Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 10, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 05, 2012 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S6147
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S6147 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S6147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6147 TITLE OF BILL: An act to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain transportation contracts of the Schenectady city school district PURPOSE: To legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain acts of the Schenectady City School District in order to ensure that the District receives needed state reimbursement that it was supposed to receive for certain transportation contracts. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the acts and proceedings of the Schenectady City School District in relation to certain transportation contracts. Section 2 of the bill directs the Education Department to consider the approved costs of such transportation contracts as valid and proper obligations of the Schenectady City School District. JUSTIFICATION: In 2008, the State Education Department identified an error in a legal notice published several years earlier by the
2011-S6147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6147 I N S E N A T E January 5, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education 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: Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken or caused to be had and taken by the Schenectady city school district and by all officers, employees or agents of such school district relat- ing to or in connection with transportation contracts C252137 and C252138 for the 2003-2004 school year, and transportation contracts E252137 and E252138 for the 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years, and all acts incidental thereto are hereby legal- ized, validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the contract award, approvals and filing provisions of the education law, general municipal law or any other law or any other stat- utory 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 ille- gality in such proceeding had and taken, and provided further that any amount due and payable to the Schenectady city 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 aforementioned contracts for transportation aid as valid and proper obligations of the Schenectady city 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. LBD09248-01-1
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