Bill Text: NY S00835 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms the actions of the Panama central school district regardless of the failure of such district to timely file final building cost reports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S00835 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00835-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           835
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify and  confirm  the  actions  of  the
          Panama  central  school district notwithstanding the failure to timely
          file final building cost reports with the education department
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  all  acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken, or caused to be
     3  had or taken, by the Panama central school district and by  any  of  its
     4  officers or agents relating to or in connection with final building cost
     5  reports  required to be filed with the education department for approved
     6  building projects completed prior to December 31,  2012,  and  all  acts
     7  incidental   thereto  are  hereby  legalized,  validated,  ratified  and
     8  confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the time  require-
     9  ments for the approval and filing provisions of the education law or any
    10  other  provision  of law, rule or regulation, relating to any omissions,
    11  error, defect, irregularity or illegality in such  proceedings  had  and
    12  taken,  and  provided  further  that  any amount due and payable to such
    13  school district for school years prior to the 2012-2013 school year as a
    14  result of this act shall be paid pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
    15  c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education law,  provided  that
    16  such school district:
    17    (a)  submitted  the  late or missing final building cost report to the
    18  commissioner of education on or before December 31, 2012;
    19    (b) such cost report is approved by the commissioner of education;
    20    (c) all state funds expended by the school district, as documented  in
    21  such  cost  report,  were properly expended for such building project in
    22  accordance with the terms and conditions for such project as approved by
    23  the commissioner of education; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 835                              2
     1    (d) the failure to submit such report in a timely manner was an  inad-
     2  vertent  administrative or ministerial oversight by the school district,
     3  and there is no evidence of any fraudulent or other improper  intent  by
     4  such district.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.