Monday, March 24, 1997

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALBANY, NEW YORK 9 March 24, 1997 10 3:03 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 24 25 1 P R O C E E D I N G S. 2 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will 3 come to order. Would you please rise and join 4 with me in the Pledge of Allegiance. 5 (The assemblage repeated the 6 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 7 The invocation today will be 8 given by Reverend Peter G. Young from the 9 Blessed Sacrament Church in Bolton Landing. 10 Reverend Young. 11 REVEREND PETER G. YOUNG: Let us 12 pray. May we -- as we enjoy the bright sunlight 13 of March and to spring, may we pray today for 14 ourselves that we might be delivered from the 15 illusion of superiority, from all the pretense 16 of righteousness, from all arrogance and 17 hardness of heart, that we might know the 18 meaning of compassion in all of our elected 19 duties. We ask You this in Your name now and 20 forever. Amen. 21 THE PRESIDENT: Amen. 22 The reading of the Journal, 23 please. 24 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 25 Sunday, March 23rd. The Senate met pursuant to 1 adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, March 2 22nd, was read and approved. On motion, the 3 Senate adjourned. 4 THE PRESIDENT: Without 5 objection, the Journal stands approved as read. 6 Presentation of petitions. 7 Messages from the Governor. 8 Reports of standing committees. 9 The Secretary will read. 10 THE SECRETARY: Senator Levy, 11 from the Committee on Transportation, reports 12 the following bill direct to third reading: 13 Senate Print 1133-A, by Senator 14 Marcellino, an act to amend the Vehicle and 15 Traffic Law, in relation to certificates. 16 THE PRESIDENT: Without 17 objection, all bills will go directly to third 18 reading. 19 Reports of select committees. 20 Communications and reports from 21 state officers. 22 Motions and resolutions. 23 Senator Farley. 24 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, Madam 25 President. 1 On behalf of Senator Maltese, I 2 move that the following bill be discharged from 3 its respective committee and be recommitted with 4 instructions to strike the enacting clause. 5 That's Senate Number 1174. 6 THE PRESIDENT: The enacting 7 clause will be struck. So ordered. 8 SENATOR FARLEY: On behalf of 9 Senator Holland, Madam President, on page 15, I 10 offer the following amendments to Calendar 11 Number 310, Assembly Print 322 and I ask that 12 this bill retain its place on the Third Reading 13 Calendar. 14 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 15 SENATOR FARLEY: On behalf of 16 Senator Levy, Madam President, on page 21, I 17 offer the following amendments to Calendar 18 Number 376, Senate Print 3481-A and I ask that 19 that bill retain its place. 20 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 21 Senator Skelos. 22 SENATOR SKELOS: Madam President, 23 at this time may we please have the non 24 controversial reading of the calendar. 25 THE PRESIDENT: Secretary will 1 read. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 118, by Senator Saland, Senate Print 491, an act 4 to amend the Family Court Act, in relation to 5 the placement of children. 6 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 7 section, please. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect on the 120th day. 10 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 47. 13 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 14 passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 217, by Senator Cook, Senate Print 1422, an act 17 to amend the Criminal Procedure Law. 18 SENATOR PATERSON: Lay it aside. 19 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 20 section, please. 21 SENATOR PATERSON: Lay it aside, 22 please. 23 THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I'm sorry. 24 Lay it aside. 25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 1 255, by member of the Assembly Gottfried, 2 Assembly Print 4394, an act to amend the Public 3 Health Law and the Insurance Law, in relation to 4 radiation therapy services. 5 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 6 section, please. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 10. This 8 act shall take effect in 180 days. 9 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 10 (The Secretary called the roll.) 11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 47. 12 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 13 passed. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 261, by Senator Libous, Senate Print 1920, an 16 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in 17 relation to authorizing senior citizens to renew 18 motor vehicle registrations annually. 19 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 20 section, please. 21 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 22 act shall take effect immediately. 23 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 24 (The Secretary called the roll.) 25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. 1 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 2 passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 262, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 2338, an 5 act to amend the Education Law, in relation to 6 authorizing the state university trustees. 7 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 8 section, please. 9 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 10 act shall take effect on the first day of April. 11 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. 14 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 15 passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 286, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 1717, an 18 act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to 19 aggravated harassment of an employee by an 20 inmate. 21 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 22 section, please. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 24 act shall take effect on the first day of 25 November. 1 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 2 (The Secretary called the roll.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 48. 4 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 5 passed. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 290, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1963, an 8 act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in 9 relation to firearms training. 10 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 11 section, please. 12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 13 act shall take effect on the 180th day. 14 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 17 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 18 passed. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 322, by Senator Present, Senate Print 749, an 21 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in 22 relation to snowmobile dealer registrations. 23 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 24 section, please. 25 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 1 act shall take effect on the first day of 2 October. 3 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 4 (The Secretary called the roll.) 5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 6 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 7 passed. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 323, by Senator Johnson, Senate Print 809, an 10 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in 11 relation to motorcycle accident reporting. 12 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 13 section, please. 14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 15 act shall take effect immediately. 16 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 17 (The Secretary called the roll.) 18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50. 19 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 20 passed. 21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 22 324, by Senator Levy, Senate Print 924, an act 23 to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in 24 relation to fines and penalties. 25 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 1 section, please. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 3 act shall take effect on the first day of 4 November. 5 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 6 (The Secretary called the roll.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50. 8 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 9 passed. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 364, by Senator Stafford, Senate Print 1520, an 12 act to amend the Tax Law, in relation to the 13 electronic funds transfer program. 14 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 15 section, please. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 13. This 17 act shall take effect April 1. 18 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50. 21 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 22 passed. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 24 387, by Senator Kuhl, Senate Print 548, an act 25 to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law, in 1 relation to the duties of the Commissioner of 2 Agriculture and Markets. 3 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 4 section, please. 5 SENATOR PATERSON: Lay it aside, 6 please. 7 THE PRESIDENT: Lay it aside. 8 SENATOR SKELOS: Madam President, 9 can we please have the non- -- the controversial 10 calendar read now. 11 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary 12 will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 14 217, by Senator Cook, Senate Print 1422, an act 15 to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in relation 16 to denial of recognizance or bail. 17 SENATOR PATERSON: Explanation. 18 SENATOR COOK: Thank you, Madam 19 President. 20 This bill provides that when 21 there is a person brought before court seeking 22 bail, that this person's criminal record be a 23 matter upon which the judge will make a decision 24 as to whether this individual is a potential 25 endangerment to society if, indeed, the bail 1 were to be granted. 2 New York State law makes a 3 presumption that the only reason for which bail 4 may be denied is a concern that the individual 5 may not appear for trial. This, of course, puts 6 us in a situation where we have people with 7 histories of repeated arrests and convictions 8 for violent crimes, are released back on the 9 street and we have documentation, in some cases, 10 showing persons with as many as 11 different 11 charges against them repeatedly committing 12 violent crimes, being let out on bail only to 13 commit another violent crime even before they 14 ever reach the point where a trial is held on 15 the first crime. 16 So this is really a public 17 protection bill, an effort to say to society 18 that we think you have a right to be protected, 19 that, indeed, the criminal -- or the accused has 20 their rights, but where there is a pattern of 21 behavior that indicates that the person who is 22 under indictment has, in fact, repeatedly 23 committed violent acts while at large, that the 24 judge then has the ability to protect the public 25 by denying bail. 1 THE PRESIDENT: Senator Paterson. 2 SENATOR PATERSON: Thank you, 3 Madam President. 4 If Senator Cook would yield for a 5 question. 6 SENATOR COOK: Yes. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Senator 8 Cook. 9 SENATOR PATERSON: Senator, while 10 I would not assume that this legislation turns 11 the presumption of innocence on its head, I 12 would certainly like to ask you about the notion 13 that this bill creates that an arrest, during 14 the time that someone is out on bail, creates a 15 higher probability that the individual is 16 guilty. If that's the reason for the bill, how 17 does that conform to the constitutional 18 presumption of innocence? 19 SENATOR COOK: Mr. President, 20 you've changed. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 22 Senator Cook. 23 SENATOR COOK: Mr. President, the 24 constitutional issue of preventive detention has 25 been resolved in the federal courts. There are 1 -- there is -- under federal law, there are 2 preventive detention statutes which have been 3 found to be constitutional. The difference is 4 that in New York State courts, we have, at least 5 in one Supreme Court district, a ruling that 6 present New York State law -- and it is not the 7 New York State Constitution but New York State 8 law, per se -- makes the only presumption that 9 the individual may not reappear for trial. 10 So that's what we're trying to do 11 is to change the law in that regard so that the 12 judge can, in fact, consider the potential 13 endangerment to society as a factor in granting 14 bail or denying bail. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 16 Senator Paterson. 17 SENATOR PATERSON: Thank you, Mr. 18 President. 19 If Senator Cook would yield for 20 just one other question. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 22 Senator Cook, would you yield for just one more 23 question? 24 SENATOR COOK: I will certainly 25 do that. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 2 Senator Paterson, Senator Cook yields for one 3 more question. 4 SENATOR PATERSON: Thank you, Mr. 5 President. 6 SENATOR COOK: Even two. 7 SENATOR PATERSON: Well, the 8 reason we're only going to ask one more 9 question, Mr. President, is because we had a 10 rather lengthy discussion on this bill last year 11 and we have the transcripts if anyone would like 12 to see them. We also have it available on tape 13 for 14.95 and we have the CD set of this whole 14 discussion but just to preempt it, Senator Cook, 15 the issue of judicial discretion to me would 16 actually be one that would, in a sense, 17 alleviate even the question of constitutionality 18 and even assuming that what you're saying is 19 true, just the whole issue of the many types of 20 cases that can come before a judge in these sort 21 of circumstances and exactly the kind of 22 problems that you're outlining -- which is why 23 the real catalyst for this legislation, I think 24 is very good, but don't you think it would be 25 better relieved by the discretion of the judge 1 looking at the individual case and responding to 2 exactly what you are proposing in those types of 3 cases just to at that point perhaps incarcerate 4 the defendant because of actions taken during 5 the previous bail period? 6 SENATOR COOK: Mr. President. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 8 Senator Cook. 9 SENATOR COOK: Senator, in 10 essence, that's what the bill does. Now, 11 admittedly it does it in perhaps the opposite 12 direction from what you have stated in that a 13 person who is denied bail then has a set 14 procedure which he or she may follow in bringing 15 that matter before the judge and asking the 16 judge to make a decision much in line with what 17 you're saying, but it does, in fact, create a 18 presumption that the court is supposed to, in 19 granting bail, make a decision as to whether the 20 release of this individual back onto the street 21 constitutes an endangerment to society. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 23 Senator Skelos. 24 SENATOR SKELOS: If we're 25 completed with the debate, why don't we have the 1 roll call and recognize Senator Goodman. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 11. This 5 act shall take effect on the first day of 6 January. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Call 8 the roll. 9 (The Secretary called the roll.) 10 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Read 11 the results. 12 THE SECRETARY: Those recorded in 13 the negative on Calendar Number 217 are Senators 14 Abate, Connor, Markowitz, Montgomery, Paterson, 15 Sampson and Santiago. Ayes 46, nays 7. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: The 17 bill is passed. 18 SENATOR GOODMAN: Mr. President. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 20 Senator Goodman. 21 SENATOR GOODMAN: There will be 22 an immediate meeting in Room 332 of the Senate 23 Committee on Investigations, Taxation and 24 Government Operations. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: There 1 will be an immediate meeting of the Senate 2 Investigations Committee in Room 332, the 3 Capitol. 4 Senator Present. 5 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 6 may I ask to reconsider the vote on Calendar 7 322. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: It's 9 out of the house right now, Senator Present. 10 SENATOR PRESENT: Can we call it 11 back. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 13 Senator Skelos. 14 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, 15 could you take up Senator Kuhl's bill, Calendar 16 Number 387. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: The 18 Secretary will read. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 387, by Senator Kuhl, Senate Print 548, an act 21 to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law, in 22 relation to duties of the Commissioner of 23 Agriculture and Markets. 24 SENATOR PATERSON: Explanation. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 1 Senator Kuhl, an explanation has been requested 2 of Calendar Number 387 from Senator Paterson. 3 SENATOR KUHL: Thank you, Mr. 4 President. 5 This bill is a proposal that has 6 been in front of this house before. It really 7 is very simplistic in its nature and its 8 overview and is an attempt to try to keep 9 current, and particularly with some foresight 10 thought, the regulatory oversight of the 11 agricultural community in this state. 12 It's a bill that would require 13 that the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets 14 review the current rules and regulations that 15 are in effect which would have some sort of an 16 effect on agriculture and try to take the 17 appropriate steps to modify any of those 18 regulatory regulations which might be burdensome 19 to that community. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 21 Senator Paterson. 22 SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President, 23 in 1994, I voted against this bill but in 1995, 24 I was persuaded by the eloquence and the 25 substance of Senator Kuhl's remarks and I voted 1 for the bill, and I'm going to vote for it again 2 this year. 3 Last year there was one negative 4 vote who asked us to hold the bill, Senator 5 Leichter, who is at a committee meeting right 6 now but because of his ability to communicate 7 with me telepathically, he's arrived and perhaps 8 now -- because my question, Senator Kuhl, is 9 going to be, do you know what problem Senator 10 Leichter would have had with your bill? 11 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 12 Senator Kuhl. 13 SENATOR KUHL: I thought we took 14 care of all of Senator Leichter's problems last 15 year, Senator Paterson, and that he was 16 appropriately informed and sufficiently informed 17 and knowing that he would want to make sure that 18 his constituency in the city of New York 19 received the products that are produced so 20 wonderfully by our producers in this state, were 21 the best produced as far as quality goes at the 22 least price that they could be produced for so 23 that his constituents were adequately served. 24 Now, that having been said and 25 Senator Leichter having been given the folder 1 and knowing what a speed reader he is, I'm sure 2 he's appropriately informed now to ask the 3 question that he had. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Read 5 the last section. 6 SENATOR PATERSON: Hold it, Mr. 7 President. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 9 Senator Paterson. 10 SENATOR PATERSON: I was going to 11 ask you to hum the Jeopardy theme, but in that 12 case, read the last section. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Read 14 the last section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 16 act shall take effect immediately. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Call 18 the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 21 Announce the results. 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 55, nays 1, 23 Senator Leichter recorded in the negative. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: The 25 bill is passed. 1 SENATOR LEICHTER: Mr. President. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 3 Senator Leichter. 4 SENATOR LEICHTER: Yes. May I 5 have unanimous consent to be recorded in the 6 negative on Calendar 217 and 290, please. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 8 Without objection, so ordered. 9 Senator Present -- I'm sorry - 10 Senator Kuhl. 11 SENATOR KUHL: I understand 12 Senator Present had asked earlier for a bill to 13 be brought back to the house. Is it at the 14 desk? 15 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Yes. 16 SENATOR KUHL: On Senator 17 Present's behalf, I would move to reconsider the 18 vote by which Calendar Number 322 passed the 19 house. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 21 Without objection, the Secretary will read. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 322, by Senator Present, Senate Print 749, an 24 act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law. 25 SENATOR KUHL: Could you lay that 1 bill aside. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 3 Senator Kuhl, the bill will be laid aside - 4 reconsider the vote by which the bill was 5 passed. 6 (The Secretary called the roll on 7 reconsideration.) 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 55. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: The 10 bill is laid aside. 11 SENATOR KUHL: Thank you. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 13 Senator Present. 14 SENATOR PRESENT: Is there any 15 housekeeping to be taken up? 16 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: We 17 have to stand at ease awaiting the report of the 18 Senate Investigations Committee, Senator. 19 SENATOR PRESENT: Let's do that. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: The 21 Senate will stand at ease. 22 SENATOR GOLD: Mr. President. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 24 Senator Gold. 25 SENATOR GOLD: Yes. While we're 1 waiting, I was called out of the room when we 2 voted on Calendar Number 217. May I please be 3 recorded in the negative. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 5 Without objection, so ordered. 6 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at 7 ease from 3:25 p.m. until 3:28 p.m.) 8 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 9 Senator Present. 10 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 11 I understand you have a standing committee 12 report from the Investigation Committee. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Can we 14 have some order, please. 15 SENATOR PRESENT: You have a 16 report from the Investigation Committee. May we 17 have that. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Return 19 to the order of reports of standing committees. 20 The Secretary will read. 21 THE SECRETARY: Senator Goodman, 22 from the Committee on Investigations, Taxation 23 and Government Operations, reports the following 24 bills: 25 Senate Print 2-A, by Senator 1 Bruno, an act to amend the Tax Law and the 2 Public Service Law, in relation to a reduction 3 in the rate of tax; 4 2219, by Senator Kuhl, an act to 5 amend the Tax Law, in relation to extending; 6 3094, by Senator Seward, an act 7 to amend the Tax Law, in relation to extending 8 the expiration of provisions; 9 3096, by Senator Seward, an act 10 to amend the Tax Law, in relation to extending; 11 3161, by Senator Nozzolio, an act 12 to amend the Tax Law, in relation to extending 13 the sales tax; 14 3248, by Senator Present, an act 15 to amend the Tax Law, in relation to extending 16 the authorization; and 17 3290, by Senator Present, an act 18 to amend the Tax Law and Chapter 574 of the Laws 19 of 1986 amending the Tax Law. 20 All bills ordered direct for 21 third reading. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 23 Without objection, all bills will be moved 24 direct to third reading. 25 Senator Smith. 1 SENATOR SMITH: Mr. President, I 2 would request unanimous consent to be recorded 3 in the negative on Calendar Number 217. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 5 Without objection, so ordered. 6 Senator Waldon. 7 SENATOR WALDON: Thank you very 8 much, Mr. President. 9 I respectfully request the same 10 consideration in regard to Calendar 217, that 11 unanimous consent be granted and I be recorded 12 in the negative. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 14 Without objection, so ordered. 15 Senator Seabrook. 16 SENATOR SEABROOK: Yes. I would 17 like to express unanimous consent to be recorded 18 in the negative on Calendar 217. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: 20 Without objection, so ordered. 21 Senator Present. 22 SENATOR PRESENT: Is there any 23 housekeeping since I last asked? 24 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: No. 25 I'm sorry, Senator Goodman. 1 SENATOR GOODMAN: With your 2 gracious permission, I would just like to take 3 30 seconds to introduce to the house a very 4 distinguished visiting diplomat, a counsel 5 general of France who is headquartered in New 6 York, is Mr. Patrick Gautrat who is here to 7 visit us and take a tour of Albany and he's 8 standing at my right. I would just like him to 9 know how delighted we are to be able to show him 10 the Senate chamber and the other great sites of 11 Albany, to extend him our usual warm welcome to 12 distinguished guests here in this chamber. May 13 I ask that he receive our usual round of 14 applause. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Sir, 16 on behalf of Senator Bruno and all my colleagues 17 here in the New York State Senate, we welcome 18 you. Enjoy your visit. Thank you. 19 (Applause) 20 Senator Present. 21 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 22 there being no further business, I move that we 23 stand adjourned until Tuesday, March 25th, at 24 3:00 p.m. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT MAZIARZ: Upon 1 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until 2 Tuesday, March 25th, at 3:00 p.m. 3 (Whereupon, at 3:31 p.m., the 4 Senate adjourned.) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11