Pennsylvania Act 1951-59 — VALIDATE CERTAIN CONTRACTS BY SCHOOL BOARDS

Act text

VALIDATE CERTAIN CONTRACTS BY SCHOOL BOARDS
                  Act of May 16, 1951, P.L. 299, No. 59               Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     To validate and confirm certain contracts heretofore entered
        into by boards of school directors where there is no evidence
        of fraud or conspiracy, and to authorize, ratify, confirm and
        validate payments on such contracts by the school district.

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

        Section 1.  Whenever any board of school directors of any
     school district shall have heretofore contracted for labor,
     materials and supplies for the school district, the purchase of
     which by contract is authorized under the provisions of the
     school laws of the Commonwealth, and such board of school
     directors has actually received such labor, materials and
     supplies and the same are being used by the school district, if
     the said contract does not evidence any fraud or conspiracy to
     violate the provisions of the school laws of the Commonwealth
     and the school district has not suffered any pecuniary loss as
     the result of such contract, then such contract shall be valid
     and binding on the school district and payment for such labor,
     materials and supplies by the school district is hereby
     authorized, ratified, confirmed and validated, nothwithstanding
     the fact that such contract was legally null and 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 school
     laws of this Commonwealth regulating the award of contracts for
     such labor, materials and supplies. No board of school
     directors, nor any members thereof, shall be subject to
     surcharge for payments made by any board of school directors on
     any such contract.