Assembly Actions -
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Jun 12, 2018 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 04, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
May 31, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2018 |
1st report cal.1362 |
May 01, 2018 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 29, 2018 |
print number 1280a |
Jan 29, 2018 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to education returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 15, 2017 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.1694 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 23, 2017 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 09, 2017 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S1280A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Bill Amendments
2017-S1280 - Details
2017-S1280 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1280 TITLE OF BILL : An act relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain actions or omissions relating to certain capital projects in school districts PURPOSE : To provide building aid forgiveness to districts that would otherwise lose aid due to inadvertent, minor and technical errors. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 states that where the education department denies or has denied building aid or has collected overpayments between the school years of 2004-2005 and 2016-2017 and where a school district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such omissions were inadvertent shall be legalized. Section 2: Effective date. JUSTIFICATION : When the State or school districts make errors relating to building aid they have to pay the State back money they were provided or become ineligible to lost aid even though the state had budgeted for that
2017-S1280 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1280 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain actions or omissions relating to certain capital projects in school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where the education department denies or has denied building aid for a school district capital project 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 such capital projects for the 2004--2005 school year through the 2016--2017 school year and for contracts and contract exten- sions entered into prior to the 2016--2017 school year for which expenses were incurred in the 2004--2005 school year or thereafter, and, where a district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner of education that such actions or omissions involve only inadvertent 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 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. 2. The education department is hereby directed to consider the contracts legalized, ratified, validated and confirmed pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section for building aid as a valid and proper obligation of the school district for aid payable for expenses incurred in the 2004--2005 school year and thereafter; provided that such school district submits to the education department the applicable contract EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S1280A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1280A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1280A SPONSOR: ORTT TITLE OF BILL: An act relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain actions or omissions relating to certain capital projects in school districts PURPOSE: To provide building aid forgiveness to districts that would otherwise lose aid due to inadvertent, minor and technical errors. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 states that where the education department denies or has denied building aid or has collected overpayments between the school years of 2004-2005 and 2016-2017 and where a school district can demon- strate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that such omissions were inadvertent shall be legalized. Section 2: Effective date.
2017-S1280A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1280--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT relating to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain actions or omissions relating to certain capital projects in school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where the education department denies or has denied building aid for a school district capital project 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 such capital projects for the 2004--2005 school year through the 2017--2018 school year and for contracts and contract exten- sions entered into prior to the 2017--2018 school year for which expenses were incurred in the 2004--2005 school year or thereafter, and, where a district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner of education that such actions or omissions involve only inadvertent 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 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. 2. The education department is hereby directed to consider the contracts legalized, ratified, validated and confirmed pursuant to subdivision one of this section for building aid as a valid and proper EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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