§ 30.00 Agency authorizing issuance of obligations
§ 31.00 Bond resolution and capital note resolution
§ 32.00 Bond resolution and capital note resolution; form and contents
§ 33.00 Bond resolution and capital note resolution; procedure for enactment thereof
§ 33.10 Mandatory or permissive referenda in counties
§ 34.00 Bond resolution may be subject to mandatory or permissive referendum; cities
§ 35.00 Bond resolution subject to referendum; towns
§ 36.00 Bond resolution subject to permissive referendum; villages
§ 37.00 Referenda on bond resolutions or capital note resolutions; school districts
§ 38.00 Referenda on bond resolutions or capital note resolutions; fire districts and other district corporations
§ 38.10 Bond anticipation note resolution; form and contents
§ 39.00 Tax anticipation note resolution, revenue anticipation note resolution and urban renewal note resolution; form and contents
§ 40.00 Budget note resolution; form and contents; authorization thereof
§ 40.10 Deficiency note resolution; form and contents; authorization thereof
§ 41.00 Repeal of unexpended authorizations
§ 41.10 Contents of notice of meeting or election where special tax or tax to be collected in installments is to be voted

Terms Used In New York Laws > Local Finance > Article 2 > Title 3 - Local Obligations: Authorization Thereof

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.