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Opinion 91-37
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … highway. Section 306 prohibits, inter alia , the operation or parking of a motor vehicle on a public highway without a … Section 402 prohibits, inter alia , the operation or parking of a motor vehicle on a public highway without a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-37Opinion 91-56
… Law Dictionary, 5th Edition, 1979). Thus, an obligation to pay outstanding notes or bonds is but one example of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-56Opinion 88-27
… FIREFIGHTERS -- Disability Benefits (termination of paid fire department) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-a: A village … the source of the payments from the municipality to the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-27Opinion 2001-11
… the municipality he or she serves if he or she receives a direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit "as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 98-13
… watershed agreement, these moneys are to be used only to pay for certain designated capital costs. Initially, we note …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-13Opinion 93-26
… in the opinion. AMBULANCE DISTRICTS -- Fees (authority to impose to offset ambulance district costs) AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Fees (authority to impose to offset ambulance district costs) TOWN LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-26Opinion 2000-24
… may enter into a municipal cooperation agreement pursuant to General Municipal Law, article 5-G for the provision of … may enter into a municipal cooperation agreement pursuant to General Municipal Law, article 5-G (§119-m et seq.) for … has the power by any other general or special law to provide, perform or exercise, separately (General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-24Opinion 90-59
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … bridges and must keep them free from obstructions caused by snow (Highway Law, §140[1], [2]). For this purpose, towns … In the latter two instances, the private benefit received by the property owner is only incidental to the primary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-59Opinion 2002-10
… historical property within the town and provide for the upkeep and repair of such property. You ask whether a … purposes of article 5-K to mean "any building, structure, district, area, site or object, including the underground and … Law §162, authorizing the conveyance to a town of real property held for burial purposes by an unincorporated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-10
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§119-aa, 119-bb(2), 119-dd(3): A town, after due notice and public hearing, may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery that constitutes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10Opinion 92-50
… , whether a county could adopt a local law which provides for an award of a contract after competitive bidding to a … we concluded that a post-1953 local law which provides for an award to a bidder employing a prescribed percentage of … Municipal Law, §104-a, authorizing a price preference for certain products made with significant recycled content; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-50Opinion 94-6
… and Employees (conflict of interest provisions applicable to) PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, §36: Pursuant to Public Housing Law, §36, when a public housing authority … contracts with a residential management corporation to operate a federally-funded recreation program, a tenant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 99-11
… CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (authority to provide framed bond as token of appreciation to retiring employee) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Award Program (authority to provide framed bond as token of appreciation to retiring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11Opinion 93-3
… A fire district is not required to advertise for sealed bids to contract for the services of physicians to give … a fire district is required to advertise for sealed bids to engage the services of physicians to give physicals … responsible bidder. Therefore, it would be an unreasonable construction of the bidding statute to apply it to these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 2006-9
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (on the transfer of … governing board of a town improvement district may sell all or any part of the property and facilities of the … electors of the district voting thereon ( id.). If all of the property or facilities of the district is to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-9Opinion 92-46
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Bidding Monetary Threshold (computation … an expenditure of more than $10,000, and all contracts for public work involving an expenditure of more than $20,000, … shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after public advertisement for sealed bids in the manner provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 92-37
… alarm or fire protection district" must be filed with the county clerk and the State Comptroller. Subdivision 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 90-31
… MEETINGS AND HEARINGS -- Voting Procedures (authority to allow act by majority of quorum) LOCAL LAWS -- Voting Requirements (authority to allow act by majority of quorum) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): A committee formed by seven towns to operate a joint airport pursuant to General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 2000-12
… Municipal Law §806 requires the governing board of each county, city, town, village and school district to adopt a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 2001-1
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §90; 29 USC §201 et seq .; NY CONST, ART. VIII, §1: A village board may authorize … with constitutional equal protection guarantees (NY Const, art. I, §11; see, e.g., Gruen v County of Suffolk , …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1