Wednesday, May 20, 2009

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 May 20, 2009 11 11:20 a.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR DAVID J. VALESKY, 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 VALESKY: The 3 Senate will please come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to please 5 rise and recite with me the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: In the 10 absence of clergy, may we bow our heads in a 11 moment of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 15 reading of the Journal. 16 The Secretary will read. 17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 18 Tuesday, May 19, the Senate met pursuant to 19 adjournment. The Journal of Monday, May 18, 20 was read and approved. On motion, Senate 21 adjourned. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 23 Without objection, the Journal stands approved 24 as 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 Libous. 10 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 11 Mr. President. 12 On behalf of Senator Bonacic, on 13 page 25 I offer the following amendments to 14 Calendar Number 243, Senate Print Number 3183, 15 and ask that the said bill retain its place on 16 the Third Reading Calendar, sir. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: So 18 ordered. 19 Senator Klein. 20 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 21 are there any substitutions at the desk? 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 23 are, Senator. 24 The Secretary will take the

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(518) 371-8910 1 substitutions up at this time. 2 THE SECRETARY: On page 30, 3 Senator Foley moves to discharge, from the 4 Committee on Transportation, Assembly Bill 5 Number 6051A and substitute it for the 6 identical Senate Bill Number 1624C, Third 7 Reading Calendar 302. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 9 Substitution ordered. 10 Senator Klein. 11 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 12 there will be an immediate meeting of the 13 Rules Committee in the Majority Conference 14 Room, followed by an immediate meeting of the 15 Finance Committee in the Majority Conference 16 Room. 17 Pending the return of both 18 committees, can we please stand at ease. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 20 Immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in 21 the Majority Conference Room, Room 332, 22 followed by a meeting of the Finance Committee 23 in the same location. 24 The Senate will stand at ease

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(518) 371-8910 1 pending the report of the Finance Committee. 2 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at 3 ease at 11:22 a.m.) 4 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened 5 at 11:49 a.m.) 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 7 Senate will return to order. 8 Senator Klein. 9 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 10 may we return to the order of reports of 11 standing committees. I believe there is a 12 report of the Finance Committee at the desk. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 14 is a report of the Finance Committee at the 15 desk. 16 And the Secretary will read. 17 THE SECRETARY: Senator C. 18 Kruger, from the Committee on Finance, reports 19 the following nominations. 20 As chairman and member of the 21 Dormitory Authority, Alfonso Linwood Carney, 22 Jr., of New York City. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 24 Senator Kruger.

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(518) 371-8910 1 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Please move 2 the nomination. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Are 4 there any Senators who wish to be heard on the 5 motion to confirm the nominee? 6 Seeing none, the question is on the 7 motion to confirm the nomination of Alfonso 8 Linwood Carney, Jr., as chairman of the 9 Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. 10 All in favor signify by saying aye. 11 (Response of "Aye.") 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 13 Opposed, nay. 14 (No response.) 15 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 16 nominee is confirmed. 17 Mr. Carney is with us in the 18 gallery today. Congratulations. 19 (Applause.) 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 21 Secretary will continue to read. 22 THE SECRETARY: As director of 23 the New York State Urban Development 24 Corporation, Derrick D. Cephas, of New York

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(518) 371-8910 1 City. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 3 Senator Kruger. 4 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Please move 5 the nomination. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Are 7 there any other Senators who wish to be heard 8 on the motion to confirm the nominee? 9 Seeing none, the question is on the 10 motion to confirm the nomination of Derrick D. 11 Cephas as director of the New York State Urban 12 Development Corporation. All in favor signify 13 by saying aye. 14 (Response of "Aye.") 15 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 16 Opposed, nay. 17 (No response.) 18 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 19 motion carries. The nominee is hereby 20 confirmed. 21 Mr. Cephas joins us as well. He's 22 in the gallery. Congratulations. 23 (Applause.) 24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The

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(518) 371-8910 1 Secretary will continue to read. 2 THE SECRETARY: As Major General, 3 New York Guard, Fergal I. Foley, of Hopewell 4 Junction. 5 As Major General, 42nd Infantry 6 Division, New York State National Guard, 7 Steven N. Wickstrom, of Upton, Massachusetts. 8 And as a member of the Board of 9 Visitors of the New York State Home for 10 Veterans and Their Dependents at St. Albans, 11 Thomas X. Winberry, of Rego Park. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 13 Senator Kruger. 14 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Please move 15 the nominations. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 17 Senator Fuschillo. 18 SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Mr. 19 President, will Senator Kruger answer a 20 question on one of the nominations? 21 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 22 Senator, do you yield? 23 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Yes, I do. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The

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(518) 371-8910 1 Senator yields. 2 SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Thank you, 3 Mr. President. 4 Senator, I just looked at the 5 sheet. And with respect to Mr. Wickstrom, it 6 states here he's not a resident of New York 7 State, he's a resident of Massachusetts. 8 He's going to be the head of -- and 9 I was not in the meeting, Mr. Chairman. I'm 10 just asking this for a point of information. 11 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: He's 12 currently not a resident of New York State. 13 He was at one point. 14 This is an unpaid position, I might 15 add. 16 SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Right. So 17 we're appointing him Major General of the 18 New York National Guard, but the Major General 19 of the New York National Guard is going to be 20 a resident of Massachusetts? 21 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: It's the 22 Naval Militia, Senator. 23 SENATOR FUSCHILLO: Thank you 24 very much, Senator.

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(518) 371-8910 1 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 2 you, Senator. 3 Are there any other Senators who 4 wish to be heard? 5 Seeing none, the question is on the 6 motion to confirm the nominations as 7 previously read by the Secretary. All in 8 favor signify by saying aye. 9 (Response of "Aye.") 10 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 11 Opposed, nay. 12 (Response of "Nay.") 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 14 nominees are hereby confirmed. 15 Senator Klein. 16 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 17 believe there's a report of the Rules 18 Committee at the desk. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 20 is a report of the Rules Committee at the 21 desk. 22 The Secretary will read. 23 THE SECRETARY: Senator Smith, 24 from the Committee on Rules, reports the

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(518) 371-8910 1 following bill direct to third reading: 2 Senate Print 5525, by Senator Squadron, an act 3 to amend the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 5 Senator Klein. 6 SENATOR KLEIN: I move to accept 7 the report of the Rules Committee at this 8 time. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All in 10 favor of accepting the report of the Rules 11 Committee please signify by saying aye. 12 (Response of "Aye.") 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 14 Opposed, nay. 15 (No response.) 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 17 report of the Rules Committee is adopted. 18 Senator Klein. 19 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 20 this time can we move to a reading of Senate 21 Calendar Number 49. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 23 Secretary will proceed with the reading of 24 Senate Calendar Number 49.

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 94, by Senator Montgomery, Senate Print 1290A, 3 an act to amend the Correction Law, in 4 relation to pregnant female prisoners. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 197, by Senator Winner, Senate Print 3224, an 17 act to amend the Tax Law, in relation to 18 extending the authorization. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 20 is a home-rule message at the desk. 21 Read the last section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 23 act shall take effect immediately. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call

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(518) 371-8910 1 the roll. 2 (The Secretary called the roll.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 5 bill is passed. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 201, by Senator Little, Senate Print 3505, an 8 act to amend the Tax Law, in relation to 9 extending the authorization granted. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 11 is a home-rule message at the desk. 12 Read the last section. 13 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 14 act shall take effect immediately. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 16 the roll. 17 (The Secretary called the roll.) 18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 19 1. Senator Hannon recorded in the negative. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 21 bill is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 213, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 647A, an 24 act to remove from the Albert Wisner Memorial

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(518) 371-8910 1 Public Library service area. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect on the first of July. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 11 bill is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 217, by Senator Stewart-Cousins, Senate Print 14 3336, an act to amend the Local Finance Law, 15 in relation to bonds and notes of the City of 16 Yonkers. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 18 is a home-rule message at the desk. 19 Read the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 23 the roll. 24 (The Secretary called the roll.)

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 3 bill is passed. 4 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 5 268, by Senator Stavisky, Senate Print 1741, 6 an act to -- 7 SENATOR KLEIN: Can we lay the 8 bill aside for the day. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 10 bill is laid aside for the day. 11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 12 272, by Member of the Assembly Gottfried, 13 Assembly Print Number 730, an act to amend the 14 Public Health Law, in relation to exemption. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 24 bill is passed.

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(518) 371-8910 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 279, by Member of the Assembly Hooper, 3 Assembly Print Number 7665, an act to amend 4 Chapter 203 of the Laws of 1999, amending the 5 Environmental Conservation Law. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 15 bill is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 284, by Senator Valesky, Senate Print 2861, an 18 act to amend the County Law, in relation to 19 communication service surcharges. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 21 is a home-rule message at the desk. 22 Read the last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 24 act shall take effect immediately.

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(518) 371-8910 1 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 2 the roll. 3 (The Secretary called the roll.) 4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 60. Nays, 5 1. Senator Robach recorded in the negative. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 7 bill is passed. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 295, by Senator Squadron, Senate Print 3530, 10 an act in relation to authorizing and 11 directing. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 13 the last section. 14 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 15 act shall take effect immediately. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 17 the roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll.) 19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 21 bill is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 302, substituted earlier today by Member of 24 the Assembly Sweeney, Assembly Print Number

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(518) 371-8910 1 6051A, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic 2 Law, in relation to operation. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 4 the last section. 5 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 6 act shall take effect immediately. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 8 the roll. 9 (The Secretary called the roll.) 10 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 11 Senator Foley, to explain his vote. 12 SENATOR FOLEY: Thank you, 13 Mr. President. 14 Today is a very important day for 15 our firefighters throughout the State of 16 New York. Today, with the adoption of this 17 resolution, we'll be reinstating the exemption 18 for our firefighters to operate our large 19 heavy equipment throughout the State of 20 New York as it relates to fire districts. 21 This is something that has enjoyed 22 broad support, geographically and also within 23 this chamber and the chamber in the Assembly. 24 It's one of these instances where it crosses

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(518) 371-8910 1 party lines with broad bipartisan support, not 2 just on the adoption of the measure but also 3 on the cosponsorship. 4 So I'm very, very pleased to have 5 worked with our colleagues here in the Senate, 6 along with a number of, let's say, interested 7 parties throughout this state, from northern 8 portions to the City of New York to Long 9 Island, where in one voice we are saying thank 10 you to our firefighters and giving back to 11 them something that they had enjoyed for 12 decades, and that is this particular 13 exemption. 14 What's most, let's say, noteworthy 15 and timely is the fact that by passing this 16 today, and with unusual speed, it's my 17 understanding that the Governor will sign this 18 into law so that all the fire departments 19 throughout this state will be able to 20 participate fully in this coming weekend's 21 Memorial Day parades, which we know is part 22 and parcel of the culture of so many 23 communities within this state, as it is within 24 our country.

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(518) 371-8910 1 So it's a very important day, if 2 you will, for our firefighters, both paid and 3 volunteers, and it's a way that we can say 4 thank you to them. And as much as this may 5 have been and should have been passed some 6 time ago, we finally arrived at a point where 7 we will adopt this prior to Memorial Day 8 services and parades. 9 So I want to thank my colleagues 10 for their strong support, and I particularly 11 want to say thank you to Senator Bonacic, who 12 during the budget proceedings the other month, 13 where there were some harsh words expressed in 14 a variety of ways, but he had reached out to 15 say and in particular to thank this Senator 16 for putting this bill forward. 17 We hope that this can be a 18 confidence-building measure so that there are 19 other pieces of legislation that we can do 20 together as well. 21 And I also want to thank our 22 Majority Leader, as well as our conference, in 23 moving forward and being supportive of this 24 proposal as well.

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(518) 371-8910 1 Thank you, Mr. President. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 3 Senator Foley to be recorded in the 4 affirmative. 5 Senator Robach, to explain his 6 vote. 7 SENATOR ROBACH: Yes, 8 Mr. President. 9 I am very happy we're doing this 10 bill today. This is important. And I want to 11 thank the sponsor. 12 There were several bills in there, 13 and the original bill getting amended to be 14 more inclusive to protect, in every instance, 15 firefighters from doing what they've been 16 doing for a number of years. 17 And this is one of those examples 18 where this level of government, us in this 19 chamber and across the hall, can say to some 20 degree we cleaned up or fixed what was a very, 21 very bad interpretation. 22 For those of you that are involved 23 in fire service, for a number of years the 24 same condition existed -- I'm not sure if it's

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(518) 371-8910 1 the federal government or somebody at our end 2 bureaucratically, but for the first time 3 decided driving to an event, a fire event or 4 emergency, would only constitute getting there 5 to put out the fire but not driving the 6 apparatus back to the firehouse. 7 So in the interim, what I had been 8 instructing people to do was start a fire in 9 the wastebasket, call it then, then you'd be 10 able to legally drive your fire truck back to 11 the firehouse, thanks to bad bureaucratic 12 decision-making. 13 But this bill, on a serious note, 14 will really clean that up and even go above 15 and beyond that, for training and other events 16 that volunteer firefighters and others do on a 17 regular basis that not only makes our 18 community safer but enhances it. 19 I'm very happy to get this done and 20 join everyone and say a job well done. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 22 Senator Robach to be recorded in the 23 affirmative. 24 Senator Craig Johnson, to explain

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(518) 371-8910 1 his vote. 2 SENATOR CRAIG JOHNSON: Thank 3 you, Mr. President. 4 I rise to support this measure and 5 truly to commend Senator Foley, who picked up 6 this measure and worked through some very 7 complex issues, had a few roadblocks, stuck 8 with it, was persistent, and today we can 9 proudly vote in the affirmative to fix a 10 problem that never should have been a problem. 11 And so I want to thank you, Senator 12 Foley, for the firefighters who are in the 13 7th Senatorial District, the men and women who 14 reached out to me and said this was a big 15 problem, not just about the parades that are 16 going to happen over the weekend and July 4th, 17 but also the safety issues that it created, 18 the lack of foresight by those who tried to 19 interpret the rule in an inappropriate and 20 incorrect way. 21 So congratulations, Senator Foley. 22 I'm happy that the Governor is going to sign 23 this quickly and it will become law. I'll be 24 voting yes.

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(518) 371-8910 1 Thank you, Mr. President. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 3 Senator Craig Johnson to be recorded in the 4 affirmative. 5 Senator Bonacic, to explain his 6 vote. 7 SENATOR BONACIC: Thank you, 8 Mr. President. 9 Our volunteer firefighters are the 10 backbone of our upstate communities. And I 11 just wanted to thank Senator Foley; Senator 12 Carl Kruger, who said that he would address 13 this during the budget process; Senator 14 Schneiderman for expediting it through the 15 Codes Committee. 16 Today is an example of how, with 17 bipartisan cooperation, we can get things done 18 quickly and do something in a very beneficial 19 and constructive manner that helps our heroes. 20 Thank you to all of you. I vote 21 yes. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 23 Senator Bonacic to be recorded in the 24 affirmative.

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(518) 371-8910 1 Senator Stachowski, to explain his 2 vote. 3 SENATOR STACHOWSKI: Yes, 4 Mr. President. I too would like to stand and 5 commend Senator Foley on his work on this bill 6 and jumping through all the hoops that were 7 put in front of him and to have worked with 8 everybody else to help our volunteer firemen. 9 Because we all work with them 10 exclusively in our districts. They brought a 11 problem to us, everybody jumped in to be 12 supportive. Senator Foley has the bill; it's 13 very important. 14 And hopefully the Governor or his 15 people are listening and he'll sign the bill 16 today or tomorrow, because there's a lot of 17 parades this weekend for Memorial Day, and a 18 lot of volunteer fire companies have already 19 alerted the parade people that they won't be 20 participating with their vehicles because 21 they're not allowed to drive them in parades 22 if they don't have a CDL-licensed driver 23 available on the day of the parade. 24 So it would be a shame that all

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(518) 371-8910 1 those little kids lining up as part of the 2 Memorial Day ceremony for those communities 3 that have parades won't get to see the fire 4 trucks that they grow accustomed to seeing and 5 look forward to seeing because we didn't get 6 the bill signed in time. And so there is a 7 sense of urgency. 8 I commend the sponsors in each 9 house for their rapid movement on this, and 10 hopefully the second floor will sign it in a 11 rapid fashion also and we can alleviate this 12 problem in time to help with the participation 13 as well as all the day-to-day problems that 14 this situation had brought up for our 15 volunteer firemen. 16 Thank you. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 18 Senator Stachowski to be recorded in the 19 affirmative. 20 Senator Ranzenhofer, to explain his 21 vote. 22 SENATOR RANZENHOFER: Thank you, 23 Mr. President. 24 I also rise to support this very

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(518) 371-8910 1 common-sense legislation. This is really 2 government getting out of the way and letting 3 volunteer firefighters do their job. 4 With the ranks of volunteer 5 firefighters down, we need to do everything 6 that we can to encourage recruitment and 7 retention of volunteers. And what they do in 8 our communities in terms of the number of 9 hours that they have to put in, what they do 10 to save our homes, our businesses and our 11 lives, really goes -- you can't say enough 12 about that. 13 So this is a very strong piece of 14 legislation, a common-sense piece of 15 legislation which should be supported, and I'm 16 going to vote to support it. 17 Thank you. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 19 Senator Ranzenhofer to be recorded in the 20 affirmative. 21 Senator Leibell, to explain his 22 vote. 23 SENATOR LEIBELL: Thank you, 24 Mr. President.

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(518) 371-8910 1 This is one of those things that 2 when you go home to your district you hear 3 about everywhere you go. Over the last few 4 weeks and months, every volunteer firefighter 5 I think I met brought this up as a serious 6 issue that would impact on their ability to 7 serve as volunteers in our communities to 8 protect all of our families, frankly, while 9 we're all up here. Or down here, as the case 10 may be. 11 So this is an important piece of 12 legislation. I'm pleased to see that it's 13 been passed in a bipartisan fashion. And I'm 14 optimistic the Governor will sign this 15 quickly. 16 Thank you. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 18 Senator Leibell to be recorded in the 19 affirmative. 20 The Secretary will announce the 21 results. 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 61. Nays, 23 0. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The

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(518) 371-8910 1 bill is passed. 2 Senator Klein, that completes the 3 reading of Senate Calendar Number 49. 4 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, is 5 there any further business at the desk? 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: There 7 is none. 8 SENATOR KLEIN: There being none, 9 I move we adjourn until Tuesday, May 26th, at 10 3:00 p.m., intervening days to be legislative 11 days. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: On a 13 motion by Senator Klein, the Senate stands 14 adjourned until Tuesday, May 26th, at 15 3:00 p.m., intervening days being legislative 16 days. 17 (Whereupon, at 12:05 p.m., the 18 Senate adjourned.) 19 20 21 22 23 24

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