Wednesday, February 24, 1993

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 February 24, 1993 11 12:50 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR THOMAS W. LIBOUS, 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 LIBOUS: Senate 3 will come to order. Members will please take 4 their seats. 5 And if you would all rise and 6 join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. 7 (The assemblage repeated the 8 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ) 9 Senator Present, the clergy is 10 expected here shortly, and we would have a 11 prayer at that time. If it's okay, we can - 12 SENATOR PRESENT: When he 13 arrives, you interrupt the proceedings and we 14 will have it. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Could 16 we have the reading of the Journal. 17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 18 Tuesday, February 23. The Senate met pursuant 19 to adjournment. Senator Farley in the chair 20 upon designation of the Temporary President. 21 The Journal of Monday, February 22, was read and 22 approved. On motion, Senate adjourned. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Hearing 1 no objection, the Journal stands approved as 2 read. 3 Order of business: 4 Presentation of petitions. 5 Messages from the Assembly. 6 Messages from the Governor. 7 Reports of standing committees. 8 Reports of select committees. 9 Communications and reports from 10 state officers. 11 Motions and resolutions. 12 There are no motions and 13 resolutions. 14 Senator Stafford, then may we go 15 to the calendar? I'm sorry. Senator Present! 16 Excuse me. It's hard to break old habits, sir. 17 SENATOR PRESENT: I forgive you. 18 Go to the non-controversial calendar, please. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: 20 Non-controversial calendar. The Secretary will 21 read. 22 THE SECRETARY: On page 4, 23 Calendar Number 43, by Senator Stafford, Senate 1 Bill Number 435, an act to amend the Highway 2 Law. 3 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Lay it 5 aside. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 61, by Senator Hannon. 8 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside 9 for the day. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Lay 11 that bill aside for the day. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 83, by Senator Daly, Senate Bill Number 623, an 14 act to amend the Public Officers Law. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 34. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 1 bill is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 84, by Senator Daly, Senate Bill Number 896, an 4 act to amend the Public Officers Law. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 34. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 85, by Senator Farley, Senate Bill Number 997, 17 an act to amend the Executive Law. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 23 the roll. 1 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 34. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 4 bill is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 86, by Senator Levy, Senate Bill Number 1306, an 7 act to amend the Executive Law and the Estates, 8 Powers and Trusts Law. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 10 the last section. 11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 12 act shall take effect immediately. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 14 the roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 34. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 18 bill is passed. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 87, by Senator Padavan, Senate Bill Number 1383, 21 an act to amend the State Finance Law. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 23 the last section. 1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2 act shall take effect immediately. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 4 the roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 34. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 8 bill is passed. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 88, by Senator Maltese, Senate Bill Number 368, 11 an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 13 the last section. 14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 15 act shall take effect immediately. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 17 the roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 37. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 21 bill is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 89, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 947, 1 an act to amend the Civil Service Law. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 37. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 11 bill is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 90, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Bill Number 14 1921, an act to amend the Highway Law. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 37. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 1 bill passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 92, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 565, 4 Social Services Law. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Call 10 the roll. 11 SENATOR GALIBER: Explanation. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: 13 Explanation. We will lay that bill aside. 14 Senator Present. 15 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 16 Would you recognize Senator Levy, please. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 18 Levy. 19 SENATOR LEVY: Yes. Mr. 20 President. Immediate meeting of the Senate 21 Transportation Committee in the Majority 22 Conference Room. Thank you. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: There 1 is an immediate meeting of the Senate 2 Transportation Committee in the Majority 3 Conference Room. Immediate. 4 Senator Present, that is the 5 first time around, sir. 6 SENATOR PRESENT: Can we take up 7 the controversial calendar, please. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: 9 Controversial calendar. Secretary will read. 10 THE SECRETARY: On page 4, 11 Calendar Number 43, by Senator Stafford, Senate 12 Bill Number 435, an act to amend the Highway 13 Law. 14 SENATOR STACHOWSKI: Explanation. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: An 16 explanation is requested. 17 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Lay 19 that bill aside. 20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 21 92, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 565, 22 Social Services Law, in relation to access to 23 certain conviction records. 1 SENATOR GALIBER: Explanation. 2 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Lay 4 that bill aside. 5 Senator Present, that concludes 6 what we have before us. 7 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 8 there being no further business - 9 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 10 Present, could we recognize Senator Volker for a 11 second. 12 SENATOR VOLKER: I've got just a 13 couple of things. 14 SENATOR PRESENT: Sure. 15 SENATOR VOLKER: First of all, on 16 behalf of Senator Sears, star Calendar Number 17 78. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Without 19 objection. 20 SENATOR VOLKER: Just two quick 21 announcements, if I could. One, as I 22 traditionally do, we plan on -- all things being 23 considered, if there is no problem -- doing the 1 death penalty next Monday, at the session on 2 Monday. 3 And number 2, we will have a 4 meeting of a budget subcommittee about 1:30 this 5 afternoon for those members who are part of 6 that. 7 Thank you. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 9 Present. 10 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 11 There being no further business, I move that we 12 adjourn until Monday, March 1, 2:30 p.m., 13 intervening days being legislative days. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senate 15 stands adjourned. 16 (Whereupon, at 12:56 p.m., Senate 17 adjourned. ) 18 19 20 21 22