Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 374. Validation of contracts for construction of school building projects and for relevant service contracts

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 or service contracts.  No member of the municipality authority shall be surcharged for any payment made on any such contract.