Bill Text: NY A06132 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to ratifying and validating school district building projects provided that such building project was eligible for aid in a year for which the commissioner of the department of education is required to prepare an estimate of apportionments due and owing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A06132 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06132-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6132

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 10, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education

        AN ACT to ratify and validate certain school district building projects

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  the actions or omissions of any school district which failed to submit a
     3  final  building project cost report by June thirtieth of the school year
     4  following June thirtieth of the school year in which the certificate  of
     5  substantial  completion  of  the  project  is issued by the architect or
     6  engineer, or six months after issuance of such certificate, whichever is
     7  later, are hereby ratified and validated, provided  that  such  building
     8  project was eligible for aid in a year for which the commissioner of the
     9  department of education is required to prepare an estimate of apportion-
    10  ments due and owing pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision 21 of section
    11  305  of  the  education  law, provided further that such school district
    12  submits a final cost report on or before  December  31,  2021  and  such
    13  report  is  approved  by  the  commissioner  of  education, and provided
    14  further that any amount due and payable for school years  prior  to  the
    15  2022-2023  school year as a result of this act shall be paid pursuant to
    16  the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section  3604  of  the
    17  education law.
    18    §  2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
    19  department of education shall provide notice  to  all  school  districts
    20  that  may  have projects eligible under section one of this act no later
    21  than July 1, 2021.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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