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Pension Payment Option Election – Divorce and Your Benefits
… percentage. With a Joint Allowance, if the beneficiary dies before the member, the member will continue to receive … receiving, and all payments will stop at when the member dies. Under a Pop-Up Joint Allowance, if the beneficiary dies before the member, the member’s pension benefit will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/pension-payment-option-electionDue Diligence for Companies Holding Abandoned Funds
… Companies that hold abandoned funds are required to attempt to contact the rightful owner of the property … notification requirements section for more information. How to meet due diligence requirements 90 days before your … New York State Comptroller unless they claim it before the date you submit your report. Include that date in the notice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/reporters/due-diligence-companies-holding-abandoned-fundsOpinion 93-27
… a local law to provide that its cash share be so used. You have asked us to advise you as to whether the Town of Cheektowaga may use its share … town properties located outside villages within the town. You state that the town presently uses its share of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27State Agencies Bulletin No. 819
… date. The CHK address must be effective prior to the pay period end date in order for this address to appear on … for the CHK address and that effective date is after the pay period end date, the paycheck or direct deposit advice … deposit advice is the address that is in effect as of the pay period end date. Although an employee’s CHK address can …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/819-procedures-employee-address-changes-payservTravel Advisory No. 13
… Subject: Updated Mileage Rates Guidance: The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. General Services Administration issued new standard mileage rates for 2025. The standard rate for personal vehicle mileage is $0.70 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/travel-advisory/13-updated-mileage-ratesOpinion 95-7
… the district commissioners as managing the affairs and property of the district). Therefore, it is our opinion that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-7Opinion 90-41
… existing sewer system wholly against benefited properties. You indicate that the existing village sewer system was … the current Village Law in 1972 (L 1972, ch 892) and, as you note, section 14-1412 was repealed in 1973 (L 1973, ch 976). You indicate that the village is now considering extending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-41Opinion 98-5
… 803 of the General Municipal Law 1 . The county, however, should review its code of ethics to ascertain whether it … Social Services Law, §141[1][b], [2], [3]), the county should take steps to ensure that selection of a coroner who … County Attorney County of Cattaraugus 1 We note that should a coroner have any of the powers or duties set forth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 94-28
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to pay expenses associated with advance … proposed district or extension) SEWER DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (duty to reimburse county general fund for costs … authorize the preparation of surveys, preliminary plans and detailed plans, specifications and estimates necessary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-28Opinion 90-31
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS -- Voting … to allow act by majority of quorum) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §353-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §41; MUNICIPAL HOME …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 93-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … services (see, e.g., People ex rel. Smith v Flagg , 17 NY 584). Generally, professional services which fall within … contract (see People ex rel. Smith , supra ; Trane Co. v County of Broome , 76 AD2d 1015, 429 NYS2d 487; Hurd v Erie …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3XII.6 Overview – XII. Expenditures
… on how to process certain payment situations where the type of vendor or type of payment differs from the normal policies and processes required by the Office of the State Comptroller. Guide to Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xii/xii6-overviewMainstream Managed Care Organizations – Administrative Costs Used in Premium Rate Setting (Follow-Up)
… managed care premium rates, which are based, in part, on the allowable administrative costs of managed care … $18.9 million in mainstream managed care premiums for the State fiscal year 2014-15 due to a flaw in the Department’s … The Department incorrectly factored the cost of certain taxes levied against for-profit MCOs into the methodology, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/mainstream-managed-care-organizations-administrative-costs-used-premium-rate-setting-followSUNY Bulletin No. SU-244
… Purpose To provide SUNY agencies with instructions on how to update a Tier 6 employee’s Retirement Plan page due to the two-year look back Affected … legislation required the employee contribution rate to be based on the employee’s annual wage. Once a Tier 6 member has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-244-two-year-look-back-tier-6-suny-tiaa-optional-retirementSUNY Bulletin No. SU-255
… are not in PayServ. The employee contribution rates are: Wages Contribution Rate $45,000 or less 3% $45,000.01 to … TIAA SUNY TIER 6 6PCT Effective Date(s) Effective December 14, 2017 for paychecks dated January 10, 2018 (Institution … Plans). Enter employee's Empl ID in search box. Click Search . Select the correct Empl Rcd # for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-255-two-year-look-back-tier-6-suny-tiaa-optional-retirementState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Education Program did not meet certain program outcomes and overarching program goals. SED did not complete federally required documents in a timely manner; and a significant portion of the Migrant Education Tutorial … on behalf of 18,010 Medicaid recipients whose pharmacy benefits were covered by managed care. In a follow-up report, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1503
… Purpose To inform agencies that Position Pools and/or Chartfield Strings in PayServ may require updates for … with appropriations due to lapse on September 15, 2016 and September 30, 2016 Background Appropriations allocated to certain chartfield strings will lapse on the above date and will no longer be available for payroll charges. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1503-updating-payserv-chartfield-strings-september-lapsing-eventsDiNapoli: More School Districts Take Initial Steps to Exceed Tax Cap
… New York’s property tax cap in 2016-17 has nearly doubled when compared to last year, but still remains relatively … plans to override the tax cap. Property tax levy growth for school districts is capped at 0.12 percent above current … fiscal year. “School districts are feeling the impact of a historically low tax levy limit,” said DiNapoli. “Although …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/dinapoli-more-school-districts-take-initial-steps-exceed-tax-capState Agencies Bulletin No. 1909
… to inform agencies of OSC’s upcoming automatic processing and provide guidance on processing payments not automatically … the negotiated 2016–2023 agreement between New York State and NYSCOPBA provides for a bi-weekly Security Services … Unit 01 who have at least one year of service credit and who have a Payroll Status of Active, Leave With Pay or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1909-april-2021-increase-hazardous-duty-pay-arbitration-eligible-bu01Opinion 88-72
Concerning the formation of a town sewer district within the boundaries of an existing county sewer district
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-72