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Contract Advisory No. 4

… Corrective Action for Contract Transactions Created in the Statewide Financial System with Invalid Business Unit … but only certain of those combinations are valid for use in creating contracts. New contracts (Amendment Sequence “0”) created in the SFS must use a Business Unit/Department ID combination …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/contract-advisory/4-business-unit-and-department-id-combinations-used-create-contracts-statewide

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1198

… Security number as the EMPLID in PayServ to using the NYS EMPLID, a system assigned number. This conversion results … typessubmitted to A.I. will need to have the new NYS Employee Id loaded into the EMPLID field [starting … has a valid SSN in the Hire transaction record, the NYS EMPLID value will be assigned during the pre-scrub …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1198-changes-automated-interface-transaction-processing-ai-agencies-only

Opinion 90-13

… has authority, at the request and expense of a village, to install sewer pipe for a village sewer project in … with a DOT road reconstruction project. This is in reply to your letter concerning installation of sewer pipe for a … road project by means of a change order. While you consent to the consolidation of the two projects through the change …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-13

Opinion 90-12

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … (payment out of money paid into court) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §§2105, 2607: CPLR 2105, which authorizes … purpose ( Travelers' Ins. Co. v Louis Padula Co. , 224 NY 397, reh den 225 NY 638; Anderson v Board of Education of …

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Opinion 93-22

… that " [i]f, without sufficient excuse, a principal does not appear when required ..., the court must enter such …

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Opinion 92-55

… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … water systems) VILLAGE LAW, §§1-102(2), 11-1120, 11-1122: A village may not contract to provide, at the expense of the private owners, a village employee to perform testing of water within a …

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Opinion 97-13

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … (service credit for training taken during a period of suspension); (service credit for training taken without …

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Opinion 95-29

… sold assumed by the purchaser. This alternative, however, does not apply in the case of a sale to a public authority. … …

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Opinion 90-63

… and functions (1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-904, 212). There does not appear to be any authority, however, for a public …

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Opinion 92-34

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … payment of parking fines and surcharges) -- Remission to State Comptroller (partial payment of parking fines and … imposed pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law, §1809-a, while retaining the underlying parking fines. As subsequent …

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Opinion 95-16

… PHRASES -- "Last preceding assessment roll" (meaning of for purposes of Education Law, §1908[1]) EDUCATION LAW, … of the apportionment. This is in reply to your request for our opinion as to the proper assessment roll to be used for the apportionment required by section 1908 of the …

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Opinion 94-5

… and Duties (publication in newsletter of articles by individual board members) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (publication in newsletter of articles by individual board members) TOWN LAW, §116(13): The report … not contain articles by board members which set forth the individual positions or opinions of particular town board …

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Opinion 94-4

… an original signature. You ask whether vouchers submitted for audit by a town highway superintendent must contain an … p 191). Since there is no requirement in section 118(1) for an original signature, it is our opinion that the … §119[1]). Finally, we note that because of the potential for theft or misuse, the use of signature stamps should be …

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State Agencies Bulletin No. 170

… Purpose To explain OSC automatic processing and agency procedures to cancel … Annual Salary Factor canceled. Effective Date Immediately. OSC Actions No agency action is required on the Additional …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/170-canceling-additional-annual-salary-factor

Pension Payment Option Election – Divorce and Your Benefits

… At retirement, a member must elect a pension payment option, which determines how the retirement … should the member die before them. Generally, this is one of the joint allowance options. The parties should be …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/pension-payment-option-election

DiNapoli: Unemployment Taxes on Employers Poised To Increase To Repay $9B Owed to Federal Government

… will also increase in 2022 and beyond, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. … the trust fund balance presents a serious challenge for the state and businesses struggling to recover from the pandemic. Action is needed to avoid hiking costs for New York businesses and slowing the state’s economic …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-unemployment-taxes-employers-poised-increase-repay-9b-owed-federal-government

State Agencies Bulletin No. 1016.1

… such critical tasks as direct employee contact, mailing of Form W-2 statements, mailing of paycheck and direct deposit … USPS. For each address compared, if no change of address form has been filed with the USPS, the address will be … as Move Updated . If there has been a change of address form filed with the USPS and the address matches the PayServ …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/10161-maintaining-date-employee-addresses-payserv-system

Conferences — Actual and Necessary Expenses – Travel and Conference Expense Management

… by officers and employees while attending conferences. A “conference” is defined as a convention, conference, or school conducted for the betterment of any local government or school district. A conference also includes any convention or conference of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/conferences-actual-and-necessary-expenses