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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to amend chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 enacting into law major
  components of legislation necessary to implement the education,  labor
  and  family  assistance budget, in relation to legalizing, validating,
  ratifying and confirming certain  actions  or  omissions  relating  to
  certain transportation contracts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 16-a of part A  of  chapter
57  of  the  laws  of 2012, enacting into law major components of legis-
lation necessary to implement the education, labor and family assistance
budget, are amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,  where
the  education  department denies or has denied transportation aid for a
school district transportation contract or has recovered overpayments of
such aid relating thereto, the actions or  omissions  of  all  officers,
employees  or  agents  of  an eligible school district relating to or in
connection with transportation contracts for  the  2004-05  school  year
through the [2011-12] 2015-16 school year and for contracts and contract
extensions  entered  into prior to the [2004-05] 2015-16 school year for
which expenses were incurred in the 2004-05 school year  or  thereafter,
and, where a district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commis-
sioner  OF  EDUCATION  that such actions or omissions involve only inad-
vertent and minor clerical or  technical  errors,  all  acts  incidental
thereto   are  hereby  legalized,  validated,  ratified  and  confirmed,
notwithstanding any failure to comply with the filing provisions of  the
education law, the general municipal law or any other law, rule or regu-
lation  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.
  2. The  education  department  is  hereby  directed  to  consider  the
contracts  legalized,  ratified,  validated  and  confirmed  pursuant to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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subdivision 1 of this section for transportation  aid  as  a  valid  and
proper  obligation  of  the  school district for aid payable for expense
incurred in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter; provided  that  such
school  district  submits  to  the  education  department the applicable
contract number or numbers, school year and upon request, a copy of  the
contract,  on  or  before  December  31, [2012] 2016 and the contract is
approved by the commissioner of education, and provided further that any
amount due and payable for school years prior to the  [2012-13]  2015-16
school  year  as  a  result  of  this  act shall be paid pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the educa-
tion law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.