S780-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Massapequa union free school district

Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Massapequa union free school district which failed to comply with certain filing requirements.

Sponsor: FUSCHILLO / Committee: EDUCATION
Law Section: Education

S780-2013 Actions

Mar 5, 2013: referred to education
Mar 5, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar 5, 2013: PASSED SENATE
Feb 28, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Feb 27, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Feb 12, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.76
Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S780-2013 Meetings

Education: Feb 12, 2013

S780-2013 Calendars

Active List: Mar 5, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 27, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 28, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 4, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2013

S780-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Education - Feb 12, 2013

Ayes (19): Flanagan, Farley, Lanza, LaValle, Little, Marcellino, Maziarz, Ranzenhofer, Robach, Seward, Smith, Valesky, Latimer, Addabbo, Avella, Breslin, Montgomery, Stavisky, Tkaczyk

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Mar 5, 2013

Ayes (61): Adams, Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Boyle, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Dilan, Espaillat, Farley, Felder, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Gipson, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Hoylman, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, Latimer, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Marchione, Martins, Maziarz, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Brien, O'Mara, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Sampson, Sanders, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Tkaczyk, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (2): Diaz, LaValle

S780-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S780

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to authorize approval of certain transportation contracts of the
Massapequa union free
school district

PURPOSE:
To amend the education law, in reference to certain acts
of the Massapequa Union Free School District regarding transportation
contracts for the 2008-2009 through 2011-2012 school years.

SUMMARY OF 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 Massapequa Union Free School District followed
proper procedure in completing transportation contracts from
2008-2009 through 2011-2012. Unfortunately, a former employee failed
to submit the contracts to the State Education Department in a timely
manner. In response, Massapequa has provided to SED all of the
necessary paperwork required to file for transportation contracts,
demonstrating their intent to follow the proper procedures. However
SED is unable to accept these contracts because they were not filed
on time, this legislation is necessary to enable SED to award these
contracts. This legislation is required for the school district to
receive the appropriate transportation aid as they would otherwise be
entitled to under state law.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2012: Passed the Senate (S.7681/A.10655A)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S780-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                           780
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- 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
 Massapequa 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  Massapequa  union  free  school
 district  and  by  all  officers,  employees  or  agents  of such school
 district relating to or  in  connection  with  transportation  contracts
 E252772,  C257560, C257561, E257537, E257538, E257539, E257540, E257541,
 E257542, E257543, E257547, E257533, E257535, E257536, E259186,  E259185,
 E259184,  E257527, E257571, E257572, E257573, E254910, E610509, E009273,
 E600691B, E252770, E253710, E961006, E253715, E61133C,  and  E253714  of
 the  2008-2009  through  2011-2012 school years, and all acts incidental
 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.
 

S 2. The education department  is  hereby  directed  to  consider  the
 aforementioned  contracts  for  transportation  aid  as valid and proper
 obligations of the Massapequa 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.
 LBD01414-01-3

S780-2013: Authorizes approval of certain transportation contracts of the Massapequa union free school district