunteer firefighter who answers both …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 598
… other than a regular working day (pass day). All overtime hours worked must be consecutive. For example: An employee’s regular workday/workweek schedule is 7 ½ hours per day, 37 ½ hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/598-eligibility-and-processing-overtime-meal-allowances-executive-agenciesOpinion 91-19
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties … TOWN LAW, §176(13); STATE CONSTITUTION, Article VIII, §1: A fire district may not make a gift to a fire company of … company has requested that the fire district, in turn, pay back to the company an amount equal to the cost of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 91-16
… -- Tax Sale (cost of publication of notice) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8007; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §1014: The cost of publication of a notice of unredeemed … unredeemed lands published pursuant to Real Property Tax Law 1014 should be calculated on the basis of agate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 2002-7
… 87-49, p 76; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-54, p 86; see also Buffalo and Erie County Public Library v County of Erie , 171 … 1975 Opns St Comp No. 75-399, unreported; see also Buffalo and Erie County Public Library , supra ; compare Korn … or statutory authority (see, e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; Citizens For An Orderly Energy Policy v County of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 2004-6
… unneeded space in a village building (see, e.g., 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-62, p 165; 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-1, p1). With respect to the gratuitous use of … and a not-for-profit organization (see e.g. 2002 Opns St Comp No. 2002-16, p 35; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-44, p …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6Opinion 94-17
… The fees, however, may be imposed only upon users of the service (see Opn No. 92-18, supra). In addition, the amounts … must be reasonably related to the cost of providing the service to users of the service (1992 Opns St Comp No. 92-40, … with constitutional equal protection guarantees (see NY Const, art I, §11; Elmwood-Utica Houses v Buffalo Sewer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-35
… ranking subordinate who is a member of a negotiating unit, but not to the increase received by an immediate subordinate … equal to that given to the sergeant of the department, but less than the increase afforded the chief's immediate … ranking subordinates of the heads of the departments, but not the department heads themselves, it was felt that an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Opinion 90-45
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … resolution must state that, for reasons of efficiency or economy, there is a need for standardization. The … why, as a matter of fact and not mere opinion, efficiency or economy will be served. This is in reply to your letter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45Opinion 90-35
… agreements for sums below the monetary threshold (see, e.g., Walton v Mayor , 26 App Div 76, 49 NYS 615; 1A Antieau, … exceed $5,000 over the course of a fiscal year (1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-4, p 6; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 866; 11 Opns … an amount close to $5,000 for an item, potential upward market fluctuations and fluctuations as to the district's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-35Opinion 2004-8
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (reserve fund for) LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (reserve fund for health care benefits) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§6-n, 6-p; 92-a; … fund for direct cash reimbursements by the village for health care benefits of its officers and employees. This is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8Opinion 88-43
… (reimbursement of sheriff's personnel account for General Municipal Law, §207-c salary payments) COUNTY SHERIFF … LAW, §§6-j, 207-c; WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, §25(4): When deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers are injured … county. This is in reply to your letter with respect to deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers who sustain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43Opinion 95-14
… FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (personal computer for fire department); (ceremony to dedicate fire … foreign fire insurance tax moneys to purchase a personal computer to be used for department purposes and to pay for a … fire insurance tax moneys to purchase a new personal computer to be used for various department purposes, and to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 94-3
… Law (§§190 et seq.) contains provisions relating to the formation of town special districts upon petition and, in the … are in many respects analogous to those prescribed for the formation of special districts (see, e.g., Town Law, §§191, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3Opinion 94-26
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … of villages within the town (see, e.g., 1994 Opns St Comp No. 94-10, p ___; 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-61, p 135; 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-334, p 98; Village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 90-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … which was established by the town within which the village is located and which is supported by town-wide taxes, for … with a town public library which was established by the town within which the village is located and which is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 89-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … of your letter concerning the town's code of ethics. You state that copies of this code were sent to the fire district. You further state that the town has established a board of ethics, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-20Opinion 89-45
… to assist the zoning board of appeals (24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 109; 19 Opns St Comp, 1963, pps 108 and 182). The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 88-70
… bond resolutions or expenditures from capital reserve funds in connection with the improvements may be subject to … derived from the proceeds of borrowing or capital reserve funds. Under Local Finance Law, §34.00, a city may adopt a … bond resolutions or expenditures from capital reserve funds in connection with the improvements may be subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-70Opinion 88-12
… Samuel A. Weissmandl, Administrative Assistant Village of New Square …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12