STATE OF NEW YORK
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8440--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 20, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming
actions of the Oyster Bay - East Norwich central school district with
respect to certain building aid contracts
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 Oyster Bay - East Norwich central school district approved several capi-
3 tal improvement projects which were designated by the state education
4 department as project numbers 0-001-023, 0-001-025 and 0-003-014. In
5 addition, the projects were eligible for certain state aid. The legis-
6 lature further finds that due to ministerial error, a required filing
7 for eligibility for such aid was not made by the district in a timely
8 manner making the district ineligible for certain aid. The legislature
9 further finds that without such aid, the capital improvement projects
10 will impose an additional, unanticipated hardship on district taxpayers.
11 § 2. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken or
12 caused to be had and taken by the Oyster Bay - East Norwich central
13 school district and by all its officers or agents relating to or in
14 connection with certain final cost reports to be filed with the state
15 education department for projects 0-001-023, 0-001-025 and 0-003-014,
16 and all acts incidental thereto are hereby legalized, validated, rati-
17 fied and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the
18 approval and filing provisions of the education law or any other law or
19 any other statutory authority, rule or regulation, in relation to any
20 omissions, error, defect, irregularity or illegality in such proceedings
21 had and taken, and provided further that any amount due and payable to
22 the Oyster Bay - East Norwich central school district for school years
23 prior to the 2009--2010 school year as a result of this act shall be
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5 of
2 section 3604 of the education law.
3 § 3. The education department is hereby directed to consider the
4 approved costs of the aforementioned project as valid and proper obli-
5 gations of the Oyster Bay - East Norwich central school district.
6 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
