Bill Text: NY S06147 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district which were denied by the education department for failure of the district to publish certain information required by statute.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S06147 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06147-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6147
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 5, 2012
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain  transportation
         contracts of the Schenectady city school district
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and  taken
    2  or  caused  to  be had and taken by the Schenectady city school district
    3  and by all officers, employees or agents of such school district  relat-
    4  ing  to  or  in  connection  with  transportation  contracts C252137 and
    5  C252138 for the 2003-2004  school  year,  and  transportation  contracts
    6  E252137  and  E252138  for  the  2004-05,  2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and
    7  2008-09 school years, and all acts incidental thereto are hereby  legal-
    8  ized,  validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to
    9  comply with the contract award, approvals and filing provisions  of  the
   10  education law, general municipal law or any other law or any other stat-
   11  utory  authority, rule or regulation, other than those filing provisions
   12  defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education
   13  law, in relation to any omission, error, defect, irregularity  or  ille-
   14  gality  in  such proceeding had and taken, and provided further that any
   15  amount due and payable to the Schenectady  city  school  district  as  a
   16  result of this act shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
   17  c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education law.
   18    S  2.  The  education  department  is  hereby directed to consider the
   19  aforementioned contracts for transportation  aid  as  valid  and  proper
   20  obligations of the Schenectady city school district.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09248-01-1
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