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         1                 NEW YORK STATE SENATE

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         4                THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD

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         9                   ALBANY, NEW YORK

        10                     June 14, 2005

        11                       3:10 p.m.

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        14                    REGULAR SESSION

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        18  LT. GOVERNOR MARY O. DONOHUE, President

        19  STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary

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         1                 P R O C E E D I N G S

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Senate will

         3       please come to order.

         4                  I ask everyone present to please

         5       rise and repeat with me the Pledge of

         6       Allegiance.

         7                  (Whereupon, the assemblage recited

         8       the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    With us again

        10       today is our friend, colleague and spiritual

        11       advisor, the Reverend Peter G. Young, from

        12       Blessed Sacrament Church in Bolton Landing,

        13       New York.

        14                  REVEREND YOUNG:    As we look

        15       forward to our cooling front, we think of the

        16       elderly that have suffered in their intense

        17       heat.

        18                  But today we ask You, O, God, to

        19       remember those women of distinction that are

        20       recognized for their services to the citizens

        21       of New York State, that they and their good

        22       works will be an example to others so that we

        23       can see an enrichment of all people as service

        24       to others.

        25                  We ask You this in Your name, now



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         1       and forever.  Amen.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Reading of the

         3       Journal.

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    In Senate,

         5       Monday, June 13, the Senate met pursuant to

         6       adjournment.  The Journal of Sunday, June 12,

         7       was read and approved.  On motion, Senate

         8       adjourned.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Without

        10       objection, the Journal stands approved as

        11       read.

        12                  Senator Skelos.

        13                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President,

        14       there will be an immediate meeting of the

        15       Rules Committee in the Majority Conference

        16       Room.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    There will be an

        18       immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in

        19       the Majority Conference Room.

        20                  Presentation of petitions.

        21                  Messages from the Governor.

        22                  Messages from the Assembly.

        23                  Reports of standing committees.

        24                  Reports of select committees.

        25                  Communications and reports from



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         1       state officers.

         2                  Motions and resolutions.

         3                  Senator Fuschillo.

         4                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you,

         5       Madam President.  On behalf of Senator

         6       Balboni, I wish to call up Senate Print Number

         7       4496, recalled from the Assembly, which is now

         8       at the desk.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        10       will read.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        12       746, by Senator Balboni, Senate Print 4496, an

        13       act to amend the Executive Law.

        14                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        15       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

        16       passed.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        18       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

        19                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 46.

        21                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

        22       the following amendments.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        24       are received.

        25                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam



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         1       President, on behalf of Senator Skelos, I wish

         2       to call up Calendar Number 1369, Assembly

         3       Print Number 4466.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         5       will read.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         7       1369, by Member of the Assembly DiNapoli,

         8       Assembly Print Number 4466, an act to amend

         9       the Executive Law.

        10                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        11       reconsider the vote by which the Assembly bill

        12       was substituted for Senate Print Number 4811

        13       on June 7th.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        15       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

        16                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 46.

        18                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move

        19       that Assembly Bill Number 4466 be committed to

        20       the Committee on Rules and that the Senate

        21       bill be restored to the order of Third Reading

        22       Calendar.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.

        24                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

        25       the following amendments.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

         2       are received.

         3                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

         4       President, on behalf of Senator Rath, I wish

         5       to call up Calendar Number 1013, Assembly

         6       Print Number 227.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         8       will read.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        10       1013, by Member of the Assembly Pheffer,

        11       Assembly Print Number 227, an act to amend the

        12       General Business Law.

        13                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        14       reconsider the vote by which the Assembly bill

        15       was substituted for Senate Print Number 2901

        16       on May 18th.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        18       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

        19                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 46.

        21                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move

        22       that Assembly Bill Number 227 be committed to

        23       the Committee on Rules and that the Senate

        24       bill be restored to the order of Third Reading

        25       Calendar.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.

         2                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

         3       the following amendments.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

         5       are received.

         6                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

         7       President, on behalf of Senator Flanagan, on

         8       page number 14, Calendar Number 426, I move to

         9       amend Senate Bill Number 2914A by striking out

        10       the amendments made on 4/20 and restoring it

        11       to its original Senate print number, 2914, and

        12       ask that said bill retain its place on Third

        13       Reading Calendar.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.

        15                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        16       discharge, to the Committee on Elections,

        17       Assembly Print Number 1221 and substitute it

        18       for the identical Senate bill, Senate Print

        19       Number 2914.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.

        21                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        22       President, on behalf of Senator Skelos, I wish

        23       to call up Senate Print Number 3713, recalled

        24       from the Assembly, which is now at the desk.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary



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         1       will read.

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         3       1348, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 3713, an

         4       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.

         5                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

         6       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

         7       passed.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         9       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

        10                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 46.

        12                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

        13       the following amendments.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        15       are received.

        16                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        17       President, on behalf of Senator DeFrancisco, I

        18       wish to call up Senate Print Number 217,

        19       recalled from the Assembly, which is now at

        20       the desk.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        22       will read.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        24       114, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print 217,

        25       an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.



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         1                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

         2       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

         3       passed.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         5       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

         6                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 46.

         8                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

         9       the following amendments.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        11       are received.

        12                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        13       President, on behalf of Senator Morahan, I

        14       wish to call up Senate Print Number 2044A,

        15       recalled from the Assembly, which is now at

        16       the desk.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        18       will read.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        20       380, by Senator Morahan, Senate Print 2044A,

        21       an act to authorize.

        22                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        23       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

        24       passed and ask that the said bill be restored

        25       to the order of third reading.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         2       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

         3                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 46.

         5                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

         6       recommit Senate Print Number 2044A, Calendar

         7       Number 380 on the order of third reading, to

         8       the Committee on Local Government, with

         9       instructions to said committee to strike out

        10       the enacting clause.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.

        12                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Meier.

        14                  SENATOR MEIER:    Thank you, Madam

        15       President.

        16                  Amendments are offered to the

        17       following Third Reading Calendar bills:

        18                  By Senator LaValle, at page 4,

        19       Calendar 32, Senate Print Number 165;

        20                  By Senator Marcellino, page 10,

        21       Calendar 315, Print 1286B;

        22                  By Senator Fuschillo, page 10,

        23       Calendar 319, Print 3492;

        24                  By Senator Maltese, page 23,

        25       Calendar 695, Senate Print 2517A;



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         1                  By Senator DeFrancisco, page 33,

         2       Calendar 870, Senate Print 5223;

         3                  By Senator Hannon, page 33,

         4       Calendar 880, Senate Print 4943;

         5                  By Senator LaValle, page 37,

         6       Calendar 960, Senate Print 5162A;

         7                  By Senator LaValle, page 37,

         8       Calendar 962, Senate Print 5164A;

         9                  By Senator Farley, page 39,

        10       Calendar 995, Senate Print 2722;

        11                  By Senator Fuschillo, page 43,

        12       Calendar 1066, Senate Print 4396;

        13                  By Senator Volker, page 43,

        14       Calendar 1076, Senate Print 2415A;

        15                  And by Senator Seward, page 44,

        16       Calendar 1109, Senate Print 4282.

        17                  Madam President, I now move that

        18       these bills retain their place on the order of

        19       third reading.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        21       are received, and the bills will retain their

        22       place on the Third Reading Calendar.

        23                  Senator Marcellino.

        24                  SENATOR MARCELLINO:    Yes, Madam

        25       President, are there any substitutions to be



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         1       made?

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Yes, there are,

         3       Senator.

         4                  The Secretary will read.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    On page 5,

         6       Senator Johnson moves to discharge, from the

         7       Committee on Rules, Assembly Bill Number 111

         8       and substitute it for the identical Senate

         9       Bill Number 196, Third Reading Calendar 109.

        10                  On page 36, Senator Flanagan moves

        11       to discharge, from the Committee on Rules,

        12       Assembly Bill Number 4186 and substitute it

        13       for the identical Senate Bill Number 4920,

        14       Third Reading Calendar 921.

        15                  On page 57, Senator LaValle moves

        16       to discharge, from the Committee on Rules,

        17       Assembly Bill Number 4431A and substitute it

        18       for the identical Senate Bill Number 2236A,

        19       Third Reading Calendar 1313.

        20                  On page 61, Senator Maziarz moves

        21       to discharge, from the Committee on Rules,

        22       Assembly Bill Number 1201 and substitute it

        23       for the identical Senate Bill Number 5451,

        24       Third Reading Calendar 1445.

        25                  And on page 62, Senator DeFrancisco



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         1       moves to discharge, from the Committee on

         2       Judiciary, Assembly Bill Number 4320 and

         3       substitute it for the identical Senate Bill

         4       Number 5514, Third Reading Calendar 1449.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    Substitutions

         6       ordered.

         7                  Senator Alesi.

         8                  SENATOR ALESI:    Thank you, Madam

         9       President.

        10                  Amendments are offered to the

        11       following Third Reading Calendar bills:

        12                  Sponsored by Senator LaValle, page

        13       45, Calendar 1135, Senate Print 2864A;

        14                  Senator Seward, page 48, Calendar

        15       1198, Senate Print 4719;

        16                  Senator Golden, page 51, Calendar

        17       Number 1231, Senate Print 5153;

        18                  Senator Skelos, page 54, Calendar

        19       Number 1266, Senate Print 494A;

        20                  Senator LaValle, page 55, Calendar

        21       1281, Senate Print 3322;

        22                  By Senator Robach, page 61,

        23       Calendar Number 1444, Senate Print 5379;

        24                  By Senator Maziarz, page 60,

        25       Calendar Number 1425, Senate Print 5468A;



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         1                  Senator Volker, page 25, Calendar

         2       Number 717, Senate Print 1628;

         3                  By Senator Volker, page 34,

         4       Calendar Number 901, Senate Print 4625A;

         5                  By Senator Skelos, page 22,

         6       Calendar 672, Senate Print 3898A;

         7                  By Senator Wright, page 29,

         8       Calendar Number 810, Senate Print 3249A;

         9                  Senator LaValle, page 19, Calendar

        10       573, Senate Print 842A;

        11                  And Senator Skelos, page 41,

        12       Calendar 1022, Senate Print 4097.

        13                  Madam President, I now move that

        14       these bills retain their place on the order of

        15       Third Reading Calendar.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        17       are received, and the bills will retain their

        18       place on the Third Reading Calendar.

        19                  Senator Marcellino.

        20                  SENATOR MARCELLINO:    Madam

        21       President, can we take up Resolution Number

        22       2428, by Senator Saland, have the title read

        23       only, and move for its immediate adoption.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        25       will read.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    By Senator

         2       Saland, Legislative Resolution Number 2428,

         3       congratulating the Roy C. Ketcham High School

         4       Baseball Team and Coach Pat Mealy upon the

         5       occasion of capturing the New York State Class

         6       AA Championship.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    All in favor of

         8       the resolution please signify by saying aye.

         9                  (Response of "Aye.")

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Opposed, nay.

        11                  (No response.)

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    The resolution is

        13       adopted.

        14                  Senator Fuschillo.

        15                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        16       President, on behalf of Senator Saland, I wish

        17       to call up Calendar Number 1180, Assembly

        18       Print Number 75.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        20       will read.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        22       1180, by Member of the Assembly Pheffer,

        23       Assembly Print Number 75, an act to amend the

        24       General Business Law.

        25                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to



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         1       reconsider the vote by which the Assembly bill

         2       was substituted for Senate Print Number 4225

         3       on May 31st.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         5       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

         6                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 51.

         8                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move

         9       that Assembly Bill Number 75 be committed to

        10       the Committee on Rules and that the Senate

        11       bill be restored to the order of Third Reading

        12       Calendar.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    So ordered.

        14                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

        15       the following amendments.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        17       are received.

        18                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        19       President, on behalf of Senator LaValle, I

        20       wish to call up Senate Print Number 559A,

        21       recalled from the Assembly, which is now at

        22       the desk.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        24       will read.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number



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         1       58, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 559A, an

         2       act to amend the Education Law.

         3                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

         4       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

         5       passed.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         7       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

         8                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 51.

        10                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

        11       the following amendments.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        13       are received.

        14                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        15       President, on behalf of Senator Maziarz, on

        16       page number 50 I offer the following

        17       amendments to Calendar Number 1222, Senate

        18       Print Number 4476, and ask that said bill

        19       retain its place on Third Reading Calendar.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

        21       are received, and the bill will retain its

        22       place on the Third Reading Calendar.

        23                  Senator Marcellino.

        24                  SENATOR MARCELLINO:    Madam

        25       President, can we stand at ease awaiting the



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         1       return of the Rules Committee.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Senate stands

         3       at ease.

         4                  (Whereupon, the Senate stood at

         5       ease at 3:22 p.m.)

         6                  (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened

         7       at 3:26 p.m.)

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos.

         9                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President,

        10       if we could return to reports of standing

        11       committees, I believe there's a report of the

        12       Rules Committee at the desk.  I ask that it be

        13       read.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        15       will read.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Senator Bruno,

        17       from the Committee on Rules, reports the

        18       following bills:

        19                  Senate Print 543A, by Senator

        20       Nozzolio, an act to amend the Correction Law;

        21                  1044, by Senator Padavan, an act to

        22       amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law;

        23                  1076A, by Senator Nozzolio, an act

        24       to amend Chapter 219 of the Laws of 2002;

        25                  2464, by Senator Johnson, an act to



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         1       amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law;

         2                  2483, by Senator Winner, an act to

         3       amend the Tax Law;

         4                  2494, by Senator Volker, an act to

         5       amend the Civil Service Law;

         6                  2893B, by Senator Spano, an act to

         7       amend the State Finance Law;

         8                  3654A, by Senator Farley, an act

         9       authorizing;

        10                  3660, by Senator Spano, an act to

        11       amend the Executive Law;

        12                  4000, by Senator Johnson, an act to

        13       amend the Correction Law;

        14                  4034, by Senator Wright, an act to

        15       amend the Public Authorities Law;

        16                  4065, by Senator Valesky, an act to

        17       amend the Tax Law;

        18                  4148A, by Senator LaValle, an act

        19       to amend the Environmental Conservation Law;

        20                  4239, by Senator Hannon, an act to

        21       amend the Public Health Law;

        22                  4924A, by Senator Flanagan, an act

        23       in relation to granting;

        24                  4968, by Senator Padavan, an act to

        25       amend the Retirement and Social Security Law;



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         1                  5258, by the Senate Committee on

         2       Rules, an act to amend the Tax Law;

         3                  5282, by Senator Wright, an act to

         4       amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules and

         5       others;

         6                  5341, by Senator Valesky, an act to

         7       amend the Tax Law;

         8                  5388, by the Senate Committee on

         9       Rules, an act to amend the Tax Law;

        10                  5497, by Senator Marchi, an act to

        11       authorize;

        12                  5503, by Senator Maziarz, an act to

        13       amend the Parks, Recreation and Historic

        14       Preservation Law;

        15                  5506, by Senator Young, an act to

        16       amend the Tax Law;

        17                  5519, by the Senate Committee on

        18       Rules, an act to amend the Tax Law;

        19                  5526, by Senator Meier, an act to

        20       legalize, validate, ratify and confirm;

        21                  5535, by Senator Young, an act to

        22       amend the Agriculture and Markets Law;

        23                  5536, by Senator Young, an act to

        24       amend the Agriculture and Markets Law;

        25                  5545, by the Senate Committee on



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         1       Rules, an act to amend the Tax Law;

         2                  5552, by Senator Winner, an act to

         3       amend the Tax Law;

         4                  5562, by the Senate Committee on

         5       Rules, an act to amend the Tax Law;

         6                  5592, by Senator Bonacic, an act to

         7       amend the Flood Assessment Relief Act of 2005;

         8                  5623, by the Senate Committee on

         9       Rules, an act to amend the Social Services

        10       Law;

        11                  And Senate Print 5657, by Senator

        12       Golden, an act to amend the Retirement and

        13       Social Security Law.

        14                  All bills ordered direct to third

        15       reading.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Libous.

        17                  SENATOR LIBOUS:    I move to accept

        18       the report of the Rules Committee.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    All in favor of

        20       accepting the Rules Committee report please

        21       signify by saying aye.

        22                  (Response of "Aye.")

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Opposed, nay.

        24                  (No response.)

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Rules report



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         1       is accepted.

         2                  Senator Libous.

         3                  SENATOR LIBOUS:    Madam President,

         4       could we have the noncontroversial reading of

         5       the calendar, please.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         7       will read.

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         9       10, by Senator Sampson, Senate Print 84, an

        10       act to amend the Penal Law.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        12       section.

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        14       act shall take effect immediately.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        16                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 55.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        19       passed.

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        21       226, by Senator Rath, Senate Print 2636A, an

        22       act to adjust certain state aid payments.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        24       section.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This



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         1       act shall take effect immediately.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         3                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 55.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       341, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 2898, an

         9       act to amend the Penal Law.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        11       section.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

        13       act shall take effect on the first of

        14       November.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        16                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 55.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        19       passed.

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        21       390, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print --

        22                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Lay it

        23       aside.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        25       aside.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         2       417, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 2975A, an

         3       act to amend the Executive Law.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         5       section.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         7       act shall take effect on the first of

         8       November.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        10                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 56.  Nays,

        12       1.  Senator Duane recorded in the negative.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        14       passed.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       433, by Senator Meier, Senate Print 3318A, an

        17       act in relation to adjusting.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    There is a local

        19       fiscal impact note at the desk.

        20                  Read the last section.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        22       act shall take effect immediately.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        24                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         2       passed.

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         4       516, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 3432A, an

         5       act to amend the Tax Law.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         7       section.

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

         9       act shall take effect immediately.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        11                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        14       passed.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       525, by Senator Balboni, Senate Print 2579A,

        17       an act to authorize the Village of Floral

        18       Park.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        20       section.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        22       act shall take effect immediately.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        24                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 56.  Nays,



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         1       1.  Senator Bonacic recorded in the negative.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         3       passed.

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         5       548, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 3744, an

         6       act to amend Chapter 610 of the Laws of 2004.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    There is a local

         8       fiscal impact note at the desk.

         9                  Read the last section.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        11       act shall take effect immediately.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        13                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        14                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        16       passed.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       592, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print 48B,

        19       an act to amend the Real Property Law and the

        20       Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        22       section.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

        24       act shall take effect on the 90th day.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.



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         1                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         4       passed.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         6       631, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print

         7       4170A, an act to amend the Penal Law.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         9       section.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 9.  This

        11       act shall take effect immediately.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        13                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        14                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        16       passed.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       638, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 3149, an

        19       act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        21       section.

        22                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        23       act shall take effect on the 90th day.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        25                  (The Secretary called the roll.)



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         3       passed.

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         5       661, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 2353, an

         6       act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         8       section.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

        10       act shall take effect immediately.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        12                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        15       passed.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        17       662, by Senator Little, Senate Print 3309, an

        18       act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        20       section.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        22       act shall take effect immediately.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        24                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         2       passed.

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         4       715, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 1272,

         5       an act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law and

         6       the General Municipal Law.

         7                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Lay it

         8       aside.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        10       aside.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        12       806, by Senator Libous, Senate Print 2497, an

        13       act to amend the Religious Corporations Law.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        15       section.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        17       act shall take effect immediately.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        19                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        22       passed.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        24       812, by Senator Bonacic, Senate Print 4325, an

        25       act to amend Chapter 915 of the Laws of 1982



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         1       amending the Public Authorities Law.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         3       section.

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

         5       act shall take effect immediately.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         7                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        10       passed.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        12       857, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 4417, an

        13       act to amend the Insurance Law.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        15       section.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

        17       act shall take effect immediately.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        19                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        22       passed.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        24       865, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print

        25       4847A, an act to amend Chapter 231 of the Laws



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         1       of 1998 amending the Real Property Actions and

         2       Proceedings Law.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         4       section.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

         6       act shall take effect immediately.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         8                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        11       passed.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        13       876, by Member of the Assembly Eddington,

        14       Assembly Print Number 81 --

        15                  SENATOR LIBOUS:    Lay it aside for

        16       the day.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        18       aside for the day.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        20       877, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print

        21       4341, an act to amend the Public Health Law.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        23       section.

        24                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        25       act shall take effect immediately.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         2                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

         4       1.  Senator Valesky recorded in the negative.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       878, by Senator Winner, Senate Print 4521, an

         9       act to amend the Public Health Law.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        11       section.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        13       act shall take effect immediately.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        15                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

        17       1.  Senator Valesky recorded in the negative.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        19       passed.

        20                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        21       879, by the Assembly Committee on Rules,

        22       Assembly Print Number 8118, an act to amend

        23       the Public Health Law.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        25       section.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         2       act shall take effect immediately.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         4                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

         6       1.  Senator Valesky recorded in the negative.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         8       passed.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        10       886, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 3841,

        11       an act to amend the Penal Law.

        12                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Lay it

        13       aside.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        15       aside.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        17       905, by Senator M. Smith, Senate Print 4952A,

        18       an act to amend the Penal Law.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        20       section.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        22       act shall take effect on the first of

        23       November.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        25                  (The Secretary called the roll.)



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 57.  Nays,

         2       1.  Senator Duane recorded in the negative.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         4       passed.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         6       940, by Member of the Assembly Gantt, Assembly

         7       Print Number 6424, an act to amend Chapter 83

         8       of the Laws of 2002, amending the Real

         9       Property Tax Law.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        11       section.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        13       act shall take effect immediately.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        15                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        18       passed.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        20       984, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 4669, an

        21       act to amend the Public Health Law.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        23       section.

        24                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        25       act shall take effect immediately.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         2                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         5       passed.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         7       999, by Senator Golden, Senate Print 3497, an

         8       act to amend the State Finance Law.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        10       section.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        12       act shall take effect immediately.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        14                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        16       Schneiderman, to explain your vote.

        17                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Thank you,

        18       Madam President.

        19                  I am supporting this legislation,

        20       but by the very modest nature of its

        21       provisions it really calls attention to the

        22       fact that we have a lot more work to do in

        23       dealing with the state's Medicaid costs, the

        24       costs to local governments, which are really

        25       not addressed by this legislation at all.



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         1                  And while it is a modest step

         2       forward to have a report and get some

         3       information centralized relating to the costs

         4       of the Medicaid program, this is something

         5       that from the State of the State going forward

         6       this year was touted as an issue we were going

         7       to address.  And I'm sorry to say that with

         8       seven days left, it appears that we are not

         9       going to address it.

        10                  I'm happy we're going to start

        11       gathering some information, but there is a lot

        12       more work to do in this area.  And I hope that

        13       we will begin to address it, if not this year,

        14       certainly at the beginning of the coming

        15       session.

        16                  Thank you.  I'll be voting yes.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    You will be so

        18       recorded as voting in the affirmative.

        19                  Senator Meier.

        20                  SENATOR MEIER:    Thank you, Madam

        21       President.  I rise to explain my vote.

        22                  I'm going to vote in the

        23       affirmative on this.  This is in keeping with

        24       the Senate's efforts to reform Medicaid.  This

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         1       keeping with Senator Skelos's bill with regard

         2       to Medicaid fraud, some of the

         3       cost-containment measures that we worked on

         4       with the Governor and others in this year's

         5       budget.

         6                  And I live in eternal hope that

         7       even Senator Schneiderman might vote yes the

         8       next time we put a comprehensive Medicaid

         9       reform bill on the floor.

        10                  I vote aye.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    You will be so

        12       recorded as voting in the affirmative, Senator

        13       Meier.

        14                  The Secretary will announce the

        15       results.

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        18       passed.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        20       1033, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 5115A, an

        21       act to amend the Penal Law.

        22                  SENATOR SABINI:    Lay it aside,

        23       please.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

        25       aside.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         2       1086, by Senator Fuschillo, Senate Print

         3       3425B, an act to amend the Education Law.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         5       section.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 8.  This

         7       act shall take effect on the first of July.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         9                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        12       passed.

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        14       1112, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 4650, an

        15       act creating.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    There is a

        17       home-rule message at the desk.

        18                  Read the last section.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 16.  This

        20       act shall take effect immediately.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        22                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        25       passed.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         2       1168, by Senator Meier, Senate Print 2507A, an

         3       act to amend the Family Court Act.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         5       section.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         7       act shall take effect immediately.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         9                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        12       passed.

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        14       1189, by Member of the Assembly Gottfried,

        15       Assembly Print Number 7695, an act to amend

        16       Chapter 725 of the Laws of 1989.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        18       section.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        20       act shall take effect immediately.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        22                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        25       passed.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         2       1273, by Senator Saland, Senate Print 5416, an

         3       act to amend the Education Law.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         5       section.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 29.  This

         7       act shall take effect immediately.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         9                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Saland,

        11       to explain your vote.

        12                  SENATOR SALAND:    Yes, Madam

        13       President.

        14                  Madam President, this bill

        15       represents the end product of some nearly two

        16       years' worth of negotiations with the

        17       Education Department and is the result of a

        18       requirement that this Legislature in 2002

        19       imposed on the Education Department to, in

        20       effect, provide a report on the number of

        21       mandates that were imposed upon school

        22       districts.

        23                  The Ed Department complied; they

        24       provided us that report by the summer of '03

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         1       and regulatory requirements.  This box that's

         2       sitting on my desk represents the number of

         3       reports that are currently required to be

         4       completed.

         5                  As a result of this legislation,

         6       which hopefully we'll be able to successfully

         7       negotiate to completion before the end of this

         8       session, there will be a dramatic reduction in

         9       the paperwork requirements imposed upon all of

        10       our school districts -- large, small, any part

        11       of the state.

        12                  It's been extremely well received

        13       and strongly supported.  And let me just read

        14       from the School Boards Association memo in

        15       support in which they say:  "While it may be

        16       impossible to quantify the cost reductions

        17       that would result from these efficiencies at

        18       this time, the savings in staff time, printing

        19       and mailing at the state and local levels for

        20       preparing and reviewing these documents will

        21       certainly be significant."

        22                  Thank you, Madam President.  I

        23       certainly vote in support of this.  I commend

        24       my colleagues for having had the foresight to

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         1       Education.  And this is one of those occasions

         2       where a report which we have received

         3       certainly has served us well.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    You will be so

         5       recorded as voting in the affirmative, Senator

         6       Saland, on this bill.

         7                  The Secretary will announce the

         8       results.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        11       passed.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        13       1306, by Senator Farley, Senate Print 4039, an

        14       act to amend the Banking Law.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        16       section.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        18       act shall take effect on the 60th day.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        20                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        23       passed.

        24                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

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         1       act to amend --

         2                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Lay it

         3       aside.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

         5       aside.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         7       1402, by Senator Johnson, Senate Print 5395,

         8       an act to amend the Tax Law.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        10       section.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        12       act shall take effect immediately.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        14                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.  Nays,

        16       1.  Senator LaValle recorded in the negative.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        18       passed.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        20       1403, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 5505A,

        21       an act to amend the Election Law.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        23       section.

        24                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This

        25       act shall take effect immediately.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         2                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         5       passed.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         7       1404, by Senator Trunzo, Senate Print 431A, an

         8       act to amend the Executive Law.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        10       section.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 5.  This

        12       act shall take effect on the 60th day.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        14                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        17       passed.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       1430, by Senator Padavan, Senate Print 3339,

        20       an act to amend the Retirement and Social

        21       Security Law.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    There is a

        23       home-rule message at the desk.

        24                  Read the last section.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This



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         1       act shall take effect immediately.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         3                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       1432, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 3981, an

         9       act to authorize the transfer of service

        10       credit.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    There is a

        12       home-rule message at the desk.

        13                  Read the last section.

        14                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

        15       act shall take effect immediately.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        17                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        20       passed.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        22       1434, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 4169, an

        23       act to amend the Tax Law.

        24                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Lay it

        25       aside.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is laid

         2       aside.

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         4       1435, by Senator Hannon, Senate Print 4236, an

         5       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         7       section.

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 6.  This

         9       act shall take effect on the first of

        10       November.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        12                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 58.  Nays,

        14       1.  Senator Duane recorded in the negative.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        16       passed.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       1436, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 4523,

        19       an act to amend the Soil and Water

        20       Conservation Districts Law.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        22       section.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        24       act shall take effect immediately.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.



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         1                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         4       passed.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         6       1437, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 4896,

         7       an act to amend the Public Officers Law.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         9       section.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        11       act shall take effect immediately.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        13                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        14                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        16       passed.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       1438, by Senator Johnson, Senate Print 4962A,

        19       an act to amend the Tax Law.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    There is a local

        21       fiscal impact note at the desk.

        22                  Read the last section.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This

        24       act shall take effect immediately.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.



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         1                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         4       passed.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         6       1439, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 5023, an

         7       act to amend the Retirement and Social

         8       Security Law.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        10       section.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        12       act shall take effect immediately.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        14                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        17       passed.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       1441, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 5196,

        20       an act to amend the Executive Law.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        22       section.

        23                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This

        24       act shall take effect immediately.

        25                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.



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         1                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         4       passed.

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         6       1443, by Senator Johnson, Senate Print 5252,

         7       an act to amend the Tax Law.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

         9       section.

        10                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        11       act shall take effect immediately.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        13                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        14                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        16       passed.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       1445, substituted earlier today by Member of

        19       the Assembly Nolan, Assembly Print Number

        20       1201, an act to amend the Workers'

        21       Compensation Law.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        23       section.

        24                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        25       act shall take effect immediately.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         2                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         3                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         5       passed.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         7       1446, by Senator Maltese, Senate Print 5463,

         8       an act to amend the Labor Law.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        10       section.

        11                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 8.  This

        12       act shall take effect on the 120th day.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        14                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        17       passed.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       1449, substituted earlier today by Member of

        20       the Assembly Seddio, Assembly Print Number

        21       4320, an act to amend the New York City Civil

        22       Court Act and others.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        24       section.

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This



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         1       act shall take effect immediately.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         3                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       1452, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 5539, an

         9       act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        11       section.

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

        13       act shall take effect immediately.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        15                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        16                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

        17                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        18       passed.

        19                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        20       1486, by Senator Golden, Senate Print 5657, an

        21       act to amend the Retirement and Social

        22       Security Law and the Administrative Code of

        23       the City of New York.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Read the last

        25       section.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 14.  This

         2       act shall take effect immediately.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         4                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 59.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         7       passed.

         8                  Senator Libous, that completes the

         9       noncontroversial reading of the calendar.

        10                  SENATOR LIBOUS:    Madam President,

        11       could we do the controversial calendar now,

        12       please.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        14       will ring the bell, and members should return

        15       to their seats.

        16                  The Secretary will read.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       390, by Senator Maziarz, Senate Print 1984A,

        19       an act to amend the Economic Development Law.

        20                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:

        21       Explanation.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Maziarz,

        23       an explanation has been requested.

        24                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    A brief

        25       explanation.



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         1                  SENATOR MAZIARZ:    Thank you,

         2       Madam President.

         3                  This bill amends the Economic

         4       Development Law to create the Empire State

         5       Golf Trails program.  Just, I think, last week

         6       or the week before that, we created the Empire

         7       State Brewery Trails program, which was voted

         8       upon unanimously.

         9                  This is an economic development

        10       tool to increase tourism in New York.  Golf is

        11       a very popular sport.  A recent study by the

        12       National Golf Foundation found that in our

        13       neighboring Pennsylvania, golf generates

        14       $1.1 billion in direct economic benefit and

        15       $2.3 billion in direct and indirect benefits

        16       from tourists, from people who like to play

        17       golf.

        18                  I know that a study was done in

        19       relationship to the "Fast Ferry" between the

        20       city of Rochester and Toronto, and the

        21       marketing firm found that one of the things

        22       that the Ontario market desired most about

        23       coming to New York State was the multiple golf

        24       courses and the range of prices that we have.

        25                  Thank you, Madam President.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Sabini.

         2                  SENATOR SABINI:    Madam President,

         3       would the sponsor yield for a few questions.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Maziarz,

         5       will you yield for a question?

         6                  SENATOR MAZIARZ:    Yes, Madam

         7       President.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

         9       with a question.

        10                  SENATOR SABINI:    Madam President,

        11       through you, I was just wondering if the

        12       sponsor had an idea of how much the costs will

        13       be -- I know there will be some economic

        14       benefit, but how much the costs of this

        15       program would be to the taxpayers of this

        16       state.

        17                  SENATOR MAZIARZ:    It would be

        18       done through the Empire State Economic

        19       Development Department, Senator, through the

        20       "I Love New York" program, with the current

        21       staff.  I don't think there'd be an additional

        22       cost.

        23                  If it would, Senator, it would be

        24       minimal.  Probably equal to what the cost

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         1       program.

         2                  SENATOR SABINI:    Madam President,

         3       if the sponsor would continue to yield.

         4                  SENATOR MAZIARZ:    Yes, Madam

         5       President.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Maziarz

         7       does yield.

         8                  You may proceed, Senator.

         9                  SENATOR SABINI:    While there's

        10       similarity with the brewery trails bill and

        11       this bill, and certainly breweries and golf

        12       courses are two places I'm familiar with, I

        13       was wondering, since I believe this bill had

        14       an earlier version, is this -- did we pass a

        15       bill of this sort before under golf trails?

        16       Or is this the first go-round on this?

        17                  SENATOR MAZIARZ:    No, I don't

        18       believe there's a version at least similar to

        19       this that was passed already, Senator.

        20                  SENATOR SABINI:    It was my

        21       recollection that the brewery trails bill was

        22       supported by and in fact initiated by

        23       New York's brewers, whereas the golf trails

        24       bill is opposed by the New York Golf Course

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         1       feel they already do sufficient publicity and

         2       tour packaging for their courses and don't

         3       need government intervention to market their

         4       courses, they can do it quite well on their

         5       own.

         6                  Madam President, on the bill.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

         8       on the bill.

         9                  SENATOR SABINI:    Through you,

        10       Madam President, you know, this bill seems

        11       rather innocuous, as a lot of the bills we do

        12       pass.  But there is a cost to people, both a

        13       net cost to taxpayers and also a hidden cost.

        14       And that is that in the bill, in the sponsor's

        15       memorandum it talks about how the State

        16       Department of Economic Development would --

        17       the commissioner would be compelled to

        18       contract with a travel vacation company for

        19       the development of golf vacation packages.

        20                  And while, again, that sounds

        21       innocuous enough, what happens in situations

        22       like that, as we all know, is that in order to

        23       do a contract there is a procurement process,

        24       the procurement process involves lobbying.

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         1       session, without an opportunity to vote on a

         2       bill that would deal with just that.  So here

         3       we have a bill that's going to cause a whole

         4       'nother procurement process.

         5                  And yet we do this over and over

         6       without thinking of how it affects the

         7       taxpayers, who gets access to these contracts,

         8       who will wind up getting favorable review from

         9       the commissioner, frankly, even how the

        10       commissioner reviews under what we have right

        11       now, which is a very, very minimal structure

        12       for procurement processes.

        13                  So I will support the bill in the

        14       sense that we probably could use something

        15       like this, but this is not a bill that came

        16       out of the industry.  It's not a bill that

        17       frankly has enough review, and allows our

        18       procurement process to continue to run wild.

        19                  And I hope before we go home from

        20       our session next week that this house deals

        21       with a true procurement process reform package

        22       that will allow the taxpayers to have some

        23       confidence that when we do something like

        24       this, that it's not done to facilitate

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         1       have now.

         2                  Thank you, Madam President.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

         4       member wish to be heard on this bill?

         5                  Then the debate is closed.

         6                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

         7                  Read the last section.

         8                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         9       act shall take effect immediately.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        11                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    In relation to

        13       Calendar Number 390, ayes, 61.

        14                  Absent from voting:  Senator

        15       Andrews.

        16                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        17       passed.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        19       715, by Senator Nozzolio, Senate Print 1272,

        20       an act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law and

        21       the General Municipal Law.

        22                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:

        23       Explanation.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Nozzolio,

        25       an explanation has been requested.



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         1                  SENATOR NOZZOLIO:    Thank you,

         2       Madam President.

         3                  This measure requires that

         4       employers, when background checks are being

         5       administered, undertaken by law enforcement

         6       officials, that former employers are to

         7       provide information relevant to the background

         8       that the investigators are checking.

         9                  We want to amend, through this

        10       measure, the Criminal Procedure Law, the

        11       General Municipal Law regarding background

        12       checks for law enforcement officials --

        13       security officers and police officers.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        15       Schneiderman.

        16                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Thank you,

        17       Madam President.  If the sponsor would yield

        18       for a few brief questions.

        19                  SENATOR NOZZOLIO:    Yes, Madam

        20       President.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Nozzolio

        22       does yield.

        23                  You may proceed.

        24                  SENATOR NOZZOLIO:    Yes, Madam

        25       President.



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         1                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Thank you.

         2                  I think that, first of all, the

         3       effort to encourage background checks I

         4       certainly think is something that I support,

         5       and I commend the sponsor for trying to

         6       advance legislation in this area.

         7                  My concern really is in the section

         8       of this legislation that relates to potential

         9       liability of employers for -- by virtue of

        10       releasing employment information.

        11                  And I'd like to ask, in this

        12       provision, which states "in the absence of

        13       fraud or malice, no employer shall be subject

        14       to any civil liability," does that mean that

        15       if an employer negligently sent the wrong

        16       person's records out -- yes, I agree with the

        17       sponsor.  Thank you.

        18                  Does that mean, this provision mean

        19       that if an employer negligently sends the

        20       wrong person's records out and then someone

        21       doesn't get hired because the records of a

        22       different background check were provided, that

        23       they wouldn't be subject to liability unless

        24       it was an intentional malicious effort on the

        25       part of that employer?



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         1                  SENATOR NOZZOLIO:    Madam

         2       President, the Senator's question I think can

         3       be answered simply, that the problem in

         4       procuring information that's so relevant to

         5       the character and fitness of security officers

         6       and police officers has to have additional

         7       safeguards and additional qualification.

         8                  Because what's happening right now

         9       is that as these background checks are taking

        10       place, employers are fearful of liability and,

        11       as with most personnel matters, only the very

        12       bare-bones information is being provided to

        13       subsequent employers.

        14                  What we are trying to do with this

        15       measure is to give protections to employers

        16       for the sole purpose of providing information

        17       relative to background information for

        18       security personnel.  That this liability

        19       question that the Senator raises I think is

        20       dealt with in this measure.

        21                  To answer his specific question,

        22       they'd be under no more liability than they

        23       would be if it was for any other check.  I

        24       don't believe that this measure changes that

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         1                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    Thank you,

         2       Madam President.  Thank the sponsor.

         3                  On the bill.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

         5       on the bill, Senator.

         6                  SENATOR SCHNEIDERMAN:    I think we

         7       are into an area that unfortunately, given

         8       that the problems of our time is increasingly

         9       important, we do have to have background

        10       checks, we do have to have access to

        11       employment records.

        12                  But I would respectfully suggest

        13       that the standards set forth in this bill is

        14       really extraordinary.  Even other bills that

        15       attempt to exempt people from some forms of

        16       liability that we see come through this house

        17       from time to time, I don't recall one that

        18       restricts liability to cases of fraud or

        19       malice.

        20                  This legislation really sets the

        21       bar too low.  We want to make sure that

        22       employment records are made available for

        23       background checks.  We can require that by

        24       law.  But we want to make sure also that the

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         1       careful, accurate way.  The potential for

         2       damage to people through the negligent

         3       releasing of wrongful information is

         4       tremendous.

         5                  I mean, it would be grossly unfair

         6       for someone not to get a job because the wrong

         7       personnel records were provided.  It would be

         8       grossly unfair and dangerous if there was an

         9       employee who had a series of problems and the

        10       wrong record was sent and the background check

        11       was cleared and this person turned out to be

        12       someone incredibly dangerous.

        13                  They would be exempt from

        14       liability, the employer who sent the wrong

        15       records would be exempt.  You could be doing a

        16       background check for someone performing vital

        17       security services and if the employer says,

        18       "Oh, I'm going to send the background records

        19       of the choirboy who was sitting next to the

        20       recidivist felon who we fired," there's no

        21       liability.

        22                  So I would suggest that even those

        23       who are concerned about making sure we have

        24       access to employment records should not

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         1       of a standard.  This is about getting accurate

         2       information for prospective police officers,

         3       for security guards, for people who could

         4       provide vital services that we all -- and we

         5       want those people to have effective background

         6       checks done.

         7                  I suggest that this bill gives with

         8       the first half, and it opens the door to

         9       background checks, and then it takes away with

        10       the second half, because it closes the door to

        11       any need for accuracy in the release of

        12       employment records.

        13                  I strongly suggest that we change

        14       that provision so that we can come together

        15       around a bill that would solve this very, very

        16       serious problem.  As drafted now, there is no

        17       doubt that this would create a situation where

        18       without any fear of liability, without any

        19       fear that there's any punishment for

        20       proceeding in the most negligent possible way,

        21       there's no incentive for employers to ensure

        22       that they accurately provide records.

        23                  So I'm going to vote no, Madam

        24       President, and encourage everyone to do

        25       likewise.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

         2       member wish to be heard?

         3                  Then the debate is closed.

         4                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

         5                  Read the last section.

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 3.  This

         7       act shall take effect on the 120th day.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         9                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        11       DeFrancisco, to explain your vote.

        12                  SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:    Yes, I'm

        13       going to vote no on this.

        14                  Obviously, we want to encourage

        15       people to have background checks.  But on the

        16       other hand, if the only way that someone's

        17       liable is if it's malice or fraud, I really

        18       question the accuracy.

        19                  On the one hand, people look at

        20       that as a protection to the employer, so that

        21       they won't get sued needlessly.  But on the

        22       other hand, if you flip it around, how

        23       accurate will the information be if someone

        24       can willy-nilly provide records without any

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         1       officials or to those who are doing the

         2       background checks?  There's really no

         3       incentive in order to get accurate information

         4       out.

         5                  And I think you can have a higher

         6       standard than negligence, but when you get to

         7       fraud and malice, really, that lets anybody

         8       giving information carte blanche as to what

         9       they want to give, which is not going to

        10       provide accurate information, which is

        11       definitely needed in this situation.

        12                  For those reasons, I'm voting no.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        14       DeFrancisco, you will be recorded as voting in

        15       the negative on this bill.

        16                  The Secretary will announce the

        17       results.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Those recorded in

        19       the negative on Calendar Number 715 are

        20       Senators Brown, Connor, DeFrancisco, Dilan,

        21       Duane, Gonzalez, Hassell-Thompson, Klein,

        22       L. Krueger, C. Kruger, Marchi, Montgomery,

        23       Onorato, Parker, Paterson, Sabini, Sampson,

        24       Savino, Schneiderman, Serrano, A. Smith,

        25       M. Smith, Stachowski and Stavisky.



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         1                  Ayes, 37.  Nays, 24.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         3       passed.

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Excuse me.  Also

         5       absent from voting on Calendar Number 715:

         6       Senator Andrews.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is still

         8       passed.

         9                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        10       886, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 3841,

        11       an act to amend the Penal Law.

        12                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Explanation.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Flanagan,

        14       an explanation has been requested.

        15                  SENATOR FLANAGAN:    Thank you,

        16       Madam President.

        17                  In 2000, when we did the Sexual

        18       Assault Reform Act, we made some changes in

        19       the law, one of which was to expand the crimes

        20       of rape and sodomy in the first degree to

        21       include victims who were under the age of 13.

        22       The law had previously been 11 [sic], so now

        23       we were including 11- and 12-year-olds.

        24                  This bill makes a conforming change

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         1       the crimes of sexual abuse in the first,

         2       second, and third degree, to move them from

         3       misdemeanors to felonies.

         4                  And this bill is strongly supported

         5       by Parents for Megan's Law.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

         7       Montgomery.

         8                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Yes, Madam

         9       President, I want to just make comment on this

        10       legislation.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        12       on the bill, Senator.

        13                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    I have in my

        14       notes here, from the introducer's memorandum

        15       in support, that we're adding a new provision

        16       to aggravated sexual abuse in the second

        17       degree to provide that a person is guilty of

        18       the crime when he inserts a finger in the

        19       vagina, urethra, and et cetera.

        20                  Now, I don't -- I thought that we

        21       had passed the omnibus sex reform act last

        22       week, and we tried to do everything in that

        23       bill and include everyone and everything.  And

        24       yet we come back today with additional sex

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         1       is that we have with sex, but now we have

         2       another one, with nasty language in it to

         3       boot.

         4                  And we also have one on the

         5       calendar where if someone is groped in a

         6       subway, or groping in a subway -- it's the

         7       groping bill, I call it -- it's a Class E

         8       felony.  And it goes on and on.

         9                  There's another sex bill on our --

        10       on our -- there's probably others that I

        11       didn't find.  But there's another one; Senator

        12       Spano has one.

        13                  So we have all of these sex offense

        14       legislation, which certainly we all have

        15       serious problems with people who are guilty of

        16       sex abuse.  But it seems to me, Madam

        17       President, that we are obsessed with it in

        18       this house, and I can't figure it out.

        19                  I will be voting no on this

        20       legislation, as I have voted in the past on

        21       other measures that I thought went way too far

        22       in capturing young, young children, teenagers.

        23                  And I would be willing to make a

        24       prediction that long when I'm gone, and many

        25       of us in here may be gone as well, this



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         1       Legislature will be back here trying to do

         2       some sex abuse reform because we'll have so

         3       many young men, in particular, who will have

         4       gotten caught up in this legislation that we

         5       are attempting to pass, and they will be stuck

         6       in a registry for the rest of their lives

         7       vis-a-vis legislation that has passed here

         8       with us.

         9                  So I'm voting no on this, because I

        10       don't think we require to do one more thing.

        11       I would have voted no on Calendar Number 10 if

        12       I had not been in a meeting in another place

        13       in the building.  And I will vote no on these

        14       bills, because I think that we have enough.

        15                  The Congressional Black Caucus is

        16       holding sessions across the country on what is

        17       happening to black males.  They are trying to

        18       figure out -- now they are looking around to

        19       see that we have in some places 60 percent of

        20       the population of black men are incarcerated

        21       in some states when they're only 6 percent of

        22       the total population.

        23                  And we are moving in that direction

        24       in the State of New York.  We have almost the

        25       same statistics.  We have a conference coming



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         1       up on Saturday in New York City talking about

         2       this issue.

         3                  So, my colleagues, while it doesn't

         4       seem like it makes any difference, I'm telling

         5       you it makes a difference to black men in this

         6       country, these bills that target a certain

         7       kind of crime and escalates it from a

         8       misdemeanor, A, to a felony, E, and then it

         9       goes up from there.

        10                  And all of these people now are

        11       coming out of prison, can't get work.  Why?

        12       Because they have these felony convictions,

        13       many of them, even though they've served their

        14       time and whatever else.

        15                  So we need to be careful about

        16       this.  This process is beginning to erode

        17       certain sectors of this America society.  And

        18       I feel very strong about it.  We cannot

        19       continue to talk about the problem on one end

        20       and participate in being the source of the

        21       problem on the other end.

        22                  So I'm voting no, Madam President,

        23       and I hope that my colleagues will begin to

        24       consider the implications of even making a

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         1       the answer to all of the issues.  Every time

         2       there is a new issue or a new problem or a new

         3       experience, we run to the books to make a law

         4       to further incarcerate another group.

         5                  I think this is the wrong way to

         6       go, and I'm voting no.

         7                  Thank you.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Flanagan.

         9                  SENATOR FLANAGAN:    Thank you,

        10       Madam President.  On the bill.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        12       on the bill.

        13                  SENATOR FLANAGAN:    Let me make it

        14       clear what this bill is about.  It's not about

        15       a group, it's not about any one sector of our

        16       society, anyone who lives in one community

        17       versus another.

        18                  This bill is about protecting

        19       children.  It's not about singling anybody

        20       out, unless you're going to talk about

        21       protecting children.

        22                  And this is not radical, ladies and

        23       gentlemen.  This is the Sexual Assault Reform

        24       Act of 2000.  We heightened the penalties for

        25       strict liability crimes of rape and sodomy.



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         1       We're not talking about casual events here;

         2       we're talking about rape and sodomy.  We're

         3       taking aggravated sexual assault in the first,

         4       second, and third degree and we're moving them

         5       up to a felony.

         6                  I appreciate and I respect Senator

         7       Montgomery's comments.  I completely disagree

         8       with them.

         9                  Now, you want to pass the omnibus

        10       sexual offenders bill?  I voted for that.  The

        11       Assembly passes it, I'll pull this bill right

        12       now.  But since it's almost been made clear --

        13       or it's been made clear that they have no

        14       intention of doing that, we have to take some

        15       baby steps along the way.

        16                  I think this is an important bill

        17       about protecting children.  The issues you

        18       raise may or may not be legitimate, but I

        19       think they should be dealt with in a separate

        20       forum.  We're talking about conforming a law

        21       for what I consider to be, and I think many of

        22       our colleagues consider to be, very serious

        23       offenses against children.

        24                  And maybe I'm unique, but I don't

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         1       consider them kids.  And when these type of

         2       assaults are occurring against children by

         3       people who are 18 years or older, that's a

         4       problem.

         5                  And I think it's a problem, and

         6       many others think it's a problem.  This bill

         7       passed 59 to 1 last year.  I'm hoping that the

         8       Assembly will act.

         9                  But this is about protecting

        10       children.  It's not about going after anybody

        11       else.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

        13       member wish to be heard?

        14                  Then the debate is closed.

        15                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

        16                  Read the last section.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 4.  This

        18       act shall take effect on the first of

        19       November.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        21                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Saland,

        23       to explain your vote.

        24                  SENATOR SALAND:    Thank you, Madam

        25       President.



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         1                  Madam President, I heard the debate

         2       that ensued between Senator Montgomery and

         3       Senator Flanagan.  And what I would like to

         4       add, to the extent that I can, is my

         5       commendation to Senator Flanagan.  I am

         6       pleased to join him as one of the cosponsors

         7       of this legislation.

         8                  This is not about the demographics

         9       of any particular crime.  If it befalls this

        10       house, and in fact this Majority, the task of

        11       having to try and deal with the issue of abuse

        12       of children, sexual abuse of children, then we

        13       have attempted in so many different ways to

        14       accomplish that.  And Senator Flanagan has

        15       ably pointed out why we're forced to resort to

        16       smaller measures instead of a more

        17       comprehensive measure.

        18                  First and foremost, our obligation

        19       is to public safety.  And among the most

        20       vulnerable, those least capable of protecting

        21       themselves are children.  And, to the extent

        22       that we want to make a statement, that it's

        23       totally beyond the appeal of anything that you

        24       can find socially justifiable, redeemable --

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         1       adhere to.

         2                  What this bill says if somebody

         3       abuses a child in the fashion that has been

         4       alluded to during the course of this debate,

         5       and that person is less than 12 years old and

         6       the actor is 18 years or older, they're going

         7       to get a stepped-up penalty.  Now, what could

         8       possibly be inappropriate about that?

         9                  It has absolutely nothing to do

        10       with demographics.  I don't even know if

        11       there's a repository anywhere with the

        12       information that would define who these

        13       people -- who are some of the sickest, most

        14       bizarre, pedophilic, distorted, disgusting

        15       people -- might be.  Maybe you'll find it

        16       somewhere in the U.S. Justice Department.

        17                  But certainly there is nothing

        18       about this issue that smacks of race and

        19       ethnicity.  It's all about protecting

        20       children, young, unprotected children.

        21                  I cast my vote in the affirmative.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Saland,

        23       you will be recorded as voting in the

        24       affirmative on this bill.

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         1       results.

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 61.  Nays,

         3       1.  Senator Montgomery recorded in the

         4       negative.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

         8       1033, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 5115A, an

         9       act to amend the Penal Law.

        10                  SENATOR SABINI:    Explanation.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Spano, an

        12       explanation has been requested.

        13                  SENATOR SPANO:    This bill

        14       establishes a Class A misdemeanor for

        15       disruption of a sports contest.  So, for

        16       instance, if someone is trying to throw

        17       something onto the field that could cause

        18       injury to a fan, if they're unhappy with the

        19       game, decide to throw their beer at the

        20       pitcher, they would be -- could be held liable

        21       for a Class A misdemeanor.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Sabini.

        23                  SENATOR SABINI:    Madam President,

        24       if the sponsor would yield for a question or

        25       two.



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         1                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Spano,

         2       will you yield?

         3                  SENATOR SPANO:    Sure.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed,

         5       Senator.

         6                  SENATOR SABINI:    Through you,

         7       Madam President, I noted with interest that

         8       this is a similar bill to one Senator Skelos

         9       has proposed in the last few years regarding

        10       the disruption of sporting events by fans.

        11                  I'm wondering if, if the sponsor is

        12       familiar with the other bill, you could

        13       outline the differences.

        14                  SENATOR SPANO:    Senator Skelos's

        15       bill was making a felony, creating a felony

        16       for an assault.  This would be a misdemeanor

        17       for disruption.

        18                  SENATOR SABINI:    And if the

        19       sponsor would yield for another question,

        20       Madam President.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Spano, do

        22       you yield?

        23                  SENATOR SPANO:    Yes.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed,

        25       Senator.



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         1                  SENATOR SABINI:    Through you,

         2       Madam President, I'm just wondering if a

         3       disruption of a sporting event would -- we

         4       witnessed a situation this year in the

         5       National Basketball Association where members

         6       of the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers got

         7       into a fight, and they went into the stands to

         8       cause a disruption.

         9                  Would one of the players be liable

        10       under this law?

        11                  SENATOR SPANO:    No, they would

        12       not.

        13                  SENATOR SABINI:    If the sponsor

        14       would further yield for another question.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Spano, do

        16       you yield?

        17                  SENATOR SPANO:    Sure.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed,

        19       Senator.

        20                  SENATOR SABINI:    So by that

        21       measure -- we witnessed, for example, New York

        22       Yankee outfielder Gary Sheffield shoving a fan

        23       at one point during this season.  That

        24       wouldn't be covered under this either?

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         1       not.

         2                  There's -- that would be covered

         3       under existing law, under the assault statutes

         4       that exist today.

         5                  SENATOR SABINI:    Madam President,

         6       I don't want to prolong it.  On the bill, if I

         7       may.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

         9       on the bill, Senator.

        10                  SENATOR SABINI:    I don't fault

        11       the sponsor for proposing this.  I just worry

        12       that it creates, again, a second class

        13       separating the players from the fans.

        14                  No one wants to see fans disrupting

        15       sporting events.  But over the years, in

        16       recent years we've seen situation after

        17       situation where the players get just as

        18       involved with the fans as the fans with the

        19       players.

        20                  And I think that we should be

        21       amending these bills and the sponsor should be

        22       amending these bills to ensure that both sides

        23       are covered.  I mentioned about the Pistons

        24       and the Pacers.  I mentioned about Gary

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         1                  I want to bring to my colleagues'

         2       attention the fact that Frank Francisco, a

         3       pitcher on the Texas Rangers during the year

         4       2004, from his position in the bullpen, threw

         5       a chair into the seats and assaulted a fan who

         6       has now got a five-figure judgment from the

         7       Texas Rangers and Major League Baseball.

         8                  I'm sure the sponsor shares my

         9       outrage, as an American of Italian descent,

        10       when Randall Simon assaulted the Italian

        11       Sausage in Milwaukee on the field with a

        12       baseball bat, in what was clearly a bias case

        13       as well, in my opinion.

        14                  I just don't think we should be

        15       just pinning all this on the fans.  I think we

        16       create a bit of a double standard.

        17                  I'm going to vote for the bill, but

        18       I would ask, again, sponsors of these to take

        19       into account that there are really two sides

        20       of the fence in a baseball game and in a

        21       sporting event.  And very often our players,

        22       even our own state's players, have been just

        23       as guilty of going after fans as the fans have

        24       of players.

        25                  I'll be voting in the affirmative



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         1       with those provisions.  Thank you.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

         3       member wish to be heard?

         4                  Then the debate is closed.

         5                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

         6                  Read the last section.

         7                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 2.  This

         8       act shall take effect on the first of

         9       November.

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        11                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        12                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 62.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        14       passed.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       1376, by Senator Spano, Senate Print 5355, an

        17       act to amend the Penal Law.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any member

        19       wish to be heard on this bill?

        20                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Explanation.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Spano, an

        22       explanation has been requested.

        23                  SENATOR SPANO:    The Senate

        24       Committee on Investigations had hearings and

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         1       Has the Internet Placed Our Children at Risk?"

         2                  So part of the report came out with

         3       a series of recommendations.  This bill is one

         4       of those recommendations, that increases the

         5       current penalties for sex offenses involving

         6       children and also includes lifetime

         7       registration for all felony sex offenses

         8       including children.

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator

        10       Montgomery.

        11                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    Thank you.

        12                  Yes, thank you, Madam President,

        13       just briefly on the bill.

        14                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        15       on the bill.

        16                  SENATOR MONTGOMERY:    I have the

        17       same position on this legislation as I did on

        18       the other bill that I debated, and I will vote

        19       no for the exact same reason.

        20                  Thank you.

        21                  THE PRESIDENT:    Does any other

        22       member wish to be heard?

        23                  Then the debate is closed.

        24                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

        25                  Read the last section.



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         1                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 33.  This

         2       act shall take effect on the first of

         3       November.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

         5                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         6                  THE SECRETARY:    Those recorded in

         7       the negative on Calendar Number 1376 are

         8       Senators Duane, Gonzalez, Montgomery and

         9       Parker.

        10                  Ayes, 58.  Nays, 4.

        11                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

        12       passed.

        13                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        14       1434, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 4169, an

        15       act to amend the Tax Law.

        16                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:

        17       Explanation.

        18                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos,

        19       an explanation has been requested.

        20                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Thank you, Madam

        21       President.

        22                  This legislation provides

        23       commercial sports vessels with the same

        24       exemption from the PBT, petroleum business

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         1       fuel that are currently extended to vessels

         2       engaged in commercial fishing.

         3                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    If the

         4       sponsor would please yield.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos,

         6       will you yield?

         7                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Yes.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed,

         9       Senator.

        10                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    Through

        11       you, Madam President, are there other sporting

        12       activities that involve the use of petroleum

        13       gas that we exempt from taxes?

        14                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Are there other

        15       what?

        16                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    Sports

        17       activities that involve petroleum gas that we

        18       exempt from taxation.

        19                  SENATOR SKELOS:    This is -- this

        20       bill relates to sports fishing.

        21                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    Madam

        22       President, if through you the sponsor will

        23       continue to yield.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos,

        25       do you continue to yield?



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         1                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Yes, I will.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed,

         3       Senator.

         4                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    Thank you.

         5                  Is there an expectation that we

         6       will increase sports fishing if we do away

         7       with these petroleum taxes?

         8                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Yes.

         9                  I have numerous letters here from

        10       what they would call party boat fishermen,

        11       charter boat fishermen whose business is

        12       dramatically down, mainly because of certain

        13       fishing regulations that are limiting the

        14       amount of catch that they can obtain.

        15                  And one of the ways to help this

        16       industry survive, especially charter fishing,

        17       which is a huge industry throughout the state,

        18       whether it's on the lakes or the ocean or the

        19       sounds, is by helping them by giving them a

        20       break with these taxes.

        21                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    Thank you.

        22                  Madam President, on the bill.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

        24       on the bill.

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         1       from taxes are always an interesting question

         2       that I don't think we spend enough time

         3       thinking about in the Legislature or

         4       evaluating.

         5                  As I have said in the past on this

         6       floor, the State of New York chooses to not

         7       collect, through tax exemptions or tax

         8       credits, over $20 billion per year.  We do

         9       this through bills exactly like this that have

        10       become part of our tax code over the last

        11       hundred years, where, for some reason, we

        12       decide whatever activity you're doing, we're

        13       not going to tax you or we're going to tax you

        14       at a lower rate or even going to give you

        15       credits against other taxes for participating

        16       in some economic activity.

        17                  And there are arguments for tax

        18       exemptions.  And in fact, today we passed two

        19       other bills, sponsored by Senator Johnson,

        20       that related to installation of residential

        21       solar energy systems and establishing a solar

        22       energy system personal income tax credit.  And

        23       to jump there for a moment, I supported those

        24       bills.  We all did, as I believe.  And those

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         1       they become law, reduce the revenue collected

         2       by the State of New York, because it offered

         3       exemptions and credit for people who are

         4       prepared to put solar energy systems into

         5       residential use.

         6                  Now, I supported those bills

         7       because we all know in the State of New York

         8       that we want to decrease use of polluting

         9       fossil fuels, we want to increase use of

        10       environmentally sound, renewable energy

        11       resources.  Solar energy does exactly that.

        12       Anytime we can increase the possibility of

        13       New Yorkers using renewable, clean energy to

        14       heat their homes or cool their homes or heat

        15       or cool their water, that's a win for the

        16       environment, for the State of New York.

        17                  And so even if we're going to lose

        18       some immediate tax revenue from those pieces

        19       of legislation, we have the win of expanding

        20       the use of solar energy.  So I was very happy

        21       to see Senator Johnson's bills pass today.

        22                  Now, this is also a bill to reduce

        23       tax revenue to the State of New York.  And in

        24       this case, it would be to actually potentially

        25       expand the use of petroleum gas for sports



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         1       fishermen.

         2                  Now, please don't misunderstand, I

         3       have no opposition to people fishing for fun.

         4       My understanding, actually, often in sports

         5       fishing you don't even keep the fish, you

         6       throw it back.  I don't think that's relevant

         7       per se to your bill, because I suppose some

         8       people keep their fish and mount them, some

         9       people keep their fish and eat them.  But many

        10       people throw their fish back, and that's their

        11       choice.

        12                  But again, it's a sports activity.

        13       And so this would be a bill to reduce taxes to

        14       the State of New York so that more people

        15       would enjoy the pleasure of fishing off of

        16       boats that use petroleum energy, which is a

        17       nonrenewable, polluting form of fuel.  It's

        18       also different than commercial fishing --

        19                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President.

        20                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    I'm sorry,

        21       Senator Skelos wants to interrupt.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos.

        23                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Would the

        24       Senator just yield for a question?

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         1       Senator Skelos.

         2                  SENATOR SKELOS:    I don't know if

         3       you've ever been on a party boat, but I've

         4       gone out fishing many times -- founder, fluke,

         5       porgies.  And many people go on these boats in

         6       order to catch fish so that they can eat and

         7       they can feed their families.

         8                  So you may go out on the fancy

         9       party boats where they just throw the fish

        10       back, but we're trying to encourage and

        11       maintain an industry that helps feed people.

        12       And by doing this, by reducing some of the

        13       expenses of these charter or open party boats,

        14       we're going to help them survive.

        15                  Because eventually, if we don't do

        16       something, they are going to go out of

        17       business completely, and all that will be left

        18       are the boats that perhaps you can afford to

        19       go on, but many people cannot afford to go

        20       on -- the fancy fishing boats.

        21                  So this is trying to maintain this

        22       industry so that people can go out, have a

        23       nice day but also catch fish to feed their

        24       families.

        25                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    Madam



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         1       President, if the sponsor would please yield.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos,

         3       do you yield?

         4                  SENATOR SKELOS:    No.

         5                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    All right.

         6       Thank you.  I will continue on the bill and

         7       attempt to address the concerns.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    You may proceed

         9       on the bill.

        10                  SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER:    I'm not

        11       actually familiar with the difference between

        12       a fancy fishing boat versus a party boat.  I

        13       actually don't think I've gone fishing from

        14       either form of boat.  I have fished in streams

        15       and in ponds and thrown the fish back, or

        16       sometimes attempted to cook them, but I'm not

        17       very good at either.

        18                  But my point here is -- and, by the

        19       way, this is not a bill that would reduce

        20       taxes for commercial fishermen, who in fact

        21       are in the business to collect fish to sell

        22       for eating.

        23                  Although I do not disagree with the

        24       sponsor that one of the purposes of sports

        25       fishing may be in fact to eat the fish.  And



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         1       there are lots of sports activities where

         2       there's no win of eating the product at the

         3       end.  So I accept that argument.

         4                  My point is, should the State of

         5       New York be in the business of giving special

         6       tax exemptions for certain types of sports

         7       activities that are pleasurable, and we want

         8       people to do that -- that create jobs, and we

         9       want people to do that -- but in fact is a

        10       field where we're also giving a tax credit for

        11       using petroleum products, which we're actually

        12       supposed to be environmentally discouraging?

        13                  Now, it's not a major loss of

        14       revenue to the State of New York.  The

        15       sponsor's bill has a fiscal note and it talks

        16       about approximately annualized $610,000 in

        17       lost tax revenue.  If the sponsor is correct

        18       and we increase the number of people who are

        19       sports fishing or the number of boats that are

        20       out there that are party boats, as he referred

        21       to them, we might lose some more money.

        22                  I don't think the question here is

        23       so much the $610,000 as much as it is my

        24       argument that we should ask hard questions for

        25       ourselves:  Should we be expanding tax credits



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         1       for certain kinds of activities and not

         2       others?  These are the kinds of questions I

         3       believe we should be doing full reviews of our

         4       tax code, how we make the decisions by which

         5       we decide you will be exempt from your taxes,

         6       and you won't.

         7                  A societal win, a win is solar

         8       energy.  A societal win, a win may be,

         9       according to Senator Skelos, expanding the

        10       universe of people who go on party boats to

        11       fish.  We might agree or not agree on that.

        12       But I would make the argument that we didn't

        13       ask any of those questions.  And these are

        14       exactly the kinds of revenue questions that,

        15       in the three years I've been in this house, we

        16       don't ask enough of.

        17                  We should have public hearings when

        18       it comes to tax policy.  We should review

        19       entire sections of the tax code.  We have

        20       many, many categories in the petroleum tax

        21       category of our tax expenditure budget.  We

        22       have many categories of sales tax exemption or

        23       sales taxes being applied.

        24                  We don't have an explanation, in my

        25       opinion, for why we make the decisions we do,



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         1       today or historically, about charging you a

         2       tax for that activity you enjoy and not

         3       charging you a tax for something that you

         4       enjoy because we did a special exemption or a

         5       credit.

         6                  So I would argue that this is the

         7       wrong way to legislate our tax code.  We

         8       should be looking at the big picture.  We

         9       should be asking the hard questions about who

        10       gets taxed, who doesn't.  We should ask the

        11       questions of equity.

        12                  And we should actually ask Tax &

        13       Finance to do evaluations for us on what the

        14       likely impact of a tax reduction or increase

        15       might be.  Because what economists have

        16       discovered, and tax experts throughout this

        17       country on local, state, and federal taxes,

        18       that different taxes have different impacts

        19       and activity.

        20                  So I respect Senator Skelos's

        21       argument when he says these party fishermen

        22       may be at risk of continuing business because

        23       business has been hurting.  I don't know if

        24       that's true.  We haven't looked at the

        25       evidence.



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         1                  I did just pull out the receipts

         2       for taxes paid by noncommercial fishermen to

         3       the State of New York, and there doesn't seem

         4       to be a reduction over the last number of

         5       years in the amount of taxes they're paying.

         6       So I'm not sure that we've seen a reduction in

         7       this form of sports fishing, because then in

         8       theory we would see a reduction in the amount

         9       of taxes the State of New York is collecting

        10       from them.  He may be right that we would see

        11       an increase in the activity if we did away

        12       with their taxes.

        13                  But again, I would urge my

        14       colleagues we have to think about these

        15       questions hard, and that we have to think

        16       about why a sport might have a tax on its oil,

        17       on its fuel use, and another sport wouldn't;

        18       whether we should encourage sports that do use

        19       environmentally unsound energy; whether we

        20       should prioritize expansion of non -- of

        21       renewable and safe energy.

        22                  And so again, I'm sure later on

        23       someone will say that Senator Krueger had some

        24       opposition to sports fishermen.  I do not.  I

        25       am delighted that people enjoy fishing for the



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         1       sheer pleasure of it and eat the fish if

         2       that's what they choose to do.

         3                  But I will vote against this bill,

         4       because I don't see a justification for a

         5       special tax exemption for the use of fuel for

         6       sports fishing.

         7                  Thank you, Madam President.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Duane.

         9                  SENATOR DUANE:    No, I'm just

        10       stretching.

        11                  (Laughter.)

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    I'm speechless.

        13                  Does any other member wish to be

        14       heard in any way on this bill?

        15                  Then the debate is closed.

        16                  The Secretary will ring the bell.

        17                  Read the last section.

        18                  THE SECRETARY:    Section 9.  This

        19       act shall take effect immediately.

        20                  THE PRESIDENT:    Call the roll.

        21                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator LaValle,

        23       to explain your vote.

        24                  SENATOR LaVALLE:    Thank you,

        25       Madam President.



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         1                  I rise to support the legislation

         2       by Senator Skelos and just indicate that

         3       certainly in the First Senate District there

         4       are many charter boats, beginning in Port

         5       Jefferson, going out to Montauk and Orient

         6       Point.

         7                  And with the price of gasoline, for

         8       fuel, and the increasing DEC regulations that

         9       we in the state place on the charter boats, I

        10       think we should be doing something that

        11       ensures that -- Senator Skelos talked about

        12       families going out or individuals going out to

        13       try and catch food for dinner, others trying

        14       to have a day with the family.

        15                  And some of the letters that I've

        16       received from the charter boat captains talk

        17       about childhood dreams are something that last

        18       with all of us.  And certainly we should be

        19       doing our part to maintain those dreams for

        20       little ones and big ones alike.

        21                  So I vote in the affirmative.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    You will be so

        23       recorded, Senator LaValle, as voting in the

        24       affirmative.

        25                  The Secretary will announce the



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         1       results.

         2                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 61.  Nays,

         3       1.  Senator L. Krueger recorded in the

         4       negative.

         5                  THE PRESIDENT:    The bill is

         6       passed.

         7                  Senator Skelos.

         8                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President,

         9       is there any further business at the desk?

        10                  THE PRESIDENT:    Yes, we do,

        11       Senator.  We have motions.

        12                  Senator Fuschillo.

        13                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you,

        14       Madam President.

        15                  On behalf of myself, Senator

        16       Fuschillo, I wish to call up Senate Print

        17       Number 3344, recalled from the Assembly, which

        18       is now at the desk.

        19                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        20       will read.

        21                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        22       318, by Senator Fuschillo, Senate Print 3344,

        23       an act to amend the General Business Law.

        24                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        25       reconsider the vote by which the bill was



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         1       passed.

         2                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

         3       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

         4                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         5                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 62.

         6                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

         7       the following amendments.

         8                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

         9       are received.

        10                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        11       President, on behalf of Senator Marcellino, I

        12       wish to call up Senate Print Number 769,

        13       recalled from the Assembly, which is now at

        14       the desk.

        15                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        16       will read.

        17                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        18       49, by Senator Marcellino, Senate Print 769,

        19       an act to amend the General Business Law.

        20                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        21       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

        22       passed.

        23                  THE PRESIDENT:    I'm going to ask

        24       the members to please refrain from conversing

        25       in the chamber.



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         1                  The Secretary will call the roll

         2       upon reconsideration.

         3                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

         4                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 62.

         5                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

         6       the following amendments.

         7                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

         8       are received.

         9                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Madam

        10       President, on behalf of Senator Libous, I wish

        11       to call up Senate Print Number 1820A, recalled

        12       from the Assembly, which is now at the desk.

        13                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        14       will read.

        15                  THE SECRETARY:    Calendar Number

        16       379, by Senator Libous, Senate Print 1820A, an

        17       act to amend the Village Law and the Public

        18       Officers Law.

        19                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now move to

        20       reconsider the vote by which the bill was

        21       passed.

        22                  THE PRESIDENT:    The Secretary

        23       will call the roll upon reconsideration.

        24                  (The Secretary called the roll.)

        25                  THE SECRETARY:    Ayes, 62.



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         1                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    I now offer

         2       the following amendments.

         3                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

         4       are received.

         5                  SENATOR FUSCHILLO:    Thank you.

         6                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Skelos.

         7                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Madam President,

         8       there being no further --

         9                  THE PRESIDENT:    Senator Meier.

        10                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Senator Meier.

        11       Almost no further.

        12                  SENATOR MEIER:    Sorry.

        13                  Madam President, amendments are

        14       offered to the following Third Reading

        15       Calendar bills:

        16                  By Senator DeFrancisco, page 34,

        17       Calendar 897, Senate Print 4308;

        18                  By Senator Padavan, page 41,

        19       Calendar 1036, Senate Print 1055;

        20                  By Senator Fuschillo, page 48,

        21       Calendar 1185, Senate Print 5370;

        22                  And by Senator Balboni, page 58,

        23       Calendar 1331, Senate Print 186A.

        24                  THE PRESIDENT:    The amendments

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         1       place on the Third Reading Calendar.

         2                  SENATOR MEIER:    Thank you, Madam

         3       President.

         4                  THE PRESIDENT:    You're welcome.

         5                  Senator Skelos.

         6                  SENATOR SKELOS:    Are we finished?

         7       Okay.

         8                  There being no further business to

         9       come before the Senate, I move we stand

        10       adjourned until Wednesday, June 15th, at

        11       11:00 a.m.

        12                  THE PRESIDENT:    There being no

        13       further business, on motion, the Senate now

        14       stands adjourned until Wednesday, June 15th,

        15       11:00 a.m.

        16                  (Whereupon, at 4:56 p.m., the

        17       Senate adjourned.)

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