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1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 August 19, 2008 11 12:13 p.m. 12 13 14 EXTRAORDINARY 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: The 10 Reverend Peter G. Young, of Mother Theresa 11 Community in Albany, is here for the 12 invocation. 13 Thank you, Father. 14 REVEREND YOUNG: Thank you, 15 Senator. Let us pray. 16 As the Senate convenes to serve our 17 New York State citizens on this late Olympic 18 summer day, may we call on You, O God, to 19 bless these Senate members to prepare for the 20 cold anticipated weather so that they will 21 find opportunities for needed affordable heat 22 for all of our winter season, providing the 23 homeless and the needy with the necessities of 24 life. 25 God, You have given us an example
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(518) 371-8910 1 of marvelous charity in the call to us to love 2 one another. Send down Your blessing on these 3 Senators who generously devote themselves to 4 helping our New York State citizens. 5 Amen. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 7 Libous. 8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 9 is there a proclamation from the Governor at 10 the desk? 11 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Yes, 12 Senator Libous, there is. 13 The Secretary will read. 14 THE SECRETARY: "Proclamation. 15 "Pursuant to the power vested in me 16 by Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, 17 I hereby convene the Legislature in 18 Extraordinary Session at the Capitol, in the 19 City of Albany, on the nineteenth day of 20 August, 2008, at 12 o'clock noon, for the 21 purpose of considering a complete plan of 22 legislation to implement budgetary savings; 23 and for the consideration of legislation with 24 respect to such other subjects as I may 25 recommend.
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(518) 371-8910 1 "Given under my hand and the Privy 2 Seal of the State in the City of Albany this 3 fourth day of August in the year two thousand 4 eight. 5 "By the Governor, David A. 6 Paterson." 7 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 8 Secretary will call the roll to ascertain a 9 quorum. 10 THE SECRETARY: Senator Adams. 11 (No response.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Senator Alesi. 13 SENATOR ALESI: Here. 14 THE SECRETARY: Senator 15 Aubertine. 16 SENATOR AUBERTINE: Here. 17 THE SECRETARY: Senator Bonacic. 18 SENATOR BONACIC: Here. 19 THE SECRETARY: Senator Breslin. 20 SENATOR BRESLIN: Here. 21 THE SECRETARY: Senator Connor. 22 SENATOR CONNOR: Here. 23 THE SECRETARY: Senator 24 DeFrancisco. 25 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Here.
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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Senator Diaz. 2 SENATOR DIAZ: Presente. 3 THE SECRETARY: Senator Dilan. 4 SENATOR DILAN: Present. 5 THE SECRETARY: Senator Duane. 6 SENATOR DUANE: Here. 7 THE SECRETARY: Senator Farley. 8 SENATOR FARLEY: Here. 9 THE SECRETARY: Senator Flanagan, 10 excused. 11 Senator Fuschillo. 12 SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Present. 13 THE SECRETARY: Senator Golden. 14 SENATOR GOLDEN: Here. 15 THE SECRETARY: Senator Gonzalez. 16 SENATOR GONZALEZ: Here. 17 THE SECRETARY: Senator Griffo. 18 SENATOR GRIFFO: Here. 19 THE SECRETARY: Senator Hannon. 20 SENATOR HANNON: Here. 21 THE SECRETARY: Senator 22 Hassell-Thompson. 23 SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON: Here. 24 THE SECRETARY: Senator Huntley. 25 SENATOR HUNTLEY: Here.
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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Senator C. 2 Johnson. 3 SENATOR CRAIG JOHNSON: Here. 4 THE SECRETARY: Senator O. 5 Johnson. 6 SENATOR OWEN JOHNSON: Here. 7 THE SECRETARY: Senator Klein. 8 (No response.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Senator 10 L. Krueger. 11 SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Here. 12 THE SECRETARY: Senator C. 13 Kruger. 14 (No response.) 15 THE SECRETARY: Senator Lanza. 16 SENATOR LANZA: Here. 17 THE SECRETARY: Senator Larkin. 18 SENATOR LARKIN: Here. 19 THE SECRETARY: Senator LaValle. 20 SENATOR LaVALLE: Here. 21 THE SECRETARY: Senator Leibell. 22 (No response.) 23 THE SECRETARY: Senator Libous. 24 SENATOR LIBOUS: Here. 25 THE SECRETARY: Senator Little.
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(518) 371-8910 1 SENATOR LITTLE: Present. 2 THE SECRETARY: Senator Maltese. 3 SENATOR MALTESE: Here. 4 THE SECRETARY: Senator 5 Marcellino. 6 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Here. 7 THE SECRETARY: Senator Maziarz. 8 SENATOR MAZIARZ: Here. 9 THE SECRETARY: Senator 10 Montgomery. 11 SENATOR MONTGOMERY: Here. 12 THE SECRETARY: Senator Morahan. 13 SENATOR MORAHAN: Here. 14 THE SECRETARY: Senator Nozzolio. 15 SENATOR NOZZOLIO: Present. 16 THE SECRETARY: Senator Onorato. 17 SENATOR ONORATO: Here. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 19 Libous, a quorum is present. 20 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 21 has the Governor and the Assembly been 22 informed that the Senate is ready to proceed? 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Yes, 24 Senator Libous, both the Governor and the 25 Assembly have been informed that the Senate is
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(518) 371-8910 1 ready to proceed. 2 SENATOR LIBOUS: Well, then, 3 thank you. And I hand up the following 4 resolution and ask for its immediate adoption. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 6 Secretary will read. 7 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 8 Skelos, Extraordinary Session Senate 9 Resolution Number 1, providing for the 10 introduction of bills in the Senate during the 11 extraordinary session. 12 "RESOLVED, That notwithstanding any 13 provision of the rules to the contrary, all 14 bills introduced when the Senate is in 15 Extraordinary Session shall be by the 16 Committee on Rules or on message from the 17 Assembly, and shall be referred to the 18 Committee on Rules of the Senate, with the 19 exception of any bills making an 20 appropriation, which shall be referred to the 21 Committee on Finance of the Senate, pursuant 22 to Legislative Law Section 23." 23 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 24 question is on the resolution. All those in 25 favor signify by saying aye.
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(518) 371-8910 1 (Response of "Aye.") 2 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: 3 Opposed, nay. 4 (No response.) 5 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 6 resolution is adopted. 7 Senator Libous. 8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 9 Mr. President. 10 I now hand up the following 11 concurrent resolution and ask that the title 12 be read and move for its immediate adoption. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 14 Secretary will read. 15 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: Senator 17 Libous. 18 SENATOR LIBOUS: The Senate will 19 stand at ease temporarily, and there will be 20 an immediate Majority conference in Room 332. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT WINNER: The 22 Senate will stand at ease. 23 Immediate Majority conference in 24 Room 332. 25 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at
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(518) 371-8910 1 ease at 12:20 p.m.) 2 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened 3 at 10:12 p.m.) 4 ACTING PRESIDENT HANNON: Senator 5 Larkin. 6 SENATOR LARKIN: Mr. President, 7 is there any other further business to come 8 before the Senate at this time? 9 ACTING PRESIDENT HANNON: There 10 is none, Senator. 11 SENATOR LARKIN: There being no 12 further business to come before the Senate at 13 this time, I move that we adjourn the 14 extraordinary session until tomorrow, 15 Wednesday, August 20th, at 10:00 a.m. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT HANNON: On 17 motion, the Senate stands adjourned in 18 extraordinary session until Wednesday, 19 August 20th, at 10:00 a.m. 20 (Whereupon, at 10:13 p.m., the 21 Senate adjourned.) 22 23 24 25
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