STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8763
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 14, 2018
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        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