Thursday, March 31, 2011

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 March 31, 2011 11 11:07 a.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR JOSEPH ROBACH, Acting President 19 FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24 25

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: The 3 Senate will come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to please 5 rise and join with me in the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: In the 10 absence of clergy, may we now bow our heads in 11 a moment of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: The 15 reading of the Journal. 16 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 17 Wednesday, March 30th, the Senate met pursuant 18 to adjournment. The Journal of Tuesday, 19 March 29th, was read and approved. On motion, 20 Senate adjourned. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: Without 22 objection, the Journal stands approved as 23 read. 24 Presentation of petitions. 25 Messages from the Assembly.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Messages from the Governor. 2 Reports of standing committees. 3 Reports of select committees. 4 Communications and reports from 5 state officers. 6 Motions and resolutions. 7 Senator Libous. 8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 9 can we now take up the reading of the 10 noncontroversial calendar. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: The 12 Secretary will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 14 104, by Senator McDonald, Senate Print 2351, 15 an act to amend the Environmental Conservation 16 Law. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: Read 18 the last section. 19 THE SECRETARY: Section 9. This 20 act shall take effect upon receipt by the 21 Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: Call 23 the roll. 24 (The Secretary called the roll.) 25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 47.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: The 2 bill is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 174, by Senator Sampson, Senate Print 1618, an 5 act to amend the Penal Law. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 47. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: The 15 bill is passed. 16 Senator Libous, that completes the 17 noncontroversial reading of the calendar. 18 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 19 is there any further business at the desk? 20 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: That 21 completes our work. There is none. 22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Then, 23 Mr. President, at this time I want to hand up 24 a letter from Majority Leader Skelos and 25 Speaker of the House Silver to the Comptroller

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 that states that the budget has been complete. 2 And this is in accordance with Section 5 of 3 the Legislative Law. 4 And I will have counsel hand that 5 up at this time and ask that it be filed. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: So 7 ordered. 8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 9 there being no further business to come before 10 the Senate today, I move that we adjourn until 11 Monday, April 4th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening 12 days being legislative days. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT ROBACH: There 14 being no further business to come before the 15 Senate, I move we adjourn until Monday, 16 April 4th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days 17 being legislative days. 18 (Whereupon, at 11:10 a.m., the 19 Senate adjourned.) 20 21 22 23 24 25

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