BILL NUMBER:A10799
TITLE OF BILL: An act to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain
transportation contracts of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park union
free school district
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: bill would legalize certain transporta-
tion contracts from the 2008-2009 school year between the New Hyde Park-
Garden City Park Union Free School District and Huntington Coach.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill legalizes,
validates, ratifies and confirms all acts done by the New Hyde Park-Gar-
den City Park union free school district and by all officers, employees
or agents of such school district relating to or in connection with a
transportation contract for the 2008-2009 school year, in the amount of
$47,160 with Huntington Coach.
Section two of the bill directs the education department to consider the
costs of the aforementioned contract set forth in section one of this
act as valid.
JUSTIFICATION: There was a situation in the New Hyde Park-Garden City
Park Union Free School District during the 2008-2009 school year which
proved to be problematic. The district began the school year short two
bus drivers, which for most districts might not affect the transporta-
tion department drastically, however this district only has 3 in-house
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10799
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 21, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain transportation
contracts of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park union free school
district
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. All acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken or
caused to be had and taken by the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park union
free school district and by all officers, employees or agents of such
school district relating to or in connection with a transportation
contract for the 2008-2009 school year, in the amount of $47,160, with
Huntington Coach, and all acts incidental thereto are hereby legalized,
validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure of such
school district to comply with the contract award, approvals and filing
provisions of the education law, general municipal law or any other law
or any other statutory authority, rule or regulation, other than those
filing provisions defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section
3604 of the education law, in relation to any omission, error, defect,
irregularity or illegality in such proceeding had and taken, and
provided further that any amount due and payable to the New Hyde Park-
Garden City Park union free school district as a result of this act
shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5
of section 3604 of the education law.
S 2. The education department is hereby directed to consider the costs
of the aforementioned contract set forth in section one of this act for
transportation aid as valid and proper obligations of the New Hyde Park-
Garden City Park union free school district.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16844-01-0
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