STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6900 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE October 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT in relation to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain transportation contracts of the Taconic Hills central school district The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and taken 2 or caused to be had and taken by the Taconic Hills central school 3 district and by all officers, employees or agents of such school 4 district relating to or in connection with transportation contracts 5 E264632, E412975, E264580, and E273436 of the 2015--2016 school year, 6 and all acts incidental thereto are hereby legalized, validated, rati- 7 fied and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure to comply with the 8 contract award, approval, and filing provisions of the education law, 9 the general municipal law or any other law or any other statutory 10 authority, rule or regulation, other than those filing provisions 11 defined in paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the education 12 law, in relation to any omission, error, defect, irregularity or ille- 13 gality in such proceeding had and taken. 14 § 2. The department of education is hereby directed to consider the 15 aforementioned contracts for transportation aid as valid and proper 16 obligations of the Taconic Hills central school district. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13557-02-7