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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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