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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5853
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 18, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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 all acts incidental thereto
6 are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding
7 any failure to comply with the contract award, approvals and filing
8 provisions of the education law, general municipal law or any other law
9 or any other statutory authority, rule or regulation, other than those
10 filing provisions defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section
11 3604 of the education law, in relation to any omission, error, defect,
12 irregularity or illegality in such proceeding had and taken, and
13 provided further that any amount due and payable to the Schenectady city
14 school district as a result of this act shall be paid pursuant to the
15 provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the educa-
16 tion law.
17 § 2. The education department is hereby directed to consider the
18 aforementioned contracts for transportation aid as valid and proper
19 obligations of the Schenectady city school district.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08706-03-3