Monday, May 13, 1996

4914 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALBANY, NEW YORK 9 May 13, 1996 10 3:00 p.m. 11 12 13 REGULAR SESSION 14 15 16 17 LT. GOVERNOR BETSY McCAUGHEY ROSS, President 18 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 19 20 21 22 23 4915 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will 3 come to order. 4 Would everyone please rise and 5 join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. 6 (Whereupon, the Senate and those 7 present joined in the Pledge of Allegiance to 8 the Flag.) 9 May we bow our heads in a moment 10 of silence. 11 (Whereupon, there was a moment of 12 silence.) 13 The reading of the Journal, 14 please. 15 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 16 Sunday, May 12. The Senate met pursuant to 17 adjournment, Senator Hoblock in the Chair upon 18 designation of the Temporary President. The 19 Journal of Saturday, May 11, was read and 20 approved. On motion, Senate adjourned. 21 THE PRESIDENT: Hearing no 22 objection, the Journal stands approved as read. 23 Presentation of petitions. 4916 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 Oop, sorry. Senator Cook. 10 SENATOR COOK: Madam President. 11 Please place a sponsor's star on Calendar 133. 12 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 13 starred. 14 SENATOR COOK: And also, on 15 behalf of Senator DeFrancisco, I would like to 16 amend 3 bills: 17 On page 73, offer the following 18 amendments to Calendar 857, Senate Print 6436. 19 On page 70, offer the following 20 amendments to Calendar 835, Senate Print 6788. 21 On page 59, offer the following 22 amendments to Calendar 730, Senate Print 6772. 23 Ask that all three bills retain 4917 1 their place on the Third Reading Calendar. 2 THE PRESIDENT: Amendments 3 received. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 5 Spano. 6 SENATOR SPANO: Mr. President. 7 On behalf of Senator Libous, place a sponsor's 8 star on Calendar 714. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: At the 10 request of the sponsor, Calendar Number 714 is 11 starred. 12 Senator Spano. 13 SENATOR SPANO: Mr. President. 14 On page 84, I offer the following amendments to 15 Calendar 943, Senate Print 7366, ask that the 16 bill retain its place on Third Reading 17 Calendar. That's on behalf of Senator Rath. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: 19 Amendments to Calendar Number 943 are received 20 and adopted. The bill will retain its place on 21 the Third Reading Calendar. 22 We have some substitutions at the 23 desk, Senator Skelos. Ask the substitutions be 4918 1 read. 2 THE SECRETARY: On page 45, 3 Senator Seward moves to discharge from the 4 Committee on Finance Assembly Bill Number 1865C 5 and substitute it for the identical Third 6 Reading Calendar 425. 7 On page 4, Senator Spano moves to 8 discharge from the Committee on Corporations 9 Assembly Bill Number 9098 and substitute it for 10 the identical First Report Calendar 1182. 11 On page 8, Senator Maltese moves 12 to discharge from the Committee on Elections 13 Assembly Bill Number 4695 and substitute it for 14 the identical First Report Calendar 1204. 15 And, on page 8, Senator Maltese 16 moves to discharge from the Committee on 17 Elections Assembly Bill Number 4499A and 18 substitute it for the identical First Report 19 Calendar 1207. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: 21 Substitutions are ordered. 22 Senator Marchi. 23 SENATOR MARCHI: Mr. President. 4919 1 There will be an immediate meeting of the Senate 2 Committee on Finance in Room 332. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: There 4 will be an immediate meeting of the Senate 5 Finance Committee in the Majority Conference 6 Room, 332. Immediate meeting of the Senate 7 Finance Committee in Room 332, the Majority 8 Conference Room. 9 Senator Skelos. 10 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President. 11 At this time, if we could take up the 12 noncontroversial calendar. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Secretary 14 will read the noncontroversial calendar. 15 THE SECRETARY: On page 39, 16 Calendar Number 245, by Senator Saland, Senate 17 Print 4031, an act to amend the Executive Law, 18 in relation to youth who are absent without 19 leave. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 21 Secretary will read the last section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 23 act shall take effect on the 120th day. 4920 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 2 roll. 3 (The Secretary called the roll.) 4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 6 is passed. 7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 8 246, by Senator Rath, Senate Print 4886, an act 9 to amend the Family Court Act, in relation to 10 the age of runaway children. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 12 Secretary will read the last section. 13 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 14 act shall take effect on the first day of 15 November. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 17 roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll.) 19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 21 is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 344, by Senator Velella, Senate Print 6125A, an 4921 1 act to amend the Insurance Law, in relation to 2 continuing authorization for certain prepaid 3 legal services plans. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 5 Secretary will read the last section. 6 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 7 act shall take effect immediately. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 9 roll. 10 (The Secretary called the roll.) 11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 13 is passed. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 531, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 6124A, an 16 act to amend the General Municipal Law, in 17 relation to powers of municipalities. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 19 Secretary will read the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 23 roll. 4922 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 4 is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 544, by Senator Cook, Senate Print 6268A, an act 7 to amend the General City Law, Town Law, Village 8 Law and the General Municipal Law, in relation 9 to the apportionment of alternative members. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 11 Secretary will read the last section. 12 THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This 13 act shall take effect immediately. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 15 roll. 16 (The Secretary called the roll.) 17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 19 is passed. 20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 21 561, by Senator Goodman, Senate Print 1609, an 22 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in 23 relation to requiring motor vehicle repair 4923 1 shops. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 3 Secretary will read the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect on the first day of 6 January. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 8 roll. 9 (The Secretary called the roll.) 10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 12 is passed. 13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 14 594, by Senator Sears, Senate Print 5973B, an 15 act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law, 16 in relation to the recycling of used oil 17 filters. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 19 Secretary will read the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect on the 60th day. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 23 roll. 4924 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 4 is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 597, by Senator Sears, Senate Print 5917B, an 7 act to amend the Public Authorities Law and the 8 Executive Law, in relation to the creation of 9 the Upper Mohawk Valley Memorial Auditorium 10 Authority. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: There is 12 a home rule message at the desk. 13 The Secretary will read the last 14 section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 16 act shall take effect immediately. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 18 roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 22 is passed. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4925 1 651, by Senator Holland, Senate Print 5789A, an 2 act to amend the - 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Lay the 4 bill aside. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 686, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 6893, an 7 act to amend the Highway Law, in relation to 8 designating a portion of the state - 9 SENATOR SKELOS: Lay it aside. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Lay the 11 bill aside. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar number 13 698, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 6521, an 14 act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in 15 relation to defective verdicts. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 17 Secretary will read the last section. 18 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 19 act shall take effect immediately. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 21 roll. 22 (The Secretary called the roll.) 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 4926 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 2 is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 723, by Senator Trunzo, Senate Print 3208A, an 5 act to amend the Retirement and Social Security 6 Law, in relation to including certain employees 7 of the county of Suffolk. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 9 Secretary will read the last section. 10 THE SECRETARY: Section 7. This 11 act shall take effect on the first day of 12 September. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 14 roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 18 is passed. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 738, by Senator Cook, Senate Print 6270, an act 21 to amend the General City Law, the Town Law, and 22 the Village Law, in relation to the use of 23 mediation. 4927 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 2 Secretary will read the last section. 3 THE SECRETARY: Section 10. This 4 act shall take effect on the 180th day. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 6 roll. 7 (The Secretary called the roll.) 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 10 is passed. 11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 12 749, by Senator DiCarlo, Senate Print 6107, an 13 act to amend the Executive Law, in relation to 14 display of the flag on National POW/MIA 15 Recognition Day. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 17 Secretary will read the last section. 18 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 19 act shall take effect immediately. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 21 roll. 22 (The Secretary called the roll.) 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 4928 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 2 is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 759, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 1677B, an 5 act to amend the General Business Law, in 6 relation to providing priority access to 7 cellular telephone service. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 9 Secretary will read the last section. 10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 11 act shall take effect on the first day of 12 January. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 14 roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 18 is passed. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 774, by Senator Holland, Senate Print 281A, an 21 act to amend the Tax Law, in relation to 22 providing for business tax credits. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 4929 1 Secretary will read the last section. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 7. This 3 act shall take effect immediately. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 5 roll. 6 (The Secretary called the roll.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 9 is passed. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 778, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 6062, an act 12 to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, in 13 relation to renewal notices. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 15 Secretary will read the last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect in 60 days. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 19 roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 23 is passed. 4930 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 932, by Senator Bruno, Senate Print 6751, an act 3 to amend Chapter 460 of the Laws of 1986, 4 relating to the creation of the Saratoga Lake 5 Protection and Improvement District. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 7 Secretary will read the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 9 act shall take effect immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 11 roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 15 is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 941, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 7329, an 18 act to incorporate the Rapids Volunteer Fire 19 fighter's Benevolent Association. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 21 Secretary will read the last section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 8. This 23 act shall take effect immediately. 4931 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 2 roll. 3 (The Secretary called the roll.) 4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 6 is passed. 7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 8 944, by Senator Rath, Senate Print 7367, an act 9 to amend Chapter 118 of the Laws of 1893, 10 relating to the incorporation of the Firemen's 11 Benevolent Association of Tonawanda. 12 SENATOR RATH: Place a star on 13 that bill, please. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Calendar 15 Number 944 will be starred at the request of the 16 sponsor. 17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 18 970, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 6167, an 19 act to reopen the special retirement plan 20 available to police officers. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: There is 22 a home rule message at the desk. 23 The Secretary will read the last 4932 1 section. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 3 act shall take effect immediately. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 5 roll. 6 (The Secretary called the roll.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 9 is passed. 10 Senator Skelos. 11 SENATOR SKELOS: Return to 12 motions and resolutions. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Return to 14 motions and resolutions. 15 Senator Saland. 16 SENATOR SALAND: Mr. President, 17 I would like to star Calendar 1173, Senate 4060, 18 and remove the star from Calendar 380, Senate 19 2784A. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Calendar 21 Number 1173 will be starred at the request of 22 the sponsor, and the star is removed from 23 Calendar Number 380. 4933 1 SENATOR SALAND: Thank you. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 3 Skelos. 4 SENATOR SKELOS: Could we take up 5 the controversial calendar at this time. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Secretary 7 will read the controversial calendar. 8 THE SECRETARY: On page 54, 9 Calendar Number 651, by Senator Holland, Senate 10 Print 5789A, an act to amend the General 11 Municipal Law, in relation to indexing the 12 interest rate on judgments. 13 SENATOR PATERSON: Explanation. 14 SENATOR SKELOS: Could we stand 15 at ease temporarily, Mr. President. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 17 Senate will stand at ease temporarily. 18 Senator Skelos, we do have the 19 report of the Finance Committee at the desk if 20 you are ready to receive that -- or, Senator 21 Bruno. 22 Senator Bruno. 23 SENATOR BRUNO: Can we return to 4934 1 reports of standing committees. I believe there 2 is a report of the Finance Committee at the 3 desk. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Calendar 5 Number 651 will be laid aside temporarily. 6 We will return to reports of 7 standing committees. I'll ask the Secretary to 8 read. 9 THE SECRETARY: Senator Stafford, 10 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 11 following bills: 12 Senate Print 7501, by the Senate 13 Committee on Rules, an act to amend Chapter 729 14 of the Laws of 1994, relating to affecting the 15 health insurance benefits and contributions of 16 retired employees. 17 Senate Print 7533, by the Senate 18 Committee on Rules, an act making appropriations 19 for the support of government. 20 Senate Print 7534, by the Senate 21 Committee on Rules, an act making appropriations 22 for the support of government and to amend 23 Chapter 63 of the Laws of 1996. 4935 1 All bills ordered directly for 2 third reading. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 4 objection, all bills are ordered directly to 5 third reading. 6 Senator Bruno. 7 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 8 can we at this time take up Calendar Number 9 1215. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Secretary 11 will read the title to Calendar Number 1215. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 1215, by the Senate Committee on Rules, Senate 14 Print 7533, an act making appropriations for the 15 support of government. 16 SENATOR BRUNO: Is there a 17 message at the desk? 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: There is 19 a message of appropriation at the desk. 20 The motion is to accept the 21 message of appropriation. 22 All those in favor, signify by 23 saying aye. 4936 1 (Response of "Aye.") 2 Opposed, nay. 3 (There was no response.) 4 The message is accepted. 5 Secretary will read the last 6 section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 6. This 8 act shall take effect April 1. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 10 roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 Announce the results when 13 tabulated. 14 THE SECRETARY: Those recorded in 15 the negative on Calendar Number 1215 are 16 Senators DiCarlo, Dollinger, Libous, Nanula, 17 Nozzolio and Wright. Ayes 47, nays 6. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 19 is passed. 20 Senator Bruno. 21 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 22 can we at this time take up Calendar Number 23 1216. 4937 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Secretary 2 will read the title to Calendar Number 1216. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 1216, by the Senate Committee on Rules, Senate 5 Print 7534, an act making appropriations for the 6 support of government. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 8 Bruno. 9 SENATOR BRUNO: Is there a 10 message of appropriation at the desk? 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: There 12 is. The motion is to accept the message of 13 appropriation on Calendar Number 1216. 14 All those in favor, signify by 15 saying aye. 16 (Response of "Aye.") 17 Opposed, nay. 18 (There was no response.) 19 The message is accepted. 20 Secretary will read the last 21 section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 12. This 23 act shall take effect April 1. 4938 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 53. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 4 is passed. 5 Senator Bruno. 6 Before that, Senator Oppenheimer 7 why do you read -- or rise? To read; right? 8 Why do you rise, Senator 9 Oppenheimer? 10 SENATOR OPPENHEIMER: I rose to 11 request unanimous consent to be recorded in the 12 negative on Calendar 1215, please. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 14 objection, and hearing no objection, Senator 15 Oppenheimer will be recorded in the negative on 16 Calendar Number 1215. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 18 Alesi. 19 SENATOR ALESI: Thank you, Mr. 20 President. I rise to request unanimous consent 21 to vote in the negative on Calendar 1215. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 23 objection, and hearing no objection, Senator 4939 1 Alesi will be recorded in the negative on 2 Calendar Number 1215. 3 Senator Bruno. 4 SENATOR BRUNO: At this time take 5 up Calendar Number 1217. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Ask the 7 Secretary to read the title to Calendar Number 8 1217. 9 THE SECRETARY: Senator Bruno 10 moves to discharge from the Committee on Rules 11 Assembly Bill Number 10553 and substitute it for 12 the identical Third Reading Calendar 1217. 13 Calendar Number 1217, by the 14 Assembly Committee on Rules, Assembly Print 15 10553, an act to amend Chapter 729 of the Laws 16 of 1994. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Secretary 18 will read the last section. 19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 20 act shall take effect immediately. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 4940 1 is passed. 2 Senator Padavan, why do you 3 rise? 4 SENATOR PADAVAN: Mr. President, 5 I would like to have unanimous consent to be 6 recorded in the negative on Calendar Number 778. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 8 objection, and hearing no objection, Senator 9 Padavan will be recorded in the negative on 10 Calendar Number 778. 11 SENATOR SEWARD: Mr. President. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 13 Seward. 14 SENATOR SEWARD: Mr. President, I 15 was out of the chamber at the time when Calendar 16 Number 597 passed. I would like to be recorded 17 in the negative. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 19 objection, hearing no objection, Senator Seward 20 will be recorded in the negative on Calendar 21 Number 597. 22 Senator Bruno. 23 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 4941 1 is there anything else at the desk that has to 2 be done? We were waiting to see whether Senator 3 Maziarz was going to get to the chamber. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: We do 5 have some housekeeping. We have a couple of 6 substitutions we can read first, and then I 7 think we have a motion. 8 Secretary will read the 9 substitutions. 10 THE SECRETARY: On page 65, 11 Senator Tully moves to discharge from the 12 Committee on Rules Assembly Bill Number 8244A 13 and substitute it for the identical Third 14 Reading Calendar 792. 15 On page 82, Senator Larkin moves 16 to discharge from the Committee on Rules 17 Assembly Bill Number 7846A and substitute it for 18 the identical Third Reading Calendar 925. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: 20 Substitutions are ordered. 21 We will return to motions and 22 resolutions. 23 Senator Velella, why do you 4942 1 rise? 2 SENATOR VELELLA: Mr. President, 3 Calendar 778, Senate Bill 6062, I was out of the 4 room when that bill was called. I would like 5 the record to reflect that had I been here I 6 would vote in the negative on it, please. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 8 objection, hearing no objection, Senator Velella 9 will be recorded in the negative on Calendar 10 Number 778. 11 SENATOR VELELLA: Thank you. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Return to 13 motions and resolutions. 14 Chair recognizes Senator Libous. 15 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, Mr. 16 President. I wish to call up Senator Leibell's 17 bill, Senate Print Number 6124A, which is now at 18 the desk. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Secretary 20 will read. 21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 22 531, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 6124A, an 23 act to amend the General Municipal Law. 4943 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 2 Libous. 3 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 4 I now move to reconsider the vote by which this 5 bill was passed and ask that the bill be 6 restored to the order of third reading. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 8 Secretary will call the roll on reconsideration. 9 (The Secretary called the roll on 10 reconsideration.) 11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 13 is recalled, restored to the calendar. 14 Senator Libous. 15 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 16 I now move to discharge from the Committee on 17 Rules Assembly Print Number 9013 and substitute 18 it for the identical bill. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: 20 Substitution is ordered. 21 Senator Libous. 22 SENATOR LIBOUS: I now move the 23 substituted Assembly bill have its third reading 4944 1 at this time. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 3 Secretary will read the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 7 roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 11 is passed. 12 Senator Bruno. 13 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 14 there being no further business presently to 15 come before the Senate, I would move that we 16 stand adjourned until tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 18 objection, the Senate stands adjourned until 19 tomorrow, May 14, at 3:00 p.m. sharp. 20 (Whereupon, at 3:25 p.m., the 21 Senate adjourned.) 22 23