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Senate Bill S7197A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to extend the filing period for certain school district transportation contracts

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2017-S7197 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3625, Ed L

2017-S7197 - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to extend the filing period for certain school district transportation contracts.

2017-S7197 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7197 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7197
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to authorizing the
   commissioner of education to extend  the  filing  period  for  certain
   school district transportation contracts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3625  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  474  of  the  laws  of 1996, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2.  A.  Filing  of  transportation  contracts.  Every   transportation
 contract  shall  be  filed with the department within one hundred twenty
 days of the commencement of service under such contract, SUBJECT TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.   No transportation
 expense shall be allowed for a period greater than  one  hundred  twenty
 days  prior  to  the  filing  of  any contract for the transportation of
 pupils with the education department. No contract  shall  be  considered
 filed  unless  it bears an original signature of the superintendent of a
 school district or the designee of the superintendent and the sole trus-
 tee or president of the board of education of the school district.   The
 final  approval  of  any  such  contract  by the commissioner shall not,
 however, obligate the state to allow transportation expense in an amount
 greater than the amount that would be allowed under  the  provisions  of
 this  part.    The  state,  acting  through  the department of audit and
 control,  may  examine  any  and  all  accounts  of  the  contractor  in
 connection  with  a contract for the transportation of pupils, and every
 such contract shall contain the  following  provision:  "The  contractor
 hereby consents to an audit of any and all financial records relating to
 this contract by the department of audit and control."
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE COMMISSIONER MAY CONSIDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES  WHICH  RESULTED
 IN A CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS NOT BEING FILED WITHIN THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
 DAY  FILING  PERIOD AND MAY, IN HIS OR HER DISCRETION, EXTEND THE PERIOD
 FOR FILING OF SUCH CONTACT OR CONTRACTS.

2017-S7197A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3625, Ed L

2017-S7197A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of education to extend the filing period for certain school district transportation contracts.

2017-S7197A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7197A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7197--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Education -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
   commissioner  of  education  to  extend  the filing period for certain
   school district transportation contracts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 3625 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 474 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.   A.  Filing  of  transportation  contracts.  Every  transportation
 contract shall be filed with the department within  one  hundred  twenty
 days  of the commencement of service under such contract, SUBJECT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.    No  transportation
 expense  shall  be  allowed for a period greater than one hundred twenty
 days prior to the filing of  any  contract  for  the  transportation  of
 pupils  with  the  education department. No contract shall be considered
 filed unless it bears an original signature of the superintendent  of  a
 school district or the designee of the superintendent and the sole trus-
 tee  or president of the board of education of the school district.  The
 final approval of any such  contract  by  the  commissioner  shall  not,
 however, obligate the state to allow transportation expense in an amount
 greater  than  the  amount that would be allowed under the provisions of
 this part. The  state,  acting  through  the  department  of  audit  and
 control,  may  examine  any  and  all  accounts  of  the  contractor  in
 connection with a contract for the transportation of pupils,  and  every
 such  contract  shall  contain  the following provision: "The contractor
 hereby consents to an audit of any and all financial records relating to
 this contract by the department of audit and control."
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY CONSIDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RESULTED

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