STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8763 IN SENATE May 14, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to validate certain acts of the North Syracuse central school district with regard to certain capital improvement projects The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the 2 North Syracuse central school district approved capital improvement 3 projects which were designated by the state education department as 4 project numbers 5037-010, 0003-007, 0011-012, 7999-001, 0016-019 and 5 0009-014. In addition, the projects were eligible for certain state aid. 6 The legislature further finds that due to ministerial error, a required 7 filing for eligibility for such aid was not made by the district in a 8 timely manner making the district ineligible for certain aid. The legis- 9 lature further finds that without such aid, the capital improvement 10 projects will impose an additional, unanticipated hardship on district 11 taxpayers. 12 § 2. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken or 13 caused to be had and taken by the North Syracuse central school district 14 and by all its officers or agents relating to or in connection with 15 certain final cost reports to be filed with the state education depart- 16 ment for projects 5037-010, 0003-007, 0011-012, 7999-001, 0016-019 and 17 0009-014, and all acts incidental thereto are hereby legalized, vali- 18 dated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply 19 with the approval and filing provisions of the education law or any 20 other law or any other statutory authority, rule or regulation, in 21 relation to any omission, error, defect, irregularity or illegality in 22 such proceedings had and taken. 23 § 3. The education department is hereby directed to consider the 24 approved costs of the aforementioned projects as valid and proper obli- 25 gations of the North Syracuse central school district. 26 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15922-01-8