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Opinion 94-1
… of the salaries of county employees who perform services for the administration and operation of a county sewer … charge to the cost of establishing a district an allowance for services rendered by salaried town employees when such … to the expense of maintaining a district an allowance for services rendered by any town officer or employee when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-1Opinion 94-14
… for whose benefit the IDA was created. This prohibition does not apply, however, to projects for which an agency has … amendment generally became effective October 19, 1993. It does not apply, however, to "projects for which an agency, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14Opinion 90-23
… in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Limit (exclusion from - cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse) STATE … The cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse may exclude from their constitutional debt limitations indebtedness … 8 6 of the State Constitution which provides an exclusion from the debt limitation imposed upon the cities of Buffalo …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-23Opinion 90-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … -- Powers and Duties (publication of minutes of town board meeting); (publication of State Comptroller's report of … §106; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §35: Although the town clerk is required to record in the minutes of a town board meeting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-52Opinion 90-30
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Fees (exception from payment of) COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for recording satisfaction of mortgage) FEES -- County Clerk (collection of fees for recording satisfaction of mortgage) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §§8017, 8021; SOCIAL …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-30Opinion 2006-2
… 209-f[1]). The State Comptroller’s approval may be granted only after the public hearing on the increase and, in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-2Opinion 2006-3
… [Inf Opns] 11, supra ). 3 The inquiry refers to the town “highway fund” as a potential repository of the franchise fees. Highway Law §141 provides that the town highway superintendent’s annual budget estimate of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 89-56
… billed but not provided) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a), (d)(3); TOWN LAW, §27; CIVIL SERVICE LAW, §200, et … a gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. Town Law, §27(1) provides that salaries of town officers and employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56Opinion 89-38
… system generally would exist where benefits are payable only upon retirement after a designated minimum period of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-38Opinion 89-29
… by this Office as authorizing property acquisition only where it is necessary for a municipal purpose (1982 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-29Opinion 88-54
… resolution of a town board consolidating special districts only becomes effective after the period for filing a petition … becomes effective, the consolidation is contingent only upon the passage of time. Under these circumstances, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 89-16
… foreign fire insurance moneys, the moneys may be expended only in the manner prescribed by the special act (see e.g. … Generally, such special acts provide that such moneys may only be used for the care and relief of indigent or disabled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-16State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Fire District , Village of Candor , Town of East Hampton , Islip Housing Authority , Jefferson Community College , City … , Sullivan County Community College , City of Troy and the West Ghent Volunteer Fire Company . "In today's fiscal … budget complies with the property tax cap levy limit. Islip Housing Authority – Cash Disbursements (Suffolk County) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 92-29
… 84-20, p 26). By its literal terms, section 207-m requires only that the salary of the permanent full-time department … section 207-m quoted above and the legislative intent that only the permanent full-time head of the police department is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 92-22
… not implicated in this instance because by representing only the owners of property located outside the village the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-22Opinion 92-2
… to pay amounts due under contract for hydrants serving a zone) FIRE HYDRANTS -- Fire Districts (authority to use … to pay amounts due under contract for hydrants serving a zone); (authority to budget amounts due for preceding and … a contract for the use of hydrants which serve only a zone within the district. Under the facts presented, the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-2Opinion 92-48
… establish a mandatory reserve fund if the proceeds of the sale of the improvement are used to pay or provide for the construction, reconstruction, acquisition or … and interest due on the indebtedness could be used for any lawful municipal purpose. Based on the requirement in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 97 - 12
Whether the recording secretary of a town planning board may be employed by a local consulting engineer who represents developers in matters before the board
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 97-10
… and authorized installment purchase contracts only for "equipment, machinery and apparatus" 1 . The express …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-10Opinion 98-2
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE CHIEFS -- Powers and Duties (control of use of personal equipment at fire) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for Expenses (dinners … Whether a fire district may pay for dinner expenses for fire commissioners under certain circumstances …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2