Gaveled in 3:13 PM · Albany, New York · 2009–10 session
1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 February 9, 2009 11 3:13 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR ERIC ADAMS, Acting President 19 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24
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(518) 371-8910 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: The 3 Senate will please come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to rise and 5 recite with me the Pledge of Allegiance to our 6 Flag. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: In the 10 absence of clergy, we will recognize a moment 11 of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: The 15 reading of the Journal. 16 The Secretary will read. 17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 18 Sunday, February 8, the Senate met pursuant to 19 adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, 20 February 7, was read and approved. On motion, 21 Senate adjourned. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Without 23 objection, the Journal stands approved as 24 read.
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(518) 371-8910 1 Presentation of petitions. 2 Messages from the Assembly. 3 Messages from the Governor. 4 Reports of standing committees. 5 Reports of select committees. 6 Communications and reports from 7 state officers. 8 Motions and resolutions. 9 Senator Klein. 10 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 11 before we go to the noncontroversial calendar, 12 would you please call on Senator Skelos for an 13 announcement. 14 SENATOR SKELOS: Thank you, 15 Senator Klein. 16 Mr. President, it's my pleasure to 17 welcome back our distinguished Senator from 18 Queens, Senator Frank Padavan. 19 We're glad that you're back with 20 us, Frank. 21 (Applause.) 22 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Senator 23 Klein. 24 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President,
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(518) 371-8910 1 will you call on Senator Sampson for a motion. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Senator 3 Sampson. 4 SENATOR SAMPSON: Mr. President, 5 on page Number 4, I offer the following 6 amendments to Calendar Number 4 -- 7 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Without 8 objection. 9 SENATOR SAMPSON: -- Senate Print 10 134, and I ask that it retain its place on the 11 Third Reading Calendar. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: So 13 ordered. 14 Senator Klein. 15 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 16 will you now call on Senator Carl Kruger for a 17 motion. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Senator 19 Kruger. 20 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Thank you. 21 Mr. President, I move that the 22 following bills be discharged from their 23 respective committees and be recommitted with 24 instructions to strike the enacting clause:
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(518) 371-8910 1 Senate 1756. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: So 3 ordered. 4 Senator Klein. 5 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, if 6 we can now go to the noncontroversial reading 7 of Senate Calendar Number 5. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: The 9 Secretary will read. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 3, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 790, an act 12 to amend the Public Authorities Law and 13 others, in relation to clarifying. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Read the 15 last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 9. This 17 act shall take effect on the 120th day. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Call the 19 roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: 22 Announce the results. 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 52. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: The bill
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(518) 371-8910 1 is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 8, by Senator C. Johnson, Senate Print 958, an 4 act to amend the Executive Law, in relation to 5 prohibiting discrimination. 6 SENATOR CRAIG JOHNSON: Lay it 7 aside for the day, please. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Lay it 9 aside for the day. 10 Senator Klein. 11 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 12 now hand up, on behalf of Majority Leader 13 Smith, the appointment of a minority leader 14 post, Assistant Minority Leader for Conference 15 Operations, to the desk. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: To be 17 filed in the Journal. 18 Senator Klein. 19 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, is 20 there any further business at the desk? 21 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: Senator 22 Klein, the desk is clear. 23 SENATOR KLEIN: There being none, 24 I move we adjourn until tomorrow, Tuesday,
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(518) 371-8910 1 February 10th, at 3:00 p.m. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT ADAMS: There 3 being no further business to come before the 4 Senate, on motion, the Senate stands adjourned 5 until Tuesday, February 10th, at 3:00 p.m. 6 (Whereupon, at 3:17 p.m., the 7 Senate adjourned.) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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