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Opinion 92-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … requires a city (other than New York City), town, village or fire district to pay to a paid firefighter who is … and Social Club , 47 NY2d 970, 419 NYS2d 959; Camphill Village U.S.A. Inc v Workmen's Compensation Board , 23 NY2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12Opinion 2001-12
… in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Library Trustees (authority to provide for defense and indemnification of library … (authority of library board and governing board of sponsor to provide for defense and indemnification of library … either (1) the board of trustees of the library may elect to confer the benefits of section 18 on library employees as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-12Opinion 2001-2
… FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Programs (point accumulation required in order to be credited with one year of … for activities designated by the program sponsor, selected from the list of activities set forth at subparagraphs i-viii … she must be credited with twenty-five points (1995 Opns St Comp No. 95-9, p 19) 1 . Consequently, a service award …
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-2000-5Opinion 2002-6
… A. 8044, enacted as L 1975, ch 489; see also 1975 Budget Report, dated July 2, 1975, on A. 8044, enacted as L 1975, ch …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-6Opinion 90-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … being held on his behalf is generally governed by the State's general six year statute of limitations (CPLR, §213; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-29Opinion 90-49
… engaging in a brief telephone conversation (see also, In re City of New York , 78 AD 87, 79 NYS 793, regarding payment … meeting which was adjourned for lack of a quorum; In re Town of Hempstead , 36 AD 321, 55 NYS 345, affd 160 NY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-49Opinion 90-36
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … on October 16, 1875, bearing that date. As there were no funds in the bank to pay the checks, the agent and the tax … drawn on a bank and payable on demand (Uniform Commercial Code [UCC], §3-104[2][b]), a postdated check is not payable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-36Opinion 2009-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … thereby, (2) wholly by the area of the town outside of any village, or (3) wholly by the lands benefited thereby. 1 If … be raised as part of the general levy for town outside village purposes or, if there are no villages within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2Opinion 2006-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … RULE LAW §23(2)(e): A town board may reduce the salary of an elected town officer, other than a town justice, during … Whether the salary of an elected town officer other than a town justice may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 2006-8
… July 11, 1996, regarding A. 9040; see also Budget Report on S. 6278 of 1996). There is nothing in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-8Opinion 88-56
… interest in contracts between the firm and the district. Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§§800, et seq .) … Law, §801), and none of the exceptions contained in Article 18 are applicable (see General Municipal Law, §802). … who willfully or knowingly violates the provisions of Article 18 may be guilty of a misdemeanor (General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56Opinion 88-48
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … General Construction Law, §66; Marino , supra ). Also, State Finance Law, §174, which prescribes competitive bidding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-48Opinion 88-31
… bail fee) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-m: A county treasurer is not required to refund the fee prescribed in section 99-m … Municipal Law, where the defendant in a criminal action is convicted of a lesser included or different offense than … originally charged. You ask whether a county treasurer is required to refund the fee prescribed in section 99-m of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-31Opinion 88-27
… FIREFIGHTERS -- Disability Benefits (termination of paid fire department) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-a: A village which has terminated its paid fire department is still obligated to pay a village … You ask if a village which has terminated its paid fire department is still obligated to pay a disabled village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-27Opinion 89-53
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … the active membership of each company. 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-102, p 19 superseded to the extent inconsistent. You … and benefit of the fire department. In 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-102, p 19, we concluded that the apportionment and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 94-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … receiving payments pursuant to section 207a2 of the General Municipal Law to certify periodically that they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-13Opinion 88-62
… establish a capital reserve fund to finance the cost of closing and capping a landfill owned by the town and may pay … establish a capital reserve fund to finance the cost of closing and capping a landfill owned by the town and, if so, whether landfill fees, imposed to defray the cost of closing and capping the landfill, may be paid into that fund. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 88-6
… during any year in which the employee performs 1,000 hours of service. An employee becomes a participant in the … v City of New York , 89 Misc 2d 262, 390 NYS2d 784, affd 48 NY2d 917, 425 NYS2d 91. In NYPIRG , supra , a collective … 457 NYS2d 145; cf . Inc. Village of Lynbrook v P.E.R.B. , 48 NY2d 398, 423 NYS2d 466, holding that hospitalization …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 88-79
… in and around the village (e.g., construction of a parking lot). The village also has caused to be created a local … or private undertaking. In 1987 Opns St Comp, No. 87-9, p 15, we concluded that a city may loan federal grant money to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79