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Opinion 92-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … (applicability of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of deputy police commissioner); (salary of individual … section 207m a deputy commissioner who upon the death of the commissioner is appointed to fill the vacancy in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 92-22
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-22Opinion 92-2
… a zone); (authority to budget amounts due for preceding and current year under hydrant contract) TOWN LAW, … under a contract for both the preceding fiscal year and the current fiscal year. You ask about the permissible … payable on or before March 1 for the entire preceding year and the amount necessary to make the quarterly payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-2Opinion 2001-4
… not relevant here, the town board of each town shall fix, from time to time, the salaries of all officers and employees … part of the responsibilities of the assessor (1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-187, unreported; see also 5 Op Counsel SBEA No. … the various deductions from gross compensation that may be required (see Opn No. 89-45, supra ; Opn No. 80-356, supra ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Opinion 2001-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (authority … TOWN LAW §176(31); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §91(1): A fire district may offer a reward of up to $1,000 for … misdemeanors directly connected to vandalism or theft of fire district property. A fire district, however, may not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-5Opinion 2000-15
… the fire district may wish to consider the provisions of article 14-G of the General Municipal Law (§460 et seq.). That article authorizes, inter alia, New York State fire districts … 84). In view of the Attorney General's approval role under article 14-G, you may wish to contact the Attorney General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15Opinion 90-52
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (publication … LAW, §35: Although the town clerk is required to record in the minutes of a town board meeting the name of each … information or actions of the town board to be recorded in the minutes (see, e.g. Town Law, §§133, 236, 264, 265; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-52Opinion 94-1
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to chargeback salaries to sewer … salaries to district) SEWER DISTRICTS -- Operation and Maintenance (authority of county to chargeback salaries … of county employees attributable to the administration and operation of the sewer district. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-1Opinion 91-14
… whether the town board resolution authorizing the contract is subject to a permissive referendum. You have informed us … which the county or town or towns in which such district is located is or are required to pledge its or their faith and credit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 90-30
… You state that when one of these mortgages is paid in full, the county social services department prepares and … Real Property Law, §275 provides that upon payment in full of the principal and interest due on a mortgage, the … record". Further, Real Property Law, §321 prescribes the form of the satisfaction instrument and sets forth the duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-30Opinion 2006-2
… 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. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS … is required and, in certain instances, the approval of the State Comptroller is required (Town Law §§193, 194, 209-d, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-2Opinion 2006-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Franchise Fees (fund to which town … company, which is only operative in the unincorporated area of the town, are to be credited to the part-town general … Home Rule Law §10[1][ii][a][12][a]). 2 As such, in our opinion, the granting of a franchise to a cable company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 89-38
… of a retiree who agrees to elect to receive the "zero option". This is in reply to your letter concerning the … retired school district employees who elect the so-called "zero option" under the Retirement and Social Security Law. … spouse at the level the retiree received under the "zero option". You ask whether the program would violate the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-38Opinion 88-54
Whether the consolidated district may be extended prior to December 31 and if so what time table must be followed for the extension of the consolidated district
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 89-56
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … payments proposed to be made to town employees. You state that the town has established a self-insured health … gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. Town Law, §27(1) provides that salaries …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56Opinion 95-11
… the intent of the framers is to be first sought in the words and language employed and, if the words plainly and clearly express the sense of the framers, … effect should be given to all the statutory language, and words are not to be rejected as superfluous when they may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-11Opinion 90-23
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … from - cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §§6, 12; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, … our opinion as to the application of article 8, §6 of the State Constitution which provides an exclusion from the debt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-23State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… City of Troy and the West Ghent Volunteer Fire Company . "In today's fiscal climate, budget transparency and … that the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the tentative budget were reasonable and the town's 2018 … or services that may not be for valid authority purposes. In addition, the account clerk is authorized to use their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 91-31
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS - Town Charges (costs of … to reimburse a private hospital for expenses incurred in the treatment of an individual who was injured by a rabid animal within the town in the absence of a current certification of the existence of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-31Opinion 94-14
… of the project outside the municipality must be contiguous with the portion of the project inside the municipality …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14