Sunday, June 28, 2009

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 June 28, 2009 11 6:06 p.m. 12 13 14 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS, 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 STEWART-COUSINS: 3 The Senate will please come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to rise and 5 repeat with me the Pledge of Allegiance to the 6 Flag. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 10 In the absence of clergy, may we all bow our 11 heads for a moment of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 15 Thank you. 16 Senator Klein. 17 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 18 is there a proclamation from the Governor at 19 the desk? 20 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 21 Yes, Senator Klein, there is a proclamation 22 here at the desk. 23 The Secretary will read. 24 THE SECRETARY: "Pursuant to the

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(518) 371-8910 1 power vested in me by Article IV, Section 3 of 2 the Constitution, I hereby convene the Senate 3 of the State of New York in Extraordinary 4 Session at the Capitol, in the City of Albany, 5 on the twenty-eighth day of June, two thousand 6 nine, at six o'clock p.m., for the purpose of 7 acting on gubernatorial nominations and 8 considering legislation, and for the 9 consideration of such other nominations or 10 legislation as I may recommend. 11 "Given under the hand and the Privy 12 Seal of the State in the City of Albany this 13 twenty-seventh day of June in the year 14 two thousand nine, by the Governor, David A. 15 Paterson." 16 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 17 The proclamation having been read, the Senate 18 is in extraordinary session. 19 Senator Klein. 20 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 21 I move that we do not take up any legislative 22 activity today and we adjourn this 23 extraordinary session sine die. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS:

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(518) 371-8910 1 On motion, we will adjourn this sixth 2 extraordinary session sine die. 3 (Whereupon, at 6:08 p.m., the 4 Senate adjourned.) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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