Friday, April 8, 1994

2411 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ALBANY, NEW YORK 11 April 8, 1994 12 12:54 p.m. 13 14 15 REGULAR SESSION 16 17 18 19 SENATOR HUGH T. FARLEY, Acting President 20 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 21 22 23 2412 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senate 3 will come to order. 4 Please rise with me for the 5 Pledge of Allegiance. 6 (Whereupon, the Senate joined in 7 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 8 In the absence of clergy, we'll 9 bow our heads for a moment of silence. 10 (Whereupon, there was a moment of 11 silence.) 12 Secretary will begin by reading 13 the Journal. 14 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 15 Thursday, April 7. The Senate met pursuant to 16 adjournment. The Journal of Wednesday, April 6, 17 was read and approved. On motion, Senate 18 adjourned. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Hearing 20 no objection, the Journal will stand approved as 21 read. 22 The order of business: 23 Presentation of petitions. 2413 1 Messages from the Assembly. 2 Messages from the Governor. 3 Reports of standing committees. 4 Reports of select committees. 5 Communications and reports from 6 state officers. 7 Motions and resolutions. 8 Senator Skelos. 9 SENATOR SKELOS: On behalf of 10 Senator Levy, on page number 10, I offer the 11 following amendments to Calendar Number 392, 12 Senate Print Number 4901, and ask that said bill 13 retain its place on the Third Reading Calendar. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 15 Amendments received. The bill will retain its 16 place. 17 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President. 18 On behalf of Senator Wright, on page number 12, 19 I offer the following amendments to Calendar 20 Number 438, Senate Print Number 6864A, and ask 21 that said bill retain its place on the Third 22 Reading Calendar. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without 2414 1 objection, the bill will retain its place. 2 Senator Present. 3 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 4 On behalf of Senator Levy, I would like to 5 announce an immediate conference of the Majority 6 in Room 332. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 8 Majority will meet for an immediate conference 9 in Room 332. 10 SENATOR PRESENT: And the Senate 11 will stand at ease. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 13 Senate will stand at ease. 14 (Whereupon, at 12:56 p.m., the 15 Senate was at ease.) 16 (Whereupon, at 1:48 p.m., Senate 17 reconvened.) 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senate 19 will come to order. 20 Senator Present. 21 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 22 Will you recognize Senator Volker, please. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 2415 1 Volker. 2 SENATOR VOLKER: Mr. President. 3 On behalf of Senator LaValle, would you star 4 Calendar Number 539, Senate Print 6882. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 6 bill is starred at the request of the sponsor. 7 Senator Nozzolio, also, on more 8 motions here. 9 SENATOR NOZZOLIO: Mr. 10 President. On page 7, on behalf of Senator 11 Stafford, I offer the following amendments to 12 Calendar Number 282, Senate Print Number 437A. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 14 Amendments are received. Thank you, Senator 15 Nozzolio. 16 Senator Holland. 17 SENATOR HOLLAND: Mr. President. 18 For Senator Maltese, would you please star 19 Calendar 514, Senate 5087. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 514 is 21 starred at the request of the sponsor. 22 Are there any other motions on 23 the floor? 2416 1 Seeing none, Senator Present. 2 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 3 May we take up the noncontroversial calendar. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 5 Noncontroversial. The Secretary will read. 6 THE SECRETARY: On page 11, 7 Calendar 396. 8 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 10 aside. 11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 12 401, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 13 6793A, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic 14 Law. 15 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 17 aside. 18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 19 497, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 606A, 20 an act to amend the criminal procedure - 21 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 23 aside. 2417 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 508, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 3 5051A, an act to amend the Criminal Procedure 4 Law. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 515, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 6340, 17 an act to amend the Executive Law. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 23 the roll. 2418 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 4 bill is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 516, by Senator Maltese, Senate Bill Number 7 7008A, an act to amend the Executive Law. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 9 the last section. 10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 11 act shall take effect immediately. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 13 the roll. 14 (The Secretary called the roll.) 15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 17 bill is passed. 18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 19 548, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 20 7238A, an act to amend the Executive Law. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 22 the last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2419 1 act shall take effect immediately. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 3 the roll. 4 (The Secretary called the roll.) 5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 7 bill is passed. 8 Senator Present. 9 SENATOR PRESENT: Will you try 10 the controversial calendar. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 12 Controversial. 13 THE SECRETARY: On page 11, 14 Calendar Number 396, by Senator Cook - 15 SENATOR GOLD: Explanation. 16 THE SECRETARY: -- Senate Bill 17 Number 2287. 18 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 20 aside. 21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar number 22 401, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 23 6793A, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic 2420 1 Law, in relation to out-of-state convictions. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 11 bill is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 497, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 606A, 14 an act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. Nays 23 1. Senator Gold recorded in the negative. 2421 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 2 bill is passed. 3 Senator Present. 4 SENATOR PRESENT: Any house 5 keeping or things that have to be taken care of 6 at the desk? 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: I think 8 not. Is there anything else? 9 Nothing up here. 10 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President. 11 There being no further business, I move that we 12 adjourn until Monday, April 11, at 3:00 p.m., 13 intervening days to be legislative days. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 15 Senate will stand adjourned until Monday at the 16 regular hour, intervening legislative days, and 17 happy birthday to Senator Bruno. 18 (Whereupon, at 1:54 p.m., Senate 19 adjourned.) 20 21 22 23