Monday, June 29, 2009

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 June 29, 2009 11 3:03 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 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 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 Smith. 17 SENATOR SMITH: Madam President, 18 is there a proclamation from the Governor at 19 the desk? 20 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 21 Yes, Senator Smith, 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 5 Albany, on the twenty-ninth day of June, 6 two thousand nine, at three o'clock p.m., for 7 the purpose of considering legislation I will 8 submit with respect to various subjects. 9 "Given under the hand and Privy 10 Seal of the State in the City of Albany this 11 twenty-eighth day of June in the year 12 two thousand nine, by the Governor, David A. 13 Paterson." 14 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 15 The proclamation having been read, the Senate 16 is in extraordinary session. 17 Senator Smith. 18 SENATOR SMITH: Yes, Madam 19 President. I move that we do not take up any 20 legislation activity today and that we adjourn 21 this special session sine die. 22 I would also like to remind my 23 colleagues that we will have session 24 tomorrow -- all of my colleagues, all

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(518) 371-8910 1 62 members, we will have session at 12:00 p.m. 2 tomorrow. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 4 On motion, the seventh extraordinary session 5 is adjourned sine die, and session will be 6 called tomorrow at 12:00 noon. 7 (Whereupon, at 3:05 p.m., the 8 Senate adjourned.) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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