Bill Text: NY S00656 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Validates certain acts of the Islip Union Free school district with regard to certain capital improvement projects including project numbers 0003-12, 0011-007, 0011-008, 0003-013, 0007-009, 0007-010, 0007-012 & 0011-009.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-07 - referred to education [S00656 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00656-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           656
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to validate certain acts of the Islip Union Free school  district
          with regard to certain capital improvement projects
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds  that  the
     2  Islip  Union  Free  school  district  approved eight capital improvement
     3  projects which are designated  as  project  numbers  0003-12,  0011-007,
     4  0011-008,  0003-013,  0007-009,  0007-010,  0007-012, and 0011-009.   In
     5  addition, the projects were eligible for certain state aid. The legisla-
     6  ture further finds that due to ministerial error, the required filing of
     7  the final cost reports for such projects were not made by such  district
     8  in  a  timely manner making the district ineligible for certain aid. The
     9  legislature further finds that without such aid, the capital improvement
    10  projects will impose an additional, unanticipated hardship  on  district
    11  taxpayers.
    12    §  2.  All  the  acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken or
    13  caused to be had or taken by the Islip Union Free school district and by
    14  all its officers or agents relating to or in connection with  a  certain
    15  final  cost  report  to be filed with the state education department for
    16  project  numbers  0003-12,  0011-007,  0011-008,   0003-013,   0007-009,
    17  0007-010,  0007-012,  and  0011-009, and all acts incidental thereto are
    18  hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any
    19  failure to comply with the approval and filing provisions of the  educa-
    20  tion  law  or  any  other  law or any other statutory authority, rule or
    21  regulation, in relation to any omissions, error, defect, irregularity or
    22  illegality in such proceedings had and taken, and provided further  that
    23  any  amount  due and payable to the Islip Union Free school district for
    24  school years prior to the 2015-2016 school year as a result of this  act
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision 5
     2  of section 3604 of the education law.
     3    §  3.  The  education  department  is  hereby directed to consider the
     4  approved costs of the aforementioned projects as valid and proper  obli-
     5  gations of the Islip Union Free school district.
     6    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.