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Opinion 93-3
… -- Professional Services (physician) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§103, 104-b: A fire district is not required to … St Comp, 1965, p 516; 19 Opns St Comp, 1963, p 430; cf ., e.g., 29 CFR 1910.134[b][10], 1910.156[b][2], pertaining to … bidding authorized by the State Legislature (see, e.g., General Municipal Law, §§103[4], 104), there are also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 93-28
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (CHIPs moneys subject to section … and the highway superintendent to determine, by agreement, how certain moneys for highway repairs and improvements are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28Opinion 93-10
… the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving and, if so, what particular support staff is required to report to work … authorizing the closing of a county office on that day, we note that counties may adopt local laws not inconsistent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-10Opinion 98-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC HOUSING …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-17Opinion 97-22
… to finance the cost of construction of a dormitory for the county community college. This is in reply to your letter concerning a proposal to build a dormitory for a community college whose sole local sponsor is a county. … indebtedness to finance the construction of a dormitory. For purposes of this opinion, we will discuss only powers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 97-18
… in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Improvement Districts (sale of real property of a county sewer district) -- Real Property … sewer district) COUNTY LAW, §§215(5), (6); 275: Pursuant to County Law, §215, real property acquired for a county … sold, upon a two-thirds vote of the board of supervisors, to the highest bidder after public advertisement. Such sale …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 92-47
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … moneys); (need to establish separate bank account for E911 surcharge moneys) -- Deposits and Investments … if separate bank accounts are not specifically required by State or local legislation, moneys in various funds held by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-47Opinion 92-46
… that bidding statutes may not be avoided by artificially breaking up contracts into lesser agreements for sums below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 91-59
… of Hicksville may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to provide death benefits to family members of … program, funded by a portion of the foreign fire insurance tax moneys it receives, to provide retirement and death … govern the distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax moneys except as otherwise provided in any special law. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-59Opinion 95-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CEMETERIES -- Fees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-18Opinion 91-44
… -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) INSURANCE -- Health Insurance … minimum percentage of the premium or subscription charges for the coverage (see Civil Service Law, §167[2]; 4 NYCRR … fire commissioners if the district pays all or part of the premiums or subscription charges on behalf of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 92-37
… a fire alarm or fire protection district" must be filed with the county clerk and the State Comptroller. Subdivision …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 96-7
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties … You ask whether several fire districts may join together in an advertising campaign for the purpose of recruiting … agreements. Subdivision one of section 119-o provides, in relevant part, that ". . . municipal corporations and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-7Opinion 96-21
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … a specified maximum amount annually to provide services for the district. The establishment of the town beach erosion … or acquisition of a capital improvement, or the performance or supplying of services (Town Law, §191). If the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21DiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… P. DiNapoli. “Sound business practices include both long-term and short-term capital project planning, but my auditors discovered … law, a percentage of VLT revenue from the casino goes to fund education. For the period January 1, 2012 through June …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraOpinion 91-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … on the issues discussed in the opinion. SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (control of highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-3Opinion 2003-1
… raised (see also Town Law §198[3][d]). Subdivision 3 of section 202 generally provides that the expenses of … parcel will derive therefrom (i.e., on a "benefit basis"). Section 202(5) provides generally that the expense of an … Comp, 1960, p 61). There is no corresponding provision in section 202(5), however, for charging any portion of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 2004-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5Opinion 94-24
… resolutions to purchase land for a town hall with current year tax revenues and to construct the town hall using such … and the construction, all to be paid for with the current year tax revenues, then only that single resolution would be … §220 would be required for the expenditure of any current year tax revenues on the construction. You ask whether the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-24Opinion 94-22
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Assessments … improvement district is based on a district plan prepared in accordance with General Municipal Law, §980-d. The plan … the district will be imposed upon benefited real property in proportion to the benefit received, to defray the cost of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22