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Opinion 2001-8
… (1) Pursuant to the procedural requirements of article 11 of the Town Law, a town may dissolve a fire protection … district to be dissolved (Town Law §185[4]; 9 Opns St Comp, 1953, p 219). Accordingly, pursuant to the … district taxes (see 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-39, p 88; NY Const, art. XVI, §1). August 6, 2001 Donald J. Holland, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-8Opinion 88-76
… Municipal Law, §11 or Education Law, §1723-a, as the case may be (see also 1974 Opns St Comp No. 74-361, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76Opinion 92-26
… among the cities and towns therein. The memorandum in support of the 1976 recodification describes the purpose of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-26Audit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… transportation in Erie and Niagara counties. It oversees a bus, light rail, and paratransit system as well as two … seven transit centers, 14 light rail stations, three bus garages, a heavy maintenance facility for buses, a rail maintenance facility and nine bus loops. While DiNapoli’s auditors found NFTA complied with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningDiNapoli Announces New Corporate Agreement to Disclose Political Spending
… at the Allstate Corp., CONSOL Energy, Eli Lilly and Co., Equifax Inc., Express Scripts, Textron Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Mattel Inc., NextEra Energy, Occidental Petroleum, Western Union co., and Wynn Resorts. It will file the request at several …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-announces-new-corporate-agreement-disclose-political-spendingOpinion 2005-7
… outside a water district) WATER RENTS -- Collection (by bank or trust company) WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION -- Water … §15-1501: (1) A town may enter into an agreement with a bank or trust company, in accordance with the provisions of … and approvals. You ask whether a town may contract with a bank to collect, either by payment in person or payment by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-7DiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found fire and safety hazards, rodent and vermin infestations, and mold … remains responsible for monitoring local oversight and inspection of uncertified shelters, and for ensuring they … facility where two of three elevators were out of service; Worn and soiled mattresses; Air vents taped over to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureOpinion 2006-1
… payroll period) TOWN LAW §120: Pursuant to Town Law §120, certification of the payroll or other claim for compensation … work covered by the payroll period has been performed. The certification provisions of section 120 may not be superseded … or employee having direct supervision of the claimant. The certification must be to the effect that the services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-1Opinion 91-42
… in the opinion. FIRE DEPARTMENT -- Villages (authority to transfer department funds to village treasurer); (cooperative investment of department … funds and village funds); (gift of department funds to village subject to condition regarding use) VILLAGE … Whether a village and a village fire department may agree to transfer to the village treasurer the custody of moneys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 91-62
… PROPERTY -- Gifts (from village to school district public library) -- Conveyance (with reservation of right to use) … Gifts and Loans (gift of property from village to public library) VILLAGE LAW, §1-102; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … law, may transfer a building to a school district public library without consideration, subject to the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62Opinion 90-34
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other … receives foreign fire insurance tax moneys must use them for the benefit of the department or company, as determined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Forms
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https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/formsOpinion 95-15
… discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Taxes (authority of school district to charge public library with proportionate … AND ASSESSMENTS -- Refunds and Chargebacks (authority of school district to charge public library with proportionate share of tax refund) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Library appropriation (authority to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-15Opinion 2012-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other … between the company and the town to sell products for use by the town highway department. That interest would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 89-62
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … (signing multiple nominating petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A qualified … for two or more candidates for the same fire district office unless the board of fire commissioners imposes such a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 2000-12
… that prohibits a town board member from voting on salaries for family members who are elected or appointed town … to abstain from voting on resolutions setting salaries for family members who serve as various town officers. … prohibits a governing board member from voting on salaries for family members who are elected or appointed town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 88-8
… or (1)(h) of section 802 is required. However, subdivision two of section 803 provides that disclosure shall not be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-8Opinion 90-58
… or a board of which the official is a member. May 1, 1990 Gary J. Grayson, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Walton …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-58Opinion 95-9
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Service Award Program (service credit for attending meetings of the fire district board of commissioners) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS … Program (service credit for attending meetings of the fire district board of commissioners); (service credit for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 90-61
… (authority to impose benefit assessments in water supply district) -- Water Supply Districts (authority to impose … Supply Districts (abolishment and reestablishment as water district); (authority to impose benefit assessments or user … the costs of establishing and maintaining a water supply district only on an ad valorem basis, and not on a benefit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-61