Wednesday, March 19, 2008

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 March 19, 2008 11 11:05 a.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR GEORGE H. WINNER, Jr., Acting 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 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 3 Senate will come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to please 5 rise and repeat with me the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: In the 10 absence of clergy, may we bow our heads for a 11 moment of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Reading 15 of the Journal. 16 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 17 Tuesday, March 18, the Senate met pursuant to 18 adjournment. The Journal of Monday, March 17, 19 was read and approved. On motion, Senate 20 adjourned. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Without 22 objection, the Journal stands approved as 23 read. 24 Presentation of petitions. 25 Messages from the Assembly.

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(518) 371-8910 1 Messages from the Governor. 2 Reports of standing committees. 3 Reports of select committees. 4 Communications and reports from 5 state officers. 6 Motions and resolutions. 7 Senator Bruno. 8 SENATOR BRUNO: Are there any 9 substitutions at the desk, Mr. President? I 10 move we accept those substitutions. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 12 Secretary will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: On page 27, 14 Senator Hannon moves to discharge, from the 15 Committee on Health, Assembly Bill Number 16 10039 and substitute it for the identical 17 Senate Bill Number 7013, Third Reading 18 Calendar 412. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: 20 Substitution ordered. 21 Senator Bruno. 22 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, I 23 believe we have a previously adopted 24 resolution at the desk, 4702, that I had 25 sponsored. May we have it at this time read

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(518) 371-8910 1 in its entirety, and we will then share some 2 thoughts. 3 Thank you. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 5 Secretary will read. 6 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Bruno, 7 Legislative Resolution Number 4702, 8 commemorating Good Joes Day, 2008. 9 "WHEREAS, Saint Joseph is 10 everyone's patron saint, and not just the 11 patron saint of those who are fortunate to 12 bear his name; and 13 "WHEREAS, The New York State 14 Legislature is appreciative of the vital 15 contributions of those good members known as 16 'Joseph'; and 17 "WHEREAS, The Society of Good Joes 18 is celebrating its fiftieth year in memory of 19 the late Joseph Addonizio, and its members 20 have banded together under a common name in 21 the spirit of camaraderie and good fellowship; 22 and 23 "WHEREAS, Tradition holds that 24 Saint Joseph is the patron saint of the 25 working person, of all those who labor with

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(518) 371-8910 1 the dignity that only true humility imparts; 2 and 3 "WHEREAS, On Saint Joseph's Day in 4 March, the swallows return to Capistrano, 5 heralding the conclusion of a long, cold 6 winter and the advent of a new spring; now, 7 therefore, be it 8 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative 9 Body pause in its deliberations and recognize 10 this great day, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in 11 commemoration and deliberation of all 12 Good Joes in the State of New York, which will 13 be celebrated by the members of the 14 Legislature on Thursday, March 27, 2008, in 15 honor of all the Good Joes of this Empire 16 State." 17 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 18 Bruno. 19 SENATOR BRUNO: Thank you, 20 Mr. President and colleagues. 21 You just heard a resolution 22 commemorating really what amounts to the 23 50th anniversary of the Society of Good Joes. 24 And Joseph Addonizio had created this with a 25 spirit of impartiality, congeniality,

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(518) 371-8910 1 friendship for all Joes. 2 Now, for those of you that thought 3 that he had me in mind, it's really St. 4 Joseph. And, Tom, you may think it's the same 5 thing, but it really isn't. 6 St. Joseph, if you think about the 7 common working person as a carpenter, relating 8 to everyone -- when you talk about Joes, in 9 the spirit of friendship, everybody is a good 10 Joe. 11 We have especially good Joes in Joe 12 Robach, Joe Griffo, Joe Duane over here, who's 13 changed his name. 14 (Laughter.) 15 SENATOR BRUNO: We had Joe 16 DiMaggio out there, we had Joe Namath, we had 17 a lot of -- Joe Louis, William Joseph 18 Shakespeare, Joseph Michelangelo. And the 19 list goes on and on and on. 20 (Laughter.) 21 SENATOR BRUNO: The working Joe. 22 The GI Joe. A cup of joe that you have in the 23 chamber when you're not supposed to. 24 (Laughter.) 25 SENATOR BRUNO: Now, St. Joseph

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(518) 371-8910 1 forgives you, so we forgive you. 2 (Laughter.) 3 SENATOR BRUNO: So today is a day 4 that truly can be the first day of the rest of 5 all of our lives. 6 A lot of history behind us, a lot 7 of goings-on. But let us keep the spirit of 8 goodwill, of optimism, of good cheer, of 9 achievement that really commemorates 10 St. Joseph and all of the other people who do 11 so many good things on behalf of others. 12 And, Mr. President, I would ask 13 everyone in this chamber to join in this 14 resolution. Those that would make exceptions, 15 please privately sneak up to the desk and take 16 your name off. 17 (Laughter.) 18 SENATOR BRUNO: Other than that, 19 I would ask that you put everyone on this 20 resolution, because truly it commemorates the 21 spirit of the day -- togetherness, friendship, 22 partnering, going forward optimistically in a 23 very upbeat way. 24 Thank you, Mr. President. Thank 25 you, colleagues. Bless you, in the name of

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(518) 371-8910 1 St. Joseph. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: This 3 resolution was previously adopted on March 18. 4 And the resolution sponsored by 5 Senator Joe Bruno is open for cosponsorship. 6 If you do not wish to be a cosponsor, please 7 notify the desk. 8 Senator Joe Bruno. 9 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, I 10 believe there are three previously passed 11 resolutions, Numbers 4651, 4652, 4653. I 12 would ask that they be read title only and 13 move, again, for whatever comments are 14 appropriate. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 16 Secretary will read. 17 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Alesi, 18 Legislative Resolution Number 4651, honoring 19 Shining Stars Daycare upon the occasion of its 20 designation for special recognition as an 21 inductee into the 2007 New York State Small 22 Business Hall of Fame. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 24 DeFrancisco. 25 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Is this

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(518) 371-8910 1 Shining Stars Daycare? Is that what you said? 2 I want to make sure I have the right 3 resolution and I'm not speaking about Good 4 Joes Day. 5 This resolution previously passed, 6 and it's an extremely significant one, in that 7 Shining Stars Daycare was inducted into the 8 New York State Small Business Hall of Fame for 9 the year 2007. A very, very significant 10 accomplishment from a small business in my 11 community in my Senate district. 12 Small businesses are responsible 13 for 75 percent of the newly created jobs in 14 the State of New York. And although we always 15 talk about all of these big projects and the 16 huge number of jobs that are being created -- 17 that sometimes decreate over time -- the only 18 constant in the State of New York is 19 businesses that are small business that keep 20 growing and doing the right thing and creating 21 jobs. 22 Shining Stars Daycare is a 23 full-service daycare center enterprise 24 employing 63 people. That was some time ago. 25 It began with -- excuse me, it began with

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(518) 371-8910 1 32 -- yes, right now. And it began with 32 2 children and has expanded six times, and now 3 has a capacity of 244 children. An incredible 4 accomplishment in what we are being told is a 5 slowing economy. 6 Their business is in Liverpool, 7 New York, in my district. And I want to 8 commend them for this great honor. And I 9 believe Mr. Penizotto is there today. 10 Is your wife Estelle here today? 11 MR. PENIZOTTO: She's in the 12 Assembly. 13 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: In the 14 Assembly? Well, she would have been better 15 off to be here, because this is a much more 16 impressive body. But I hope she enjoys her 17 stay over there. 18 (Laughter.) 19 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: But 20 congratulations, and keep growing jobs in our 21 community. You're really one of the great 22 companies in the State of New York. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 24 Valesky. 25 SENATOR VALESKY: Thank you,

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(518) 371-8910 1 Mr. President. I just want to join my 2 colleague Senator DeFrancisco. 3 John, congratulations. They also 4 have a facility based in East Syracuse, in my 5 Senate district; I had an opportunity to see 6 firsthand the good work that they are doing a 7 year or so ago. 8 And congratulations on this award, 9 well-deserved. Keep up the great work. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: This 11 resolution was previously adopted on March 11. 12 The Secretary will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Alesi, 14 Legislative Resolution Number 4652, honoring 15 the Gooding Company upon the occasion of its 16 designation for special recognition as an 17 inductee into the 2007 New York State Small 18 Business Hall of Fame. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: This 20 resolution was previously adopted on March 11. 21 The Secretary will read. 22 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Alesi, 23 Legislative Resolution Number 4653, honoring 24 Wurlitzer Capital Group, LLC/Audubon Machinery 25 Corporation upon the occasion of its

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(518) 371-8910 1 designation for special recognition as an 2 inductee into the 2007 New York State Small 3 Business Hall of Fame. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 5 Rath. 6 SENATOR RATH: Thank you, 7 Mr. Chairman. 8 I'd like to add my congratulations 9 to the awardees, Wurlitzer Capital Group, 10 LLC/Audubon Machinery Corp. 11 There are some folks that we know 12 from back home, they are here. Joseph McMahon 13 is here. Unfortunately, County Executive 14 Chris Collins was not able to be here. And 15 Mr. Schlehr, I believe, is here also. I 16 should put my glasses on so I can read it, 17 which is not something I'm able to do without 18 my glasses anymore. 19 At any rate, I'd like to offer my 20 congratulations and my thanks to all of you 21 for your willingness to be the leaders that 22 you have been throughout Western New York. It 23 has been an exemplary move that you all have 24 made. 25 And when you acquired the Oxygen

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(518) 371-8910 1 Generating System, how wonderful it was for 2 you all to be able to participate by sending a 3 generating system to Florida at the time of 4 Hurricane Katrina. 5 Your new building, built on a 6 remediated brownfield site, being awarded a 7 "Green Building" designation, is certainly 8 another thing that we take note of here in the 9 Legislature, inasmuch as it's a continual 10 fight trying to have brownfields remediated 11 and getting those properties back on the tax 12 roll. 13 So sincerest congratulations, keep 14 up the good work, and we're very proud of you. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Thank 16 you, Senator Rath. 17 Senator Maziarz. 18 SENATOR MAZIARZ: Thank you very 19 much, Mr. President. 20 I want to join my colleague Senator 21 Rath in congratulating the Audubon Machinery 22 Corporation and particularly Joe and his team. 23 I know that their address, their corporate 24 headquarters is actually listed in Senator 25 Rath's district -- but really all the work,

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(518) 371-8910 1 the brain power, and the profits are made on 2 Wurlitzer Drive in the City of North 3 Tonawanda. 4 (Laughter.) 5 SENATOR MAZIARZ: Thank you very 6 much, Mr. President. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Thank 8 you, Senator Maziarz. 9 Congratulations. 10 This resolution was also previously 11 adopted on March 11. 12 Senator Bruno. 13 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 14 can we at this time have the noncontroversial 15 reading of the calendar. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 17 Secretary will read. 18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 19 218, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1890A, 20 an act to amend the Labor Law and the State 21 Finance Law, in relation to the New York State 22 Worker Protection Board. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 24 the last section. 25 THE SECRETARY: Section 6. This

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(518) 371-8910 1 act shall take effect on the 90th day. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 3 the roll. 4 (The Secretary called the roll.) 5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 46. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 7 bill is passed. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 231, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 1562, an 10 act to amend the Public Health Law, in 11 relation to the healthcare practitioner 12 volunteer program. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 14 the last section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 16 act shall take effect immediately. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 18 the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 46. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 22 bill is passed. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 24 249, by Senator Robach, Senate Print 6832, an 25 act to amend the Civil Service Law, in

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(518) 371-8910 1 relation to providing. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 46. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 11 bill is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 412, substituted earlier by Member of the 14 Assembly Gunther, Assembly Print Number 10039, 15 an act to amend the New York State Medical 16 Care Facilities Finance Agency Act. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 18 the last section. 19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 20 act shall take effect immediately. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 22 the roll. 23 (The Secretary called the roll.) 24 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 46. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The

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(518) 371-8910 1 bill is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 439, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 2600, an 4 act to amend the Education Law, in relation to 5 hazing. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 9 act shall take effect on the first of July. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 46. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 15 bill is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 460, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 588A, 18 an act to amend the General Municipal Law, in 19 relation to participants. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 21 the last section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 23 act shall take effect immediately. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 25 the roll.

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(518) 371-8910 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 47. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 4 bill is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 461, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 1356, an 7 act to remove from the Albert Wisner Memorial 8 Public Library. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 10 the last section. 11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 12 act shall take effect immediately. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 14 the roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 47. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 18 bill is passed. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 463, by Senator Little, Senate Print 6633, an 21 act to authorize the town of Ticonderoga, 22 County of Essex. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: There 24 is a home-rule message at the desk. 25 Read the last section.

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2 act shall take effect immediately. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 4 the roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 8 bill is passed. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 467, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 918, an 11 act to amend the Election Law and the State 12 Finance Law, in relation to requiring. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 14 the last section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 16 act shall take effect immediately. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 18 the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 22 bill is passed. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 24 481, by Senator Padavan, Senate Print 3825, an 25 act to amend the Real Property Law, in

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(518) 371-8910 1 relation to construction. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 47. Nays, 10 2. Senators Hassell-Thompson and Perkins 11 recorded in the negative. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 13 bill is passed. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 507, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 617, 16 an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, 17 in relation to increasing. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect on the first of 22 November. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 24 the roll. 25 (The Secretary called the roll.)

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 3 bill is passed. 4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 5 514, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print 6 2741A, an act to amend the General Business 7 Law and the Penal Law, in relation to 8 operating. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 10 the last section. 11 THE SECRETARY: Section 9. This 12 act shall take effect on the first of 13 November. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 15 the roll. 16 (The Secretary called the roll.) 17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 19 bill is passed. 20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 21 515, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print 22 3271, an act to amend the Navigation Law, the 23 Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation 24 Law, and the Vehicle and Traffic Law. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read

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(518) 371-8910 1 the last section. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This 3 act shall take effect on the 120th day. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 5 the roll. 6 (The Secretary called the roll.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 9 bill is passed. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 527, by Senator Padavan, Senate Print 69, an 12 act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to 13 seizure and forfeiture. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 15 the last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect on the first of 18 November. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 24 bill is passed. 25 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number

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(518) 371-8910 1 529, by Senator Golden, Senate Print 158, an 2 act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to 3 criminal use of public records. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 5 the last section. 6 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 7 act shall take effect on the first of 8 November. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 48. Nays, 13 1. Senator Duane recorded in the negative. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 15 bill is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 530, by Senator Morahan, Senate Print 246, an 18 act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to 19 providing. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 21 the last section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 23 act shall take effect on the first of 24 November. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call

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(518) 371-8910 1 the roll. 2 (The Secretary called the roll.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 5 bill is passed. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 537, by Senator Trunzo, Senate Print 884, an 8 act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to 9 prohibiting. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read 11 the last section. 12 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This 13 act shall take effect on the first of 14 November. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 16 the roll. 17 (The Secretary called the roll.) 18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 20 bill is passed. 21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 22 542, by Senator Fuschillo, Senate Print 1534, 23 an act to amend the Penal Law, in relation to 24 including. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Read

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(518) 371-8910 1 the last section. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 3 act shall take effect on the first of 4 November. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Call 6 the roll. 7 (The Secretary called the roll.) 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 49. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 10 bill is passed. 11 That completes the noncontroversial 12 reading of the calendar, Senator Bruno. 13 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 14 can we at this time return to motions and 15 resolutions and recognize Senator Maziarz. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Motions 17 and resolutions. 18 Senator Maziarz. 19 SENATOR MAZIARZ: Thank you very 20 much, Mr. President. 21 I do want to speak on Resolution 22 Number 4652, our distinguished honorees on 23 their induction into the Small Business Hall 24 of Fame. The Gooding Company of Niagara 25 County is included. The principal owner,

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(518) 371-8910 1 Jerry Hace, is here with us today. 2 Gooding Company was a commercial 3 printer for a number of years in the City of 4 Lockport -- actually, since the 1800s in the 5 City of Lockport in Niagara County. And Jerry 6 purchased the Gooding Company in 1990 and knew 7 that in order to take the company into the 8 next century, he'd have to embrace new 9 technology. And he did that, with the help of 10 the Small Business Development Center. 11 He's grown Gooding, doubled the 12 number of employees that they have. They're 13 an excellent employer, they have an excellent 14 reputation. And they're a great part of the 15 business community in the City of Lockport and 16 in all of Niagara County. 17 So congratulations to you, Jerry, 18 and thank you very much. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Thank 20 you, Senator Maziarz. 21 And I'd like to give a round of 22 applause to all these great business leaders. 23 (Applause.) 24 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 25 DeFrancisco.

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(518) 371-8910 1 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: On the same 2 resolution, Stella Penizotto is here now, 3 after her short visit to the Assembly. 4 And I just want to acknowledge that 5 this is a much more impressive chamber 6 honoring people of business, who we honor all 7 the time here in the Senate by passing laws 8 that help small and large businesses go 9 forward and creating jobs. It's nice to have 10 her here as well. 11 Thank you. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Thank 13 you, Senator DeFrancisco. 14 (Applause.) 15 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 16 Bruno. 17 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, is 18 there other business at the desk that we 19 should tend to now? 20 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Yes. 21 We'll return to motions and resolutions. 22 Senator Robach. 23 SENATOR ROBACH: Yes, 24 Mr. President. 25 On page 27, on behalf of Senator

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(518) 371-8910 1 Saland, I offer the following amendments to 2 Calendar Number 414, Senate Print Number 1086, 3 and ask that said bill retain its place on the 4 Third Reading Calendar. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: So 6 ordered. 7 Senator Bruno, that completes the 8 business. 9 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, we 10 are graced by the presence of the occupational 11 therapists right here. 12 And we want to welcome them here to 13 the chamber and just applaud them on all the 14 good things that they do to improve the 15 quality of people's lives. 16 Thank you. 17 (Applause.) 18 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Thank 19 you, Senator Bruno. 20 SENATOR BRUNO: Mr. President, 21 we're going to ask for an immediate conference 22 of the Majority after session. 23 And there being no further business 24 to come before the Senate at this time, I move 25 that we stand adjourned until Wednesday,

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(518) 371-8910 1 March 26th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days to 2 be legislative days. 3 Happy Easter and safe passage. 4 Thank you. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: There 6 will be an immediate meeting of the Majority 7 Conference in Room 332. 8 On motion, the Senate stands 9 adjourned until Wednesday, March 26th, at 10 3:00 p.m., intervening days being legislative 11 days. 12 (Whereupon, at 11:30 a.m., the 13 Senate adjourned.) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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