Wednesday, March 10, 1993

1080 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 March 10, 1993 11 12:10 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR CHRISTOPHER J. MEGA, Acting President 19 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 20 21 22 23 1081 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Senate 3 will come to order. Please stand for the Pledge 4 of Allegiance. 5 (Whereupon, the Senate joined in 6 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ) 7 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: We are 8 honored today to have the Reverend Selwyn 9 Wilkinson from Senator Markowitz' district from 10 Our Lady of Lourdes Baptist Church, Brooklyn, 11 New York lead us in prayer. 12 REVEREND SELWYN WILKINSON: My 13 name is Reverend Selwyn Wilkinson, Our Lady of 14 Lourdes Baptist Church. This is my second 15 occasion that I am visiting the Senate in 16 Albany. 17 I'm about to ask God to come in 18 our midst. For whatever we do, we need God in 19 our midst. Whether you are a Jew or gentile, 20 whether you are a Catholic or Protestant or 21 Baptist, as it is written, it says that every 22 knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess. 23 I ask almighty God to come in and 1082 1 bless this house, O Lord, I pray and make it 2 safe by night and day. 3 Whether you are on the Senate or 4 the committee or chairman of various departments 5 be it Agriculture, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 6 Children and Families, Cities, Civil Service and 7 Pensions, Codes, Economic Development and Small 8 Business, Consumer Protection, chairmen of all 9 these departments; Corporations, Authorities and 10 Commissions, Education, Election, Energy, 11 Environmental Conservation, Ethics and Finance 12 and Health, Education, Housing Development, 13 chairmen of various committees; Insurance, 14 Investigation Taxation and Government 15 Operations, Judicial, Labor; whether it be 16 chairman of Local Government, Mental Health and 17 Developmental Disabilities, Rules, Social 18 Services, Tourism, Transportation and Veterans, 19 I ask almighty God to come in and guide you in 20 the right directions on whatever; if you are 21 about to sign a bill, the Bill Drafting 22 Commissions, the ideas on by-laws and becoming 23 laws, approvals and disapprovals in the 1083 1 Assembly, I pray almighty God that He come in 2 our midst. 3 As I was asked to come and give 4 the invocation that God will guide you in the 5 right direction, protect our President, our 6 Governor, our Lieutenant Governor, and all the 7 Senators that sit; and may God bless you all 8 from the crown of your head to the sole of your 9 feet. May in this assembly God bless you today, 10 this afternoon, Almighty God, that God would 11 bless you and guide you in the right direction 12 in whatever you are about to do, whatever bill 13 you are about to pass, that in our midst 14 almighty God will be in our midst, because it is 15 said that every knee shall bow, and every tongue 16 shall confess that Jesus is the Lord. 17 May God come in at this present 18 time to the chairman of the security to protect 19 us from perilous and unjust people like the 20 incident that just recently happened with the 21 Towers. May God protect us that the security 22 will guide and protect those about to represent 23 us this afternoon. 1084 1 Almighty God, I ask you to touch 2 them. Touch them individually; touch them 3 collectively. Bless their families; bless their 4 wives and children, Almighty God. For we are 5 about, my God, to take a very serious step this 6 afternoon to sign bills that will guide this 7 nation into the most powerful nation on the face 8 of the earth. 9 May God protect us in no other 10 name but in Jesus' almighty name. If I pray 11 among you, I lift up my eyes onto the hills from 12 whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the 13 Lord which made heaven and earth. He will not 14 suffer thy foot to be moved. He that keepeth 15 Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 16 The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord 17 is thy shield upon the right-hand. The sun 18 shall not smite thee by the day nor the moon by 19 night; the Lord shall preserve their soul; He 20 shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in 21 from this time forth and forever more. 22 I ask, the Lord is my shepherd 23 and I shall not want; he maketh me to lie down 1085 1 in green pastures and leads me beside the still 2 waters. He restoreth my soul and leads me in 3 the path of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, even though I walk through the valley of 5 the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; Thy 6 rod and Thy staff shalt comfort me. Thou doeth 7 prepare a table for me in the presence of my 8 enemies. The Lord anointeth my head with oil 9 that goodness and mercy shall follow each and 10 every one of the Senators all the days of their 11 life; and they shall dwell in the house of the 12 Lord forever. 13 Almighty God, I thank You for 14 this opportunity. I thank You for the members 15 of Our Lady of Lourdes and for the people that I 16 was given this opportunity to come and bless 17 this house of assembly in in other name but in 18 Jesus' almighty name. 19 So I thank You, dear Jesus. I 20 thank You, dear Jesus. I thank You, dear Jesus. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Thank 22 you, Reverend. 23 Reading of the Journal. 1086 1 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 2 Tuesday, March 9. The Senate met pursuant to 3 adjournment. Senator Lack in the chair upon 4 designation of the Temporary President. Prayer 5 by the Reverend Tom Stiles, pastor of the First 6 Baptist Church of West Seneca. The Journal of 7 Monday, March 8, was read and approved. On 8 motion, Senate adjourned. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Hearing 10 no objection, the Journal stands approved as 11 read. 12 The order of business: 13 Presentation of petitions. 14 Messages from the Assembly. 15 Messages from the Governor. 16 Reports of standing committees. 17 Reports of select committees. 18 Communications and reports from 19 state officers. 20 Motions and resolutions. 21 Senator Tully? 22 SENATOR TULLY: Yes. Mr. 23 President. At the request of Senator Maltese, 1087 1 on page 10 of today's calendar, I'd like to 2 place a sponsor star on Calendar Number 164 and 3 Calendar Number 165. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: So 5 ordered. 6 Senator Present, we are ready for 7 the non-controversial calendar. 8 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 9 please take up the non-controversial calendar. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Secretary 11 will read, non-controversial. 12 THE SECRETARY: On page 8, 13 Calendar Number 126, by Senator Skelos, Senate 14 Bill Number 1986, an act to amend the Real 15 Property Tax Law. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Read the 17 last section. 18 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 19 act shall take effect immediately. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Call the 21 roll. 22 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 32. 1088 1 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: The bill 2 is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 144, by member of the Assembly Pillittere, 5 Assembly Bill Number 2388A, an act to amend the 6 Highway Law, the State Scenic Byways Advisory 7 Board. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Read the 9 last section. 10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 11 act shall take effect immediately. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Call the 13 roll. 14 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 33. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: The bill 17 is passed. 18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 19 163, by Senator Padavan, Senate Bill Number 245, 20 an act to amend the Executive Law. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Read the 22 last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 1089 1 act shall take effect immediately. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Call the 3 roll. 4 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 33. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: The bill 7 is passed. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 172, by Senator Farley, Senate Bill Number 1593, 10 an act to amend the Banking Law, in relation to 11 the licensing of money transmitters. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Read the 13 last section. 14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 15 act shall take effect immediately. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Call the 17 roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll. ) 19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 34. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: The bill 21 is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: 176, by Senator 23 Hannon, Senate Bill Number 277. 1090 1 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Lay that 3 bill aside. 4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 5 177, by Senator Hannon. 6 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Lay the 8 bill aside. 9 That completes the 10 non-controversial calendar, Senator Present. 11 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 12 may we stand at ease for a few moments please. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Senate 14 will stand at ease for a few moments. 15 (Whereupon at 12:18 p.m., the 16 Senate was at ease. ) 17 (Whereupon, at 12:25 p.m., the 18 Senate reconvened. ) 19 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Senator 20 Present. 21 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 22 there being no further business, I move that we 23 adjourn until Monday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m., 1091 1 intervening days being legislative days. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MEGA: Senate 3 stands adjourned as indicated. So ordered. 4 (Whereupon, at 12:26 p.m., Senate 5 adjourned. ) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15