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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2018
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Stirpe) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT allowing for the ratification and validation of late certificates
   of substantial completion
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the actions or omissions of any school district which failed to submit a
 final  building  project  cost  report  by June 30 of the school year in
 which a certificate of substantial completion of the project  is  issued
 by  the  architect  or  engineer  or  six  months after issuance of such
 certificate, whichever is later,  are  hereby  ratified  and  validated;
 provided,  that such building project was eligible for aid in a year for
 which the commissioner of education is required to prepare  an  estimate
 of  apportionments  due and owing pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision
 21 of section 305 of the education  law;  provided  further,  that  such
 school  district  submits  a final cost report on or before December 31,
 2018 and such report is approved by the commissioner of education;  and,
 provided  further,  that  any state aid paid in the current year, or was
 paid in prior years, for any said project  shall  be  deemed  valid  and
 proper  state  aid payments and the commissioner of education shall take
 no action to recover said state aid amounts.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16200-01-8