Pennsylvania Act 1955-334 — VALIDATING CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

Act text

VALIDATING CONTRACTS FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
             Act of Feb. 14, (1956) 1955, P.L. 1044, No. 334          Cl. 64
                                  AN ACT

     Validating and confirming certain contracts heretofore entered
        into by municipality authorities for the construction of a
        school building project or projects and for relevant service
        contracts as a part of the construction when there is no
        evidence of fraud or conspiracy, and authorizing or ratifying
        payments on such contracts or parts of contracts by the
        municipality authority upon approval thereof by the
        Department of Public Instruction and the Department of
        Justice.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  When any municipality authority has heretofore
     contracted for labor, material, supplies and relevant service
     contracts for the municipality authority for the construction of
     a school building project or projects, the purchase or
     contracting of which by contract is authorized under the
     provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act, and the
     municipality authority has actually received the labor,
     material, supplies and relevant service contracts and they are
     or have been used by the municipality authority for the school
     project, if the contract or service contract does not evidence
     any fraud or conspiracy to violate the provisions of the
     Municipality Authorities Act and the municipality authority has
     not suffered any pecuniary loss as the result of the contract or
     service contract, then such contracts shall be valid and binding
     on the municipality authorities and payment for labor, material,
     supplies and relevant service contracts by the municipality
     authority is hereby authorized, or if payment has been made, it
     is hereby ratified, notwithstanding the fact that the contract
     was legally void by reason of the failure to advertise for bids
     or by reason of defect in the advertising, or by reason of any
     other defect in compliance with or in the failure or omission to
     comply with the Municipality Authorities act regulating the
     awarding of contracts for labor, material, supplies and service
     contracts: Provided, however, That no such contract shall be
     valid and binding or ratified, unless approved by the Department
     of Public Instruction and the Department of Justice: And
     provided, further, That the Department of Public Instruction and
     the Department of Justice may approve all or any part of such
     contract of service contracts. No member of the municipality
     authority shall be surcharged for any payment made on any such
     contract.
        Section 2.  The provisions of this act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.