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Opinion 90-36
… 37: A town tax collecting officer may accept a postdated check tendered as payment of taxes, and retain the same until … the tax collecting officer elect to refuse a postdated check, he or she should return it promptly to the person who tendered the check. You ask whether a town tax collecting officer should …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-36Opinion 2006-5
… decrease for elected officers by local law subject to mandatory referendum) TOWN LAW §27(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE … justice, during a term of office by local law subject to mandatory referendum. You ask whether the salary of an … elective officer during his term of office is subject to a mandatory referendum, we concluded that section 23(2)(e) was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 2006-8
… of S. 6278/A. 9040 of 1996; Letter from Senator Hoblock to Michael C. Finnegan, Esq., Counsel to the Governor, July 15, … regarding S. 6278; Letter from Assemblyman Canestrari to Michael C. Finnegan, Esq., Counsel to the Governor, July 11, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 89-53
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES--Recipients (basis for allocation between or … among fire companies in a multi-company fire department) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Where foreign fire insurance tax moneys are distributed in accordance with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 88-62
… reserve fund to finance) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Solid Waste Facility (creation of capital reserve fund to finance … Law, §221(1) authorizes town boards to provide for the collection, separation, treatment, processing and disposal of … §6-c[1][b],[2]). Moreover, we believe the enactment of Local Finance Law, §11.00(a)(6-b), fixing a 10 year period of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 88-6
… a local retirement system for its officers or employees after April 12, 1922. The plan, which was established by the … systems is that benefits are payable only upon retirement after a designated minimum period of service. Thus, the court … insurance for families of current employees who die after retirement is not a prohibited subject of collective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 88-56
… and Sales (fire district commissioner an employee of firm doing business with district) -- Exceptions … district commissioner, who is a salaried employee of a firm doing business with the district, does not have a … conflict of interest in purchase contracts between the firm and the district if the exception contained in General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56Opinion 88-48
… purchases of equipment by the Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority. However, in order to assure that … bins and containers to be used in connection with a recycling program by the Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste … to purchase equipment to be used in connection with a recycling program. With respect to whether such equipment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-48Opinion 88-79
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (applicability of prohibition to moneys received from federal government) … Concerning the use of program income derived from an Urban Development Action …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79Opinion 92-52
… the opinion. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES -- Municipal Cooperation (joint investments by municipalities and public authorities) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Municipal Funds (joint investments with public authorities) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (joint investment with public authorities) PUBLIC AUTHORITIES …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-52Opinion 97-11
… in the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to establish financial disclosure requirements for housing … OF INTEREST -- Financial Disclosure (applicability to housing authorities) -- Public Housing Authorities … MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and Duties (authority to establish financial disclosure requirements for housing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-11Opinion 97-2
… INSURANCE LAW, ARTICLE 47; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§92-a, 119-o: A school district may not reimburse a former … health benefit plan established pursuant to sections 92-a and 119-o of the General Municipal Law, and governed by … and their families pursuant to General Municipal Law, §92-a. The power to purchase insurance for health care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-2Opinion 95-28
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … and secured by a letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank) LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authorizing … Whether a town may under the provisions of section 11 of the General Municipal Law invest a portion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-28Opinion 95-23
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … of documentation) TOWN LAW, §118(1): The town board, or the town comptroller if claims are audited by the town … the statement by the town officer whose action gave rise or origin to a claim to be based on that officer's review of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-23Opinion 92-12
… self-employed or performing uncompensated services) WORDS AND PHRASES -- Employment (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §207-a[6]) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-a(6): A disabled … firefighter forfeits his or her entitlement to payments and benefits provided pursuant to General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12Opinion 2000-11
… If the town superintendent of highways shall fail to appoint such deputy within five days after the establishment … the office of deputy, the town board shall have power to appoint such deputy town superintendent of highways (emphasis … that absent a contrary statutory provision, the power to appoint officers and employees implies the power to dismiss; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-11Opinion 99-9
… expenses of its city attorney for attending a course at a conference for municipal officials that relates to the … counsel for attending a municipal law course at a conference for municipal officials, if the tuition is charged … to standard registration fees for attendees at the conference, and would not be charged to those who attend the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-9Opinion 2001-12
… Officers Law §18, enacted originally by L 1981, chapter 277, is the principal defense and indemnification statute for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-12Opinion 2001-2
… DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (discretion in crediting points under a service award program) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS … required in order to be credited with twenty-five points); (granting of points for one activity conditioned upon accumulation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-2Opinion 2000-5
… discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Snow and Ice Removal and Road Repair Reserve Fund (transfer of moneys … to) -- Highway Fund (transfer of moneys from to a snow and ice removal and road repair reserve fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … and appropriated by a town for town highway snow and ice removal may not be paid into a snow and ice removal and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-5