Tuesday, February 23, 1993

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 February 23, 1993 11 3:21 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR HUGH T. FARLEY, Acting President 19 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 20 21 22 23 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 3 Senate will come to order. Senators will find 4 their seats. 5 Please rise with me for the 6 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 7 (The assemblage repeated the 8 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 Today in the absence of a clergy 10 we'll bow our heads for a moment of silent 11 prayer. 12 (A moment of silence was 13 observed. ) 14 Secretary will begin by reading 15 the Journal. 16 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 17 Monday, February 22nd. The Senate met pursuant 18 to adjournment, Senator Farley in the Chair upon 19 designation of the Temporary President. Prayer 20 by the Reverend Robert Bey of Brooklyn, New 21 York. The Journal of Friday, February 19th, was 22 read and approved. On motion, Senate 23 adjourned. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Hearing 2 no objection, the Journal will stand approved as 3 read. 4 The order of business: 5 Presentation of petitions. 6 Messages from the Assembly. 7 Messages from the Governor. 8 Reports of standing committees. 9 We have a report of a standing committee. 10 Secretary will read it. 11 THE SECRETARY: Senator Stafford, 12 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 13 following nominations: Karen Noble Hanson, of 14 Rochester, New York as a member of the New York 15 Job Development Authority; 16 Also Patrick J. Carroll, of 17 Salamanca, member of the Board of Visitors of 18 the New York State School for the Blind. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the 20 confirmation, all in favor say aye. 21 (Response of "Aye.") 22 Those opposed nay. 23 (There was no response. ) 1 The members are confirmed. 2 Let's see. Reports of select 3 committees. 4 Communications and reports from 5 state officers. 6 Motions and resolutions. Do we 7 have any motions? 8 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 10 Present. 11 SENATOR PRESENT: I move we adopt 12 the Resolution Calendar. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: We have 14 the Resolution Calendar before us. All in favor 15 of adopting the Resolution Calendar say aye. 16 (Response of "Aye.") 17 Those opposed nay. 18 (There was no response. ) 19 The Resolution Calendar is 20 adopted. 21 The Secretary has a motion, I 22 believe, a substitution. Secretary will read 23 it. 1 THE SECRETARY: On page 5 of 2 today's calendar, Senator Trunzo moves to 3 discharge the Committee on Civil Service and 4 Pensions from Assembly Bill Number 2266 and 5 substitute it for the identical Third Reading 6 51. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 8 Substitution is ordered. 9 Senator Present, we got some 10 reports of standing committees if we may read 11 them. 12 SENATOR PRESENT: Please let's do 13 it. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Thank 15 you. 16 Secretary will read the reports 17 of standing committees. 18 THE SECRETARY: Senator Sears, 19 from the Committee on Consumer Protection, 20 reports the following bills directly for third 21 reading: 22 Senate Bill Number 43, by Senator 23 Holland and others, Agriculture and Markets Law; 1 Senate Bill Number 494, by 2 Senator Sears, an act to amend the Personal 3 Property Law. 4 Senator Spano, from the Committee 5 on Mental Health and Development Disabilities, 6 reports the following bills directly for third 7 reading: 8 Senate Bill Number 1411, by 9 Senator Spano and others, an act to amend the - 10 an act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law; 11 Senate Bill Number 1412, by 12 Senator Spano and others, an act to amend the 13 Mental Hygiene Law; 14 Senate Bill Number 1414, by 15 Senator Spano and others, an act to amend the 16 Mental Hygiene Law. 17 Senator Stafford, from the 18 Committee on Finance, reports the following 19 bills directly for third reading: 20 Senate Bill Number 32, by Senator 21 Halperin, an act to amend the Executive Law, in 22 relation to publication of certain notices in 23 the State Register; 1 Senate Bill 623, by Senator Daly, 2 an act to amend the Public Officers Law; 3 Senate Bill Number 896, by 4 Senators Daly and Hannon, an act to amend the 5 Public Officers Law; 6 Senate Bill Number 997, by 7 Senator Farley and others, Executive Law, 8 designation of August the 7th as "Family Day"; 9 Senate Bill Number 1306, by 10 Senator Levy and others, Executive Law and the 11 Estates, Powers and Trusts Law; 12 Senate Bill Number 1383, by 13 Senator Padavan, State Finance Law. 14 Senator DeFrancisco, from the 15 Committee on Veterans, reports the following 16 bills directly for third reading: 17 Senate Bill Number 368, by 18 Senator Maltese and others, Real Property Tax 19 Law; 20 Senate Bill 947, by Senator 21 Skelos and others, Civil Service Law, Executive 22 Law and the Public Health Law; 23 Senate Bill Number 1921, by 1 Senators DeFrancisco and others, an act to amend 2 the Highway Law, in relation to designating a 3 portion of the state highway system as the 4 Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway. 5 Senator Holland, from the 6 Committee on Social Services, reports the 7 following bills directly for third reading: 8 Senate Bill Number 85, by Senator 9 Holland, in relation to determination of 10 Medicaid eligibility; 11 Senate Bill 565, by Senator 12 Skelos and others, Social Services Law, access 13 to certain conviction records; 14 Senate Bill Number 1106, by 15 Senators Daly and others, Social Services Law, 16 in relation to direct payment of shelter 17 allowances. 18 All bills reported directly for 19 third reading. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: All 21 bills are reported directly to third reading. 22 Senator Present, we are ready for 23 the calendar. What's your pleasure? 1 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 2 let's start the non-controversial calendar. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 4 Non-controversial, Secretary will read. Page 5. 5 THE SECRETARY: On page 5, 6 Calendar Number 43, by Senator Stafford. 7 SENATOR GOLD: Lay aside, please. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Laid 9 aside. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 61, by Senator Hannon, Senate Bill Number 280. 12 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay aside for 13 the day. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay 15 that aside for today. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 62, by Senator Levy, Senate Bill Number - 18 SENATOR GOLD: Lay aside. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Laid 20 aside. 21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 22 63, by Senator Levy, Senate Bill Number 1 - 23 SENATOR GOLD: Lay aside. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay 2 that bill aside. 3 Controversial? Just set easy for 4 a moment. 5 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 6 on behalf of Senator Levy, I'd like to call an 7 immediate conference of the Majority in Room 8 332. 9 Mr. President, there being no 10 further business, I move we adjourn until 11 tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 13 Senate will stand adjourned until tomorrow at 14 11:30. There is an immediate conference of the 15 Majority in Room 332. 16 SENATOR GOLD: Wait a minute. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 18 Gold, why do you rise? 19 SENATOR GOLD: Give me just one 20 second. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 22 Senate stands adjourned. 23 (Whereupon at 3:38 p.m., the 1 Senate adjourned.) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23