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Opinion 95-25
Whether the provisions of section 54a of the State Finance Law authorize the State Comptroller to withhold local assistance paid pursuant to chapter 53 of the Laws of 1995
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-25Opinion 95-24
… the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (deposit of State aid for education in mandatory reserve fund) MUNICIPAL FUNDS … SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (use of State aid); Reserve Fund (deposit of State aid in mandatory reserve fund) EDUCATION LAW, §§3601-a, 3602, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24Opinion 91-45
… AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (performance pursuant to agreement between the town board and highway superintendent) -- Repairs (performance pursuant to agreement between town board and highway superintendent) … (highway repairs and improvements subject to agreement with town board) -- Relations With Town Board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-45Opinion 92-28
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … (disposition of interest on investment of library fund); (time for payment over); (issuance of tax anticipation … taxes) EDUCATION LAW, §259(1); LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §24.00; REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §§1322, 1324: (1) Interest earned on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-28Opinion 2000-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … district) -- Maintenance Contracts (fire commissioner who is secretary/treasurer and stockholder of company performing … of section 802 provides an exception in those instances where an interest is prohibited solely by reason of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-7Opinion 2004-1
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … aid squad) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §209-b; TOWN LAW §176: A fire district may not impose fees for emergency rescue … letter dated March 24, 1964 from Senator Eustis Paine to Hon. Sol Neil Corbin, referring to acquisitions of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-1Opinion 91-29
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … -- Treasurer's Powers (liability for tax moneys) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, … Association of Lakeview may not expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to pay for an eye care plan, hospital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-29Opinion 2002-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … of services by private organization); (contribution to private organizations) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Not … with the operation of the town's recycling center and pay the individuals consideration for such services under the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-9Opinion 2003-3
… Award Programs (maximum benefit under defined benefit plan) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§217, 219: The maximum benefit that may be provided under a defined benefit plan service award program cannot exceed a monthly payment … A fire district may not establish a defined benefit plan service award program that provides a service award …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-3Opinion 2003-4
… 19 Opns St Comp 1963, p 419; 16 Opns St Comp 1960, p 171; 10 Opns St Comp 1954, p 70, 358; 9 Opns St Comp 1953, p 450; … Village Law §4?412[1]; Municipal Home Rule Law §10; 1998 Opns St Comp No. 98-22, p 56). Fire districts, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-4Opinion 90-43
… children shall have attained age eighteen or sooner die, then to 2. His or her child or children under age eighteen, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-43Opinion 90-4
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … preventing damage to property within the village resulting from floods or erosion, construct drains, culverts, dams and … of the State Constitution which prohibits municipalities from giving or loaning money or property to or in aid of any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-4Opinion 2007-6
… in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to one-time payment made to next ranking … unit and is the highest ranking subordinate to the police chief in a village police department receives a one-time … amount for performing additional duties as “acting chief” for a period of one year, the police chief is entitled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6Opinion 2010-3
… (cost of debt service of fire company as part of "definite sum"); (not subject to referendum requirements) TOWN LAW § … be considered in the course of negotiating the "definite sum" payable by the town under the contract. You ask whether … requires the fire protection contract to state a "definite sum to be paid each year for all of the services to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Opinion 2005-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to increase in compensation when employer contribution to retirement … for the plan of which the next subordinate police officer in the village police department is a member is increased, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 89-65
… INTEREST -- Legal Services (contract with town attorney's law firm) TOWN ATTORNEY -- Conflict of Interest (contract by town with town attorney's law firm for additional legal services) TOWN LAW, §§20(2)(a), … Whether a town without the adoption of a local law may engage the services of the town attorneys law firm to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 89-64
… NEW YORK CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §247; VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(1): When purchasing … terms, including price, in the public interest. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning a village which … In the absence of a statutory procedure for determining what a municipality may pay to purchase real property, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-64Opinion 88-26
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Permissible Uses (financing construction of … for State Police use on State land located in the town and finance the cost by the issuance of town obligations. You state that the town has no police force and that police protection is currently provided by the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-26Opinion 88-23
… of construction company) -- Exceptions (no exception for emergency situations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801(1)(b), … interest provisions of General Municipal Law, article 18 for contracts entered into in emergency situations. This is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-23Opinion 88-1
… enterprise under the Act (see Beneficial Finance v Dallas , 571 F2d 125; Chait v Active Fire , 101 Misc 2d 533, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1