Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Port Chester-Rye union free school district for the 2007-2008 school year.

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S6155-2011 Actions

• Jan 10, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 6, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S6155-2011 Meetings

Education: Jan 10, 2012

S6155-2011 Votes

S6155-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6155

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to authorize approval of certain transportation contracts of the
Port Chester-Rye union free school district

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To amend the education law, in reference to certain acts of the Port
Chester - Rye union free school district regarding transportation
contracts for the 2007-2008 school year. The following contracts were
not included in an earlier bill but are now ready to be paid. They
are contracts C-260277 for the amount of $1,650.00 and C-260278 for
the amount of $6,288.65.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section � 1 ratifies the Education law in to legalize, validate,
ratify and confirm notwithstanding any failure to comply with the
contract award.

Section � 2 directs the transportation aid as valid and proper.

Section � 3 requires that this act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Port Chester - Rye union free school district followed proper
procedures for public notification regarding the awarding of
transportation contracts for the 2007-2008 school years.
Unfortunately, the newspaper of record erred and did not publish the
notification as per their agreement with the school district. The
error resulted in the awarding of the transportation contracts
without full compliance with the required notice provisions. This
legislation is required for the school district to receive the
appropriate transportation aid as they would otherwise be entitled to
under state law.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010: A.9723-A (Latimer) Passed Assembly. S.6466 (Oppenheimer)
Passed Senate, Vetoed (Memo 6792)
2007-2008: A.9449-(Latimer)
Referred to Education. S.6478 (Oppenheimer) Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6155-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    6155

                              I N  SENATE

                               January 6, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
    when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

  AN ACT to authorize approval of certain transportation contracts of  the
    Port Chester-Rye union free school district

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore had and  taken
  or  caused to be had and taken by the Port Chester-Rye union free school
  district and by  all  officers,  employees  or  agents  of  such  school
  district  relating  to  or  in  connection with transportation contracts
  C-260277 and C-260278 of the 2007-2008 school year, and all  acts  inci-
  dental  thereto are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed,
  notwithstanding any failure to comply with the contract award, approval,
  and filing provisions of the education law, the general municipal law or
  any other law or any other statutory  authority,  rule  or  regulations,
  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.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for
  the purpose of the contracts listed in this section, the district  shall
  be authorized to file such contracts with the state education department
  within  six  months  of the effective date of this act in order for such
  contracts to be deemed as filed on or before June thirtieth,  two  thou-
  sand ten and aid due payable for such filing shall be deemed to be state
  aid payments due for prior years.
    S  2.  The  education  department  is  hereby directed to consider the
  aforementioned contracts for transportation  aid  as  valid  and  proper
  obligations of the Port Chester-Rye union free school district.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00309-04-2