Wednesday, February 7, 2007

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 February 7, 2007 11 10:15 a.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 LT. GOVERNOR DAVID A. PATERSON, President 19 STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24 25

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(518) 371-8910 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will 3 come to order. 4 I would ask all those assembled to 5 please join with me in reciting the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 THE PRESIDENT: Our invocation 10 today will be given by the Reverend Peter G. 11 Young, of Mother Theresa Community right here 12 in Albany. 13 REVEREND YOUNG: Let us pray. 14 In New York City, at George 15 Washington's inauguration as president, he 16 placed his hand on the Bible, on a very warm 17 and friendly day, April the 30th, 1789, to 18 serve with integrity this nation. 19 Our Senators today are called, on 20 this frigid day here in Albany, to leadership 21 as Your elected and dedicated public servants. 22 So we bless them in Your name so that they can 23 carry out their most important work for all of 24 our citizens in New York State, and ask God to 25 protect them and their goodwill.

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(518) 371-8910 1 Amen. 2 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Father 3 Young. 4 No one could ever forget his name. 5 Reading of the Journal. 6 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 7 Tuesday, February 6, the Senate met pursuant 8 to adjournment. The Journal of Monday, 9 February 5, was read and approved. On motion, 10 Senate adjourned. 11 THE PRESIDENT: Without 12 objection, the Journal stands approved as 13 read. 14 Presentation of petitions. 15 Messages from the Assembly. 16 Messages from the Governor. 17 Reports of standing committees. 18 Reports of select committees. 19 Communications and reports from 20 state officers. 21 Motions and resolutions. 22 The chair recognizes Senator 23 Farley. 24 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, 25 Mr. President.

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(518) 371-8910 1 I move that the following bill be 2 discharged from its respective committee and 3 be recommitted with instructions to strike the 4 enacting clause. That's Senate 761, by 5 Senator Saland. 6 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 7 Senator Duane. 8 SENATOR DUANE: Thank you, 9 Mr. President. 10 On behalf of Senator Diaz, I move 11 that the following bills be discharged from 12 their respective committees and be recommitted 13 with instructions to strike the enacting 14 clause: Senate Numbers 493 and 766. 15 THE PRESIDENT: Senate Numbers 16 493 and 766 will be discharged from committee. 17 So ordered. 18 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 19 can we at this time have the noncontroversial 20 reading of the calendar. 21 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary 22 will read the calendar. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 24 75, by Senator Robach, Senate Print 1595, an 25 act to amend the Civil Service Law, in

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(518) 371-8910 1 relation to reports. 2 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary 3 will read the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary 7 will call the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary 10 will announce the results. 11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 42. 12 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 13 passed. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 80, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 627, 16 an act to amend the Labor Law, in relation to 17 waiting periods. 18 THE PRESIDENT: Last section. 19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 20 act shall take effect immediately. 21 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 22 (The Secretary called the roll.) 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 42. 24 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 25 passed.

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 81, by Senator Trunzo, Senate Print 889, an 3 act to amend the Labor Law, in relation to 4 requiring signs at airports. 5 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 6 section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect on the 120th day. 9 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 10 (The Secretary called the roll.) 11 THE PRESIDENT: Results. 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 43. Nays, 13 1. Senator DeFrancisco recorded in the 14 negative. 15 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 16 passed. 17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 18 82, by Senator Fuschillo, Senate Print 1537, 19 an act to amend the Labor Law, in relation to 20 providing. 21 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 22 section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 24 act shall take effect one year after it shall 25 have become a law.

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 2 (The Secretary called the roll.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 44. 4 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 5 passed. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 86, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1627, an 8 act to amend the Workers' Compensation Law, in 9 relation to disqualifying. 10 THE PRESIDENT: Read the last 11 section. 12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 13 act shall take effect on the first of July. 14 THE PRESIDENT: Call the roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE PRESIDENT: Results. 17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 45. 18 THE PRESIDENT: The bill is 19 passed. 20 Senator Bruno, that completes the 21 reading of the calendar. 22 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, is 23 there any other business at the desk that 24 should come before the Senate at this time? 25 THE PRESIDENT: No, there is not,

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(518) 371-8910 1 Senator. 2 SENATOR BRUNO: Well, that being 3 the case, then I would move that we adjourn 4 until Monday, February 12th, at 3:00 p.m., 5 intervening days to be legislative days. 6 And it's my understanding we will 7 reconvene at 2 o'clock in joint session with 8 the Assembly. 9 Thank you, Mr. President. 10 THE PRESIDENT: On motion, the 11 Senate stands adjourned until Monday, 12 February 12th, at 3:00 p.m., all intervening 13 days being legislative. 14 (Whereupon, at 10:22 a.m., the 15 Senate adjourned.) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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