WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 11:47 A.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

IN THE ABSENCE OF CLERGY, LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE.

(WHEREUPON, A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS OBSERVED.)

VISITORS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE

OF ALLEGIANCE.

(WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

JOURNAL OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

11TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION,

SO ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. IF I CAN HAVE COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS IN THE CHAMBER'S

ATTENTION JUST FOR ONE SECOND. I WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE WHO IS FROM

NONE OTHER THAN MATILDA [SIC] HILDA THATCHER, WHO WAS A BRITISH

STATESWOMAN AND SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

FROM 1979 TO 1990. MR. SPEAKER, MRS. THATCHER WAS BORN IN 1925, THE

EXACT SAME YEAR AS MY MOM, AND SHE LEFT US IN 2013. THESE ARE HER

WORDS: "WHERE THERE IS DISCORD, MAY WE BRING HARMONY. WHERE THERE

IS ERROR, MAY WE BRING TRUTH. WHERE THERE IS DOUBT, MAY WE BRING FAITH.

AND WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, MAY WE BRING HOPE."

WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD ADVISE MEMBERS THAT

THEY HAVE ON THEIR DESKS A MAIN CALENDAR AND A DEBATE LIST. AND AFTER

THERE ARE ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR

CONSENT WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON YESTERDAY WITH CALENDAR NO. 289 WHICH

IS ON PAGE 47. AND WE WILL ALSO WORK FOR -- FROM THE DEBATE LIST.

THERE IS A NEED FOR A MAJORITY CONFERENCE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE

CONCLUSION OF SESSION, AND AS ALWAYS, MR. SPEAKER, WE WILL CHECK WITH

OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TO DETERMINE THEIR NEEDS.

THAT'S A GENERAL OUTLINE, MR. SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE ANY

INTRODUCTIONS OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: A FEW PIECES OF

HOUSEKEEPING.

ON A MOTION BY MS. ROZIC, PAGE 38, CALENDAR NO.

218, BILL NO. A.5661, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

ON A MOTION BY MS. WOERNER, PAGE 50, CALENDAR NO.

308, BILL NO. A.8078-B, AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ADOPTED.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION, MR. TAGUE.

MR. TAGUE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. PRESERVING

THE PAST GIVES US A WINDOW INTO A WORLD WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE, AND WE

ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. THIS MONUMENTAL

DISCOVERY OF A 385 MILLION-YEAR-OLD PREHISTORIC FOREST IS A TREASURE

TROVE OF BOTH VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC DATA AND A GREAT TOURIST DRAW TO OUR

AREA. THE CATSKILL DELTA FOREST IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME FIND. THESE FINE

FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE

PRESERVE IT FOR STUDY AND FOR THE AWE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

LATER TODAY, I HOPE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU

WILL JOIN ME IN PASSING A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THIS 385-YEAR-OLD [SIC]

PREHISTORIC FOREST. MR. SPEAKER, I ASK YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE

JOIN ME IN WELCOMING MR. JOHN COYNE, SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF

CAIRO IN GREENE COUNTY, AND MR. PAT LINGER, GREENE COUNTY

LEGISLATIVE CHAIR.

MR. SPEAKER, PLEASE EXTEND ALL THE PRIVILEGES AND

CORDIALITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE TO OUR FINE GUESTS. THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. TAGUE, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE

FLOOR, COMMEND YOU ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING TO

YOUR COMMUNITIES, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO

PRESERVE THIS HISTORIC --

(PAUSE)

-- RIGHT. THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. SCHMITT.

MR. SCHMITT: MR. SPEAKER, THANK YOU FOR

ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS TO MAKE AN INTRODUCTION

FROM THE WONDERFUL 99TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. I'M PROUD TO HAVE RETIRED

EMT CAPTAIN MARTY BYRNES AND HER FAMILY HERE. YOU GUYS WANT TO

STAND UP? A WONDERFUL FAMILY FROM THE TOWN OF HIGHLANDS IN ORANGE

COUNTY. CAPTAIN RETIRED THIS YEAR AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE'S

JOINED BY HUSBAND, CHRIS; HER CHILDREN, AARON FALK, WHO IS ALSO A

MEMBER OF THE AMBULANCE CORPS, AS WELL AS HIS WIFE, STACY; RYAN,

WHO IS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR FORT MONTGOMERY FIRE DEPARTMENT; AND

WE ALSO HAVE NANCY AND SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, MARTY'S GRANDCHILDREN

ARE HERE. MARTY RETIRED JANUARY 10TH OF THIS YEAR AFTER 20 YEARS AS A

VOLUNTEER MEMBER. SHE IS A LIFE MEMBER. SHE'S RESPONDED WITH GREAT

PASSION, SKILL, COMMITMENT TO OVER 2,600 CALLS IN HER NEARLY -- IN HER

OVER TWO-DECADE TENURE AS AN EMT. A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT AND HERO.

SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER TWO DECADES FOR ORGANIZING THE TOWN OF

HIGHLANDS FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL, WHICH IS THE MAIN FUNDRAISER AND

TOURIST ACTIVITY IN THE TOWN DURING THE FALL. SHE HAS NUMEROUS AWARDS

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

AND ACCOLADES OVER HER TWO DECADES OF SERVICE, INCLUDING BEING THE

2009 ORANGE COUNTY EMT OF THE YEAR, THE 2009 REGIONAL EMERGENCY

MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCIL BLS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, WHICH COVERS

EIGHT COUNTIES, AND THE 2009 NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE

AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD. MARTY TRULY IS

THE ICON IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE HAS SAVED LIVES. SHE HAS MADE IT

EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO DEAL WITH TRAGEDY. AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER,

ANYONE KNOWS OF HER WORK, THINKS OF HER SERVICE AND HER FAMILY'S

SERVICE WITH PRIDE. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE SAD TO SEE HER GO, BUT HER

LEGACY WILL LIVE ON FOR GENERATIONS NOT ONLY IN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES

COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT, BUT FOR ALL THE LIVES THAT SHE'S TOUCHED.

I ASK THAT YOU WELCOME HER AND HER FAMILY TO THE FLOOR

AND GIVE HER ALL THE CORDIALITIES OF THIS HOUSE FOR HER DEDICATION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. SCHMITT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THIS

EXTRAORDINARY LADY HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE ALSO

WELCOME THE FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS YOU, AND CLEARLY, THAT MUST BE

IMPORTANT. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. WE HOPE THAT

YOUR WORK WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THE FUTURE, BUT THAT YOU WILL ENJOY A

WELL-DESERVED REST. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MS. SEAWRIGHT FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MS. SEAWRIGHT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN

INTRODUCTION. TODAY WE HAVE THE WOMEN [SIC] BUILDERS COUNCIL WITH

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

US IN ALBANY. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THIS ORGANIZATION. IT WORKS TO

PROMOTE WOMEN BUSINESS IN A MALE-DOMINATED FIELD. THE WOMEN

[SIC] BUILDERS COUNCIL IS THE LEADING ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING WOMEN

IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT FRONTS: LEGISLATIVE

ADVOCACY, NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP. WITH US TODAY WE HAVE MY DEAR

FRIEND, SANDRA WILKIN, THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS [SIC]

COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF BRADFORD CONSTRUCTION;

RENEE SACKS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS [SIC]

COUNCIL; KRISTA GOBINS-WILSON, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL;

AND THE WOMEN [SIC] BUILDERS COUNCIL MEMBERS, PENDA AIKEN,

PRESIDENT OF PENDA AIKEN, INC.; CHRISTINE BOCCIA, EXECUTIVE MANAGER

OF JD TRADITIONAL; STEPHANIE BURNS, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY AND

CITIZENSHIP OF TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; LORRAINE D'ANGELO,

PRESIDENT OF LDA COMPLIANCE CONSULTING; EILEEN DELLA VOLLE, VICE

PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT KS ENGINEERS; FELICE FARBER,

SENIOR DIRECTOR, POLICY AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT THE GENERAL

CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK; GLORIA KEMPER, PRESIDENT OF

RECON CONSTRUCTION; MALA POPLI, VICE PRESIDENT OF POPLI DESIGN

GROUP; LORYN RIGGIOLA, A PARTNER AT ZETLIN AND DE CHIARA, LLP; AND

ELIZABETH WEISS, PRESIDENT OF AJ MCNULTY AND COMPANY, INC.

MR. SPEAKER, I ASK THAT YOU EXTEND TO THEM THE

CORDIALITIES OF THE HOUSE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MS. SEAWRIGHT, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME THESE

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESSWOMEN HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.

WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. WE THANK YOU FOR THE

WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO CREATE A NEW SOCIETY, AND NOT ONLY TO BUILD

ONE FOR WOMEN OF ALL KINDS IN THIS STATE, BUT ALSO TO BREAK DOWN THE

BARRIERS THAT WE KNOW YOU HAVE FACED. CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK. WE

WISH YOU SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES FOR AN INTRODUCTION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS TO INTRODUCE

TO SOME AND PRESENT TO OTHERS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE COUNTY OF

ERIE. SO ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MEMBER MCMAHON, MEMBER

SCHIMMINGER, MEMBER RYAN, MEMBER WALLACE AND MEMBER BURKE, IF

YOU COULD PLEASE WELCOME MARK POLONCARZ TO OUR CHAMBERS AND GIVE

HIM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER PEOPLES, THE ENTIRE ERIE DELEGATION, SIR, WE

WELCOME YOU HERE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, EXTEND TO YOU THE

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. CERTAINLY, OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WORK THAT

YOU'RE DOING IN ERIE COUNTY. WE WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS IN THAT, AND

ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU ARE WELCOME HERE IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. THANK

YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

MR. CAHILL FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN INTRODUCTION.

MR. CAHILL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. IT IS MY

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TODAY TO INTRODUCE, ONCE AGAIN, TO THE

MEMBERS OF THIS BODY A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY. SOMEONE WHO

OVER TWO MILLION NEW YORKERS THOUGHT SHOULD LEAD THE STATE.

SOMEONE WHO GOT THE MAJORITY VOTE IN OVER 40 COUNTIES IN NEW YORK

STATE TO LEAD THIS STATE, AND WHO IS MANY PEOPLE'S SECOND-FAVORITE

ASSEMBLYMAN FROM THE DISTRICT WE HAVE BOTH REPRESENTED. I DO KNOW

THAT HE CAME IN SECOND A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN IT

COMES TO THIS HOUSE, HE GETS 100 PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND HE COMES IN

FIRST. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO WELCOME FORMER MEMBER MARCUS

MOLINARO, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF DUTCHESS COUNTY.

(APPLAUSE)

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MR. CAHILL, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, MARCUS, WELCOME

BACK. YOU ARE A FORMER MEMBER, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE,

ALWAYS HAVE THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE

YOU NO MATTER WHAT MR. CAHILL SAYS.

(LAUGHTER)

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE)

RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 761, MR.

FALL. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR ANDREW M.

CUOMO TO PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2020, AS AFRICAN DIASPORA MONTH IN THE

STATE OF NEW YORK.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS

ADOPTED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE CAN

START ON PAGE 47 WITH CALENDAR NO. 289 BY MR. ZEBROWSKI.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07796, CALENDAR NO.

289, ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE BANKING LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE DEFINITION OF "SERVICING" BY STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT OCTOBER 9,

2020.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS OUR

FIRST VOTE OF THE THIRD DAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF THE 243RD LEGISLATIVE

SESSION. MEMBERS IN AND AROUND THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE VOTE. FIRST

VOTE OF THE DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY,

MEMBERS. PLEASE COME TO THE CHAMBER AND VOTE. IF YOU'RE IN YOUR

SEATS, PLEASE VOTE NOW.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

(PAUSE)

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07815-B, CALENDAR

NO. 290, HEVESI, JAFFEE, EPSTEIN, AUBRY, LIFTON, REYES, ROZIC, ORTIZ,

WILLIAMS, CRESPO, SIMON, DE LA ROSA, PRETLOW, MOSLEY, ARROYO,

COLTON, GOTTFRIED, SIMOTAS, FRONTUS, DICKENS, BARRON, BLAKE,

JEAN-PIERRE, FAHY, SAYEGH, L. ROSENTHAL, FERNANDEZ, GLICK, PICHARDO,

PAULIN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, THE EXECUTIVE LAW

AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN RELATION TO PROVIDING FOR SUPPORTS AND

SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS WITH NO LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07821, CALENDAR NO.

291, ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF

GENERAL SERVICES TO TRANSFER AND CONVEY CERTAIN UNAPPROPRIATED STATE

LAND TO ROCKLAND RECOVERY HOMES, INC.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07901, CALENDAR NO.

292, CAHILL. AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO USING

DRIVING HISTORY AS A RATING OR UNDERWRITING FACTOR FOR PRIVATE PASSENGER

MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07915-A, CALENDAR

NO. 293, MAGNARELLI, D'URSO, PALMESANO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

HEALTH LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO

ALLOWING DONATE LIFE REGISTRATION WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING A

HUNTING, FISHING OR TRAPPING LICENSE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN ONE YEAR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07919, CALENDAR NO.

294, LIPETRI. AN ACT IN RELATION TO AUTHORIZING THE GOOD SAMARITAN

HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A REAL PROPERTY TAX

EXEMPTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07933, CALENDAR NO.

296, O'DONNELL, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, LIFTON, GALEF, GLICK,

WEPRIN, EPSTEIN, STECK, GOTTFRIED, REYES, ORTIZ, D'URSO, GRIFFIN,

JACOBSON, COLTON, CARROLL, SEAWRIGHT, BRAUNSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING THE USE

OF DRILLING FLUIDS, BRINE, AND FLOWBACK WATER FROM WELLS, POOLS OR FIELDS

ON ANY HIGHWAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07936-A, CALENDAR

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

NO. 297, ARROYO, BLAKE, REYES, M.G. MILLER, D'URSO, GOTTFRIED,

RIVERA, CRUZ, GLICK. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATE FINANCE LAW, IN

RELATION TO PROHIBITING STATE CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS THAT FORBID

EMPLOYEES FROM LITIGATING DISCRIMINATION OF HARASSMENT CLAIMS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. 298 -- I'M SORRY,

ASSEMBLY NO. A07937, CALENDAR NO. 298, WALKER, BLAKE. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE CORRECTION LAW, IN RELATION TO THE DEFINITION OF "DIRECT

RELATIONSHIP" FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 23-A OF THE CORRECTION LAW

REGARDING THE LICENSURE AND EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS PREVIOUSLY

CONVICTED OF ONE OR MORE CRIMINAL OFFENSES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07959-A, CALENDAR

NO. 299, DARLING. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN RELATION

TO EXECUTION OF WARRANTS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASES WHEN FAMILY

COURTS ARE CLOSED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 60TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07970, CALENDAR NO.

300, FRONTUS, BUCHWALD. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN

RELATION TO VIDEO RECORDING OF INTERROGATIONS OF JUVENILES IN JUVENILE

DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07981-A, CALENDAR

NO. 301, WALKER. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN

RELATION TO ISSUANCE OF APPEARANCE TICKETS TO ADOLESCENT OFFENDERS

PENDING APPEARANCES BEFORE YOUTH PARTS OF SUPERIOR COURTS OF CRIMINAL

JURISDICTION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A07982, CALENDAR NO.

302, TAYLOR. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION

TO NOTIFICATION TO, AND ENGAGEMENT OF, PARENTS IN PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING

16- AND 17-YEAR-OLD DEFENDANTS IN YOUTH PARTS IN SUPERIOR COURTS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08021, CALENDAR NO.

303, JAFFEE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE FAMILY COURT ACT, IN RELATION TO

SEALING AND EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS IN PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION

CASES IN THE FAMILY COURT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08023, CALENDAR NO.

304, WILLIAMS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION TO

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-RELATED ACTIVITY OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE FOR

THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ADDING A MEMBER TO THE

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING

THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08025, CALENDAR NO.

305, BUTTENSCHON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

LAW, IN RELATION TO TEMPORARY MANUFACTURING PERMITS; AND TO REPEAL

CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SUCH LAW RELATING THERETO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08061, CALENDAR NO.

306, WILLIAMS. AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATE FINANCE LAW, IN RELATION TO

REQUIRING STATE CONTRACTORS SUBMIT A STATEMENT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08070-B, CALENDAR

NO. 307, REYES, ORTIZ, BLAKE, RIVERA, DE LA ROSA, COLTON, FERNANDEZ,

GOTTFRIED, MCDONOUGH, GLICK, RICHARDSON, ROZIC, D'URSO, FALL,

GRIFFIN, CRUZ, HEVESI. AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW, IN RELATION

TO ENACTING THE "HATE CRIMES ANALYSIS AND REVIEW ACT."

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER. IF WE COULD CONTINUE OUR WORK NOW ON PAGE 41, CALENDAR

NO. 232 BY MR. MOSLEY, AND IT IS ON DEBATE. SO, MEMBERS CAN PREPARE

THEMSELVES TO HAVE A SEAT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. PLEASE

SETTLE DOWN. MEMBERS, STAFF.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A06163, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

232, MOSLEY, GALEF, GRIFFIN, REYES, BUCHWALD, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI,

COOK, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,

IN RELATION TO MANDATORY SEAT BELT USE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS

REQUESTED, MR. MOSLEY.

MR. MOSLEY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL

WOULD AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF SEAT

BELTS BY ALL PASSENGERS 16 YEARS OR OLDER RIDING IN ANY SEATING POSITION

IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, OUR LAWS ONLY APPLY TO THOSE WHO ARE 16

-- WELL, LESS THAN 16 YEARS OF AGE, BUT THIS WOULD NOW REQUIRE THAT ALL

PASSENGERS 16 YEARS AND OLDER AND UNDER TO BE IN A SEAT BELT -- IN A

SEATED POSITION WHETHER IN THE FRONT SEAT OR BACK SEAT, TO BE IN A SEAT

BELT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD

THE SPONSOR YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MOSLEY, WILL YOU

YIELD?

MR. MOSLEY: YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MOSLEY YIELDS.

MR. GOODELL: THANK YOU, MR. MOSLEY. I THINK

YOU MENTIONED THIS. CURRENTLY, IF YOU'RE 16 YEARS OR OVER AND YOU'RE IN

THE FRONT OF A CAR, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A SEAT BELT, CORRECT?

MR. MOSLEY: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE AGE 8 OR OVER

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

YOU HAVE TO WEAR A SEAT BELT REGARDLESS WHERE YOU ARE, CORRECT?

MR. MOSLEY: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE ARE SOME

VEHICLES THAT ARE COMPLETELY EXEMPT FROM EVEN A REQUIREMENT FOR A

SEAT, SUCH AS A FARM VEHICLE.

MR. MOSLEY: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: DOES THIS EXEMPT FARM VEHICLES

FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SEAT BELT?

MR. MOSLEY: YES, IT DOES.

MR. GOODELL: AND HOW -- WHERE IN THE LANGUAGE

DOES IT EXEMPT FARM VEHICLES FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SEAT BELT?

MR. MOSLEY: WELL, I THINK THE ONLY TIME YOU'RE

REQUIRED TO HAVE A SEAT BELT IS WHEN THERE IS A SEAT WITH A BELT.

MR. GOODELL: BUT THIS SAYS NO PERSON SHALL BE A

PASSENGER, CORRECT?

MR. MOSLEY: CORRECT.

MR. GOODELL: IS THERE ANY REFERENCE TO SECTION

1222 THAT RELATES TO AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES?

MR. MOSLEY: NO, BUT WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO

RESEARCH IS THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIMARILY ON PRIVATE

PROPERTIES WHICH ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, THIS -- THIS VEHICLE

AND TRAFFIC LAW WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM.

MR. GOODELL: ONE OTHER QUESTION. WHO GETS A

TICKET? IT'S THE PASSENGER THAT GETS A TICKET?

MR. MOSLEY: WELL, IF YOU'RE UNDER 16 AND YOU

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CANNOT LAWFULLY DRIVE, YOU -- YOU WILL NOT BE -- THE DRIVER WILL GET THE

TICKET. IF YOU'RE 16 AND OLDER AND TECHNICALLY YOU'RE LAWFULLY IN A

POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IN NEW YORK -- IN NEW YORK STATE, YOU

WILL GET THE -- THAT 16-YEAR-OLD WILL GET THE TICKET OR CITATION.

MR. GOODELL: AND THAT WOULD THEN BE CREATED

UNDER THE RAISE THE AGE LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO?

MR. MOSLEY: NO.

MR. GOODELL: SO, WHERE WOULD --

MR. MOSLEY: IT'S JUST A CITATION.

MR. GOODELL: I SEE. THANK YOU, MR. MOSLEY.

ON THE BILL, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.

GOODELL.

MR. GOODELL: WHILE IT MAY NOT BE COMMON IN

NEW YORK CITY, IN UPSTATE AGRICULTURAL AREAS IT IS FAIRLY COMMON

PRACTICE FOR THOSE WORKING ON A FARM WHERE THEY GO BETWEEN FIELDS, TO

RIDE IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. AND IF YOU ARE REPAIRING FENCE

LINES, FOR EXAMPLE, OR DOING OTHER WORK, YOU PUT YOUR TOOLS IN THE BACK

OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, EVERYONE PILES IN. THAT IS EXPRESSLY RECOGNIZED

AND ACKNOWLEDGED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AS LONG AS THE

DISTANCE IS FIVE MILES OR LESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BILL DOES NOT BY ITS

TERMS EXCLUDE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1222. AND SO -- WELL, I MEAN

IT WOULD CREATE A REAL INCONVENIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR FARMERS WHO

HISTORICALLY AND TRADITIONALLY HAVE, FOR VERY PRACTICAL REASONS, RIDDEN IN

THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK FOR SHORT DISTANCES IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH

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AGRICULTURAL WORK. THE SOLUTION IS VERY SIMPLE, AND THE SOLUTION IS TO

SIMPLY ADD AN EXCLUSION UNDER THIS LANGUAGE. THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE,

AND FOR THAT REASON I AND ALL OTHERS WHO WANT TO HELP OUR FARMERS

CONTINUE TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS

AMENDMENT. I DO COMMEND THE SPONSOR FOR HIS CONCERN OVER SAFETY,

AND -- AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN IN THE FUTURE

ACCOMMODATE BOTH DESIRES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT NOVEMBER

1ST.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. MOSLEY TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

(PAUSE)

WE WILL RESCIND THE ROLL CALL. MR. MANKTELOW ON --

HAS QUESTIONS ON THE BILL.

MR. MANKTELOW: YES, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WILL YOU YIELD, MR.

MOSLEY?

MR. MOSLEY: YES, I WILL.

MR. MANKTELOW: THANK YOU. JUST -- JUST A

COUPLE QUESTIONS BACK TO THE FARM PART OF IT.

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MR. MOSLEY: RIGHT.

MR. MANKTELOW: SO, FARM MACHINERY

NOWADAYS, IN A LOT OF THE MACHINERY THEY HAVE BUDDY SEATS NEXT TO THE

SEAT IN THE TRACTOR OR IN THE SPARE OR IN THE COMBINE. SO IN THAT

SITUATION, WHEN WE'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT PART

OF IT?

MR. MOSLEY: IF -- IF IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE

VEHICLE, IF THERE IS A REQUIRED SEAT BELT UPON PURCHASE, THEN IT IS TO BE --

IT -- IT HAS TO BE USED. NOW, IF THERE ISN'T AND IF THERE'S A BUDDY SEAT,

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S ANOTHER SITUATION IN TERMS OF JUST THE MERE PRACTICALITY

OF WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE ON THE ROAD WITHOUT A SEAT BELT, IN A

BUDDY SEAT. BUT IF IT'S MANUFACTURED WITH A SEAT BELT, IT'S GOING TO BE

REQUIRED TO BE USED. IF THERE IS NONE, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE EXEMPT

FROM HAVING TO USE THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SEAT BELT TO BE USED.

MR. MANKTELOW: ALL RIGHT. SO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO

ADD AN EXEMPTION IN THERE, AS ASSEMBLYMAN GOODELL SAID, FOR -- FOR

AG?

MR. MOSLEY: WELL, IT'S ALREADY LAW. IT'S UNDER THE

VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC -- TRANSPORTATION LAW, I THINK SECTION 336. 383,

WHERE THAT IS SO NOTED.

MR. MANKTELOW: IT'S ALREADY IN THERE?

MR. MOSLEY: YES.

MR. MANKTELOW: AND ONE -- ONE LAST QUESTION,

THEN, BACK TO THE FARM INDUSTRY PART OF IT. JUST GOING OUT ONTO THE ROAD,

SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TWO OR THREE OF YOUR CHILDREN WITH YOU, AS

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FARMERS WORK LONG HOURS. SOME OF THE OLDER MACHINERY DO NOT HAVE

SEAT BELTS. IS THAT GOING TO BE A RETROACTIVE THING?

MR. MOSLEY: ARE YOU TALKING -- IS -- IS IT A CAR, IS

IT A -- IS IT A TRACTOR, IS IT --

MR. MANKTELOW: SO -- SO TODAY, IN TODAY'S

AGRICULTURAL WORLD, YOU HAVE SPRAYERS, YOU HAVE COMBINES, YOU HAVE

TRACTORS THAT CAN GO 30, 32 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE ROAD NOW. AND IN

SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS, IN SOME OF THOSE EQUIPMENT, THERE ARE SEAT

BELTS IN SOME OF THOSE. SOME OF THOSE THERE ARE NOT. SO I GUESS THE

QUESTION IS, IF I HAD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME, I'M IN THE TRACTOR GOING

DOWN THE ROAD 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THERE'S NO SEAT BELTS IN THERE, ARE

WE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PUT A SEAT BELT IN THERE DOWN THE ROAD, OR --

OR IS THAT GOING TO BE EXEMPT FROM THIS?

MR. MOSLEY: IF IT'S IN A VEHICLE THAT IS TO BE MADE

TO BE USED ON FARMLAND AND YOU'RE ON THE HIGHWAY AND YOU'RE ON THE

ROAD GOING 30 MILES AN HOUR, ONE OF THE -- THE PRACTICALITY OF IT ALL,

CONTEXTUALLY SPEAKING, I WOULD HOPE TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE

STRAPPED UP. BUT IF THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT HAS NO -- HAS NO SAFE -- HAS NO

SAFETY HARNESS OR SEAT BELT, IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO -- TO HAVE ONE UNDER THIS

LAW.

MR. MANKTELOW: SO -- SO WHAT I'M HEARING,

THEN, IS IN A TRACTOR THAT'S -- WAS MANUFACTURED SOME YEARS AGO THAT

DOES NOT HAVE A SEAT BELT IN IT, THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY TO TAKE THAT

TRACTOR DOWN THE ROAD WITH A -- WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN IT AND WE

WOULD BE FINE AND NOT BE ILLEGAL, CORRECT?

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MR. MOSLEY: IF IT WAS NEVER REQUIRED TO AT

MANUFACTURING TO HAVE ONE. SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE

MANUFACTURER GET IT RETROFITTED FOR A NEW SEAT BELT UNDER THIS LAW.

MR. MANKTELOW: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR

ALLOWING ME -- FOR THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

MR. MOSLEY: YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

MR. MANKTELOW: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. MOSLEY NOW ON

THE BILL.

MR. MOSLEY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. ON THE

BILL. EVER SINCE 1985, WE HAVE LOST A COMBINED NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS

TO VEHICLE DEATHS AND FATALITIES WELL OVER 15,000 SINCE 1985. ON

AVERAGE, NEW YORK STATE LOSES BETWEEN 28 TO 29 INDIVIDUALS TO VEHICLE

FATALITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT USED SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEAT,

WHETHER THEY ARE ABOVE AGE 16 OR BELOW 16. WHETHER THEY KILLED

THEMSELVES, THEY KILL OTHERS, THEIR PASSENGER, THE DRIVER OR EVEN

PEDESTRIANS AS THEY MIGHT BE USED AS -- AS THEY MIGHT BECOME A

PROJECTILE IN SOME OF THESE ACCIDENTS. YOU'RE EIGHT TIMES MORE LIKELY

TO BE -- TO SUFFER SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IF YOU DO NOT BUCKLE UP,

REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE. THIS IS COMMONSENSE LEGISLATION. I UNDERSTAND

THE ISSUE OF FARM VEHICLES. I SEE THEM AS I DRIVE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL

NEW YORK. PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LICENSES

AND USE THESE VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES FROM POINT A TO POINT

B, BUT ULTIMATELY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, I BELIEVE

AND I KNOW, WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES, AND OVER THE YEARS, THOUSANDS

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OF LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS. AS A FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN, THE FIRST THING I DO

IS TELL MY CHILDREN, MAKE SURE YOU BUCKLE UP, UNDERSTANDING THAT I

DON'T WANT THEM TO BECOME A FATALITY IF WE'RE IN AN ACCIDENT, REGARDLESS

OF HOW FAR WE'RE TRAVELING.

SO I WANT TO AGAIN THANK THE ADVOCATES. I WANT TO

THANK AAA, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE IN THE SENATE, SENATOR

CARLUCCI, FOR CHAMPIONING THIS BILL IN THE -- IN THE UPPER HOUSE, AND I

LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING THIS BILL, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT GETTING

PASSED IN THE SENATE AND GOING BEFORE THE GOVERNOR AND SIGNED INTO

LAW. I BELIEVE THAT THIS LAW INDIRECTLY -- WILL DIRECTLY SAVE LIVES THAT

WOULD'VE BEEN LOST IN ABSENCE OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT NOVEMBER

1ST.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. BYRNE TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. BYRNE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO

COMMEND THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION. AS SOMEONE THAT WORKED AND

VOLUNTEERED AS A FIREFIGHTER AND EMT FOR MANY YEARS IN MY DISTRICT,

I'VE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF GOING TO A LOT OF CALLS THAT ENDED IN FATALITIES

ON THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY, ON ROUTE 301 IN -- IN PUTNAM COUNTY.

SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES, AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STEP IN

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DIRECTION, AND I'M PROUD TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. BYRNE IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

MRS. GALEF TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MRS. GALEF: TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. I WAS JUST

THINKING THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR WE ADOPTED SEAT BELTS. PROBABLY

IN THE 1960S, 1970S, AND I CAN IMAGINE THE ASSEMBLYMEMBERS SITTING

HERE AT THAT POINT PROBABLY BEING VERY STRESSED BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST

TIME THAT SEAT BELTS WERE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED. AND I REMEMBER HOW

PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICTS -- NOT MY DISTRICT THEN, BUT PEOPLE COMPLAINED

ABOUT HAVING TO WEAR SEAT BELTS. AND NOW I DON'T GET THOSE COMPLAINTS

ANYMORE. PEOPLE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WEARING SEAT BELTS BECAUSE

THEY KNOW IT SAVES LIVES. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN THE BACK SEAT

OF THE CAR WITH SEAT BELTS, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO FLING THEMSELVES,

POTENTIALLY, IN AN ACCIDENT INTO THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT SEAT. AND SO,

YOU KNOW, IT'S HURTING EVERYBODY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T BUCKLE UP. AND,

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE IT OVER A COURSE OF TIME. WEAR SEAT BELTS IN THE

FRONT SEAT, THEN WE DID YOUNG CHILDREN, THEN WE DID REAR

PASSENGER-FACING SEATS FOR UNDER TWO YEARS OLD. SO WE'RE JUST MAKING

PROGRESS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY YOU'RE JUST -- WHEN YOU'RE IN A CAR

YOU HAVE TO WEAR A SEAT BELT. AND AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, THIS IS

JUST FOR SAFETY OF ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THAT CAR OR YOU'RE

SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND I APPLAUD THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL. HE DID AN

EXCELLENT JOB. THANK YOU.

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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MRS. GALEF IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

MR. TAGUE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. FIRST, I DO

WANT TO COMMEND THE SPONSOR. I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S DOING HERE, BUT

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LEGISLATION OF "ONE GLOVE FITS ALL." AND IT --

THIS DOESN'T WORK EVERYWHERE. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE

DISPARITY OF OUR UPSTATE RURAL FARMERS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I CANNOT

VOTE FOR THIS BILL TODAY. IF THERE WERE AN AMENDMENT MADE TO THIS BILL

THAT TOOK CARE OF OUR FARMERS AND WHAT -- AND -- AND THE WAY OF LIFE IN

RURAL UPSTATE NEW YORK THEN I WOULD FULLY SPONSOR IT. BUT FOR THOSE

REASONS, I VOTE NO.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. TAGUE IN THE

NEGATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, IF WE CAN

CONTINUE OUR WORK TO -- ON PAGE 54 [SIC], CALENDAR NO. 325. IT'S BY

MR. RYAN, IT IS ON DEBATE AS WELL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A08349, CALENDAR NO.

325, RYAN, ENGLEBRIGHT, REYES, ZEBROWSKI, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI,

L. ROSENTHAL, HEVESI, THIELE, PAULIN, GLICK, RODRIGUEZ, STERN,

WOERNER, MAGNARELLI, CUSICK, ROZIC, SIMOTAS, EPSTEIN, BURKE,

NYS ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 12, 2020

MCMAHON, O'DONNELL, QUART, SAYEGH, WALLACE, WEPRIN, CARROLL,

GRIFFIN, KIM, SANTABARBARA, FAHY, FRONTUS, M.G. MILLER, MCDONALD,

MOSLEY, OTIS, SOLAGES, COOK, JACOBSON, VANEL, DINOWITZ,

D. ROSENTHAL, HUNTER, JAFFEE, SIMON, BARRETT, D'URSO, NOLAN, STECK,

RA, DENDEKKER, SEAWRIGHT, GALEF, BARNWELL, NIOU, SCHMITT, ASHBY,

GUNTHER, FERNANDEZ, RIVERA, COLTON, DICKENS, LIFTON, BARRON,

HYNDMAN. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, IN

RELATION TO THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN STREAMS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS

REQUESTED, MR. RYAN.

MR. RYAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL

WOULD CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND WILL

RECLASSIFY CLASS C WATERWAYS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROTECTION. CLASS C

WATERWAYS ARE REGULARLY USED BY PEOPLE FOR BOATING, FISHING AND OTHER

ACTIVITIES, BUT ARE NOT -- ARE NOT CURRENTLY AFFORDED THE PROTECTION THAT IS

PROVIDED TO OTHERWISE -- OTHER WATERWAYS CLASSIFIED AS STREAMS.

BECAUSE OF THIS, THESE STREAMS ARE SUBJECTED TO ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE AND

WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE THE PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE STREAMS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. PALMESANO.

MR. PALMESANO: YES, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE

SPONSOR YIELD FOR SOME QUESTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WILL YOU YIELD, MR.

RYAN?

MR. RYAN: I CERTAINLY WILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

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MR. PALMESANO: THANK YOU, SEAN. I KNOW WE

TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS BILL A LITTLE

BIT BEFORE AND --

MR. RYAN: SURE.

MR. PALMESANO: -- I -- I HAVE TO ASK YOU. IN --

IN DEVELOPING THIS BILL, HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH OUR

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS FROM TOWNS AND COUNTIES ABOUT THE IMPACT

THAT THIS LEGISLATION WILL HAVE ON THEM AND THEIR OPERATIONS FROM A --

FROM A -- FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE?

MR. RYAN: YEAH. I TALKED TO FOLKS FROM MY COUNTY

ABOUT -- ABOUT THIS BILL. THE BDPW, SOIL AND WATER, AND WE SPOKE OF

THIS AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS BACK.

MR. PALMESANO: ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'VE SPOKEN TO

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. HOW

ABOUT OUR FARMERS?

MR. RYAN: I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANY FARMERS.

MR. PALMESANO: HOW ABOUT OUR -- OUR UTILITIES

THAT HAVE TO DO UTILITY WORK, ROUTINE UTILITY WORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE

WORK?

MR. RYAN: I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE

UTILITY INDUSTRY ON THIS BILL.

MR. PALMESANO: OKAY. AND HOW ABOUT LIKE ON

FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND TIMBER PRACTICES? ANYONE THERE?

MR. RYAN: NO. NO ONE FROM THE TIMBER FIELD.

MR. PALMESANO: WELL, WE -- WE'VE RECEIVED A

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NUMBER OF MEMOS THAT HAVE BROUGHT UP CONCERNS, MEMOS OF OPERATION

[SIC]. THE COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION, FOR ONE --

MR. RYAN: SURE.

MR. PALMESANO: AND LET ME JUST -- LET ME JUST

SPECIFICALLY MENTION ONE THING THAT THEY MENTIONED IN THEIR -- IN THEIR

MEMO. WHEN YOU HAVE THESE TYPES OF POSSIBLE DELAYS, BY HAVING THESE

PERMITS THAT IT CAN TAKE LONGER. I MEAN ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAYS BECAUSE THE -- THE LONGER THE TIME IT'S GOING

TO TAKE TO -- TO MAKE THESE PERMITS, THE COST IMPACT, DELAYING THAT. LIKE

FOR EXAMPLE, THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS CITED VERY EASILY, THE

DELAYS IN THIS PROJECT AND COSTS THAT CAN COME ALONG WITH IT CAN TURN --

CAN TAKE A SIMPLE $90,000 CULVERT OPERATION REPLACEMENT AND TURN IT

INTO A $1 MILLION BRIDGE PROJECT VERY EASILY BECAUSE OF THE OPERATIONS

AND THE COSTS.

MR. RYAN: SO YOUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS

SHOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT UNDER CHAPTER 150501 OF THE CURRENT

LAWS, THEY'RE OFFERED A BIG PROTECTION, AND THAT IF C COMES INTO THE

CLASSIFICATION, THOSE PROTECTIONS WOULD TRAVEL WITH THIS. SO RIGHT NOW

MOST COUNTIES, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT

WITH DEC ON THESE STREAMS. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE -- THERE'S BROAD

EXEMPTIONS FOR HIGHWAYS, FOR PUBLIC CORPORATIONS. FOR EMERGENCIES,

THERE'S -- THERE'S EXEMPTIONS. I REMEMBER BACK WHEN IRENE HAPPENED.

WE REBUILT BRIDGES ALL OVER THE ADIRONDACK PARK SYSTEM, BUT WE DID IT

THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PROVISIONS, WHICH DIDN'T SLOW ANYTHING --

ANYTHING DOWN.

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MR. PALMESANO: WELL, I THINK -- I THINK THE

CONCERN OUT THERE IS OPERATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY -- THESE GROUPS

HAVE WORKED WITH DEC IN THE PAST BUT NOW THEY ASKED -- NOW THEY

ASKED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL PERMIT WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE

REQUIREMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT MORE WORKLOAD ON DEC. WE KNOW

THAT DEC DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY GET THOSE PERMITS DONE IN A TIMELY

MATTER BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES THEY HAVE. SO IF YOU DO THAT ON BRIDGE

PROJECTS, A CULVERT PROJECT COULD TURN THOSE IN. THAT COULD DELAY. OUR

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, I HEARD FROM OUR SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN MY AREA THAT DO GREAT WORK IN STREAM-BASED

STABILIZATION. THEY'RE -- THEY'RE CONCERNED THIS IS GOING TO PUT THEM OUT

OF BUSINESS, WHICH WILL HURT THE OPERATIONS IN THOSE COUNTIES. OUR

FARMERS BEING ABLE TO -- TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, CLEARING WATERWAYS

AND BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR CROPS DURING A SEASONAL OPERATION. IF

THEY HAVE TO WAIT SIX TO NINE MONTHS FOR A PERMIT TO COME THROUGH, THAT

MIGHT BE TOO LATE FOR THEM.

MR. RYAN: IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE AN EXAMPLE

WHERE THE AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION THAT'S CURRENTLY AFFORDED THAT WILL

TRAVEL DOWN TO THE C PERMITS WOULD IMPACT FARMERS. SO RIGHT NOW

UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, FARMERS ARE ALLOWED TO DRIVE MECHANIZED

VEHICLES ACROSS STREAMBEDS, FARMERS ARE ALLOWED TO DRIVE LIVESTOCK

ACROSS STREAMBEDS. FARMERS ARE ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW WATER FOR

IRRIGATION PURPOSES FROM -- FROM STREAMS WITH -- WITH NO PERMITS. AND

THAT EXEMPTION WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. SO FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS,

NOTHING SHOULD BE DIFFERENT. BUT THEY WILL BE GRANTED SOME ELEMENT OF

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PROTECTIONS FROM PEOPLE UPSTREAM FROM THEM. SO UNDER THE CURRENT

LAW, IF A FARMER IS DEPENDENT ON A CLASS C STREAM FOR THEIR IRRIGATION, IF

THE NEIGHBOR ONE MILE UP THE STREAM DECIDES TO ALTER THE COURSE OF THAT

STREAM AND DIVERT IT AWAY FROM THAT FARMER, THAT FARMER WOULD HAVE NO

PROTECTION. WE'VE SEEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN. RECENTLY IN WESTERN

NEW YORK THERE WAS A STREAM THAT WENT THROUGH A -- A GOLF COURSE, AND

THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE A WATER HAZARD. SO THEY MOVED THE

STREAM AROUND AND PUT A POND IN. NO PERMITS NECESSARY BECAUSE IT'S A

CLASS C. A FEW YEARS LATER THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER

WATER HAZARD, SO THEY MOVED THE STREAM AROUND AGAIN TO CREATE THE

SECOND POND. BUT ONCE THEY WERE DONE WITH THAT SECOND POND, GUESS

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREAM AT THE OUTFLOW? NO MORE WATER CAME OUT

OF THAT STREAM. SO ANYONE WHO IS DOWNSTREAM AND WAS USING THAT

WATER EITHER FOR PUBLIC DRINKING WATER, FOR AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION, THAT

STREAM WAS CUT OFF FOR THEM, AND NO PERMIT WAS NECESSARY TO DO THAT.

SO THESE PROTECTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE IN THIS BILL, WILL, IN

MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, PROTECT FARMERS AND THEIR RIGHT TO ACCESS STREAMS,

ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE DEPENDENT ON THOSE STREAMS FOR IRRIGATION

PURPOSES.

MR. PALMESANO: MR. SPEAKER, WILL THE SPONSOR

CONTINUE TO YIELD?

MR. RYAN: YES.

MR. PALMESANO: THANK YOU, SEAN. THE OTHER

AREA I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME

CONVERSATIONS WITH UTILITIES AND THE OPERATIONS THEY HAVE TO DO. ISN'T

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THERE ANY CONCERN BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUTINE -- I'M NOT JUST

TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY WORK WHEN THERE'S A STORM, BUT ROUTINE WORK

THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DO ON INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES, IF WE GOT -- WE HAVE

TO GO THROUGH THIS PERMIT PROCESS, WHICH WE KNOW TAKES TIME, DELAYS,

THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, SOME PROJECTIONS ARE SAYING SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO

A YEAR TO GET A PERMIT. ISN'T THAT THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE

-- SURE THE RELIABILITY OF THE GRID AND THEIR -- THEIR SERVICES SO THE

ELECTRICITY AND UTILITIES ARE DELIVERED AND RELIABLE FOR THE RATEPAYERS?

AND IF THERE'S MORE DELAYS, THAT'S GOING TO ADD MORE COST, AND THAT COST

WOULD BE BORNE BY THE RATEPAYER, WHICH WE KNOW ALREADY HAVE SOME

OF THE HIGHEST UTILITY COSTS IN THE COUNTRY. SO, AREN'T THERE ANY -- AREN'T

THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS AND NOT LOOKING FOR CARVE-OUTS? I KNOW

YOU SAID THERE WERE EXEMPTIONS FOR -- SUPPOSEDLY FOR SOIL AND WATER,

FOR HIGHWAYS, FOR --

MR. RYAN: WELL, THE EXEMPTIONS ARE ALREADY THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT -- AT CHAPTER 15, THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE THERE FOR SOIL AND

WATER, WHICH IS A PUBLIC CORPORATION. THEY'RE THERE FOR ANY HIGHWAY

SUPERINTENDENT WHO, OF COURSE, OPERATES UNDER A MUNICIPALITY. AND AS

FOR -- FOR THE LARGE UTILITIES, THOSE UTILITIES ALREADY GO THROUGH THE

PERMITTING PROCESS EACH AND EVERY TIME THEY -- THEY DO WORK. SO, YOU

KNOW, IN MY AREA OF THE STATE, IF A UTILITY PROVIDER IS DOING ANY SORT OF

STREAM CLEARANCE, ANYTHING TO DO WITH DRIVING LINES THROUGH, THEY

ALREADY HAVE THESE PERMITS. THEY HAVE AN OPEN CONTRACT WITH DEC.

SO IT WOULD -- IT WOULD JUST ADD ON TO THAT OPEN CONTRACT. ONE

CONTRACT, MIND YOU. NOT ONE FOR EACH AND EVERY STREAM. THEY WOULD

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JUST ADD THESE -- THESE STREAMS ON. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE, IN

FACT, PROHIBITED, A CORPORATION, FROM COMING IN AND BULLDOZING A BANK.

RIGHT NOW THEY COULD COME IN AND BULLDOZER A BANK IN A STREAM,

MUDDY THAT WATER, MAKE A DOWNSTREAM FLOOD PROBLEM WITH -- WITH NO

PERMITS. SO THIS WOULD JUST ADD ONE MORE LAYER OF PROTECTION THAT'S

ALREADY AFFORDED TO THE A AND THE B STREAMS. YOU KNOW, REMEMBER,

THE C STREAMS, THEY'RE RECREATIONAL STREAMS. THEY CAN -- YOU CAN FISH

OUT OF THOSE STREAMS. THEY JUST RECOMMEND NO CONTACT WITH IT, SO IT'S

NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO GO SWIMMING IN. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE

SURE THESE STREAMS STAY HEALTHY, SO WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GRANT

AN EXEMPTION TO A UTILITY COMPANY WHO IS GOING TO IN-FILL A STREAM THAT

THE COMMUNITY FISHES ON. SO WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYONE THAT SORT OF

AUTHORITY IN -- IN NEW YORK STATE. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE

CLASS C STREAMS HAVE BEEN GETTING CLEANER AND CLEANER THROUGHOUT THE

YEARS AS WE'VE STOPPED DOING A LOT OF POLLUTANT DISCHARGES IN NEW

YORK STATE. SO THESE STREAMS THAT AT ONE POINT COULD ONLY SUPPORT FISH

IF FISH WERE STOCKED INTO IT, THEY'RE -- THEY'RE STARTING TO SUPPORT FISH

THEMSELVES. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ONE MORE THING ON THIS.

OVER 11 MILLION NEW YORKERS GET THEIR DRINKING WATERS FROM PUBLIC

SYSTEMS AND RESERVOIRS SUPPLIED BY CLASS C STREAMS. SO RIGHT NOW, IF

YOUR TOWN'S RESERVOIR SYSTEM IS CONNECTED TO CLASS C STREAMS, THERE ARE

NO PROTECTIONS. SO ANY LANDOWNER COULD COME IN AND FILL UP A STREAM

THAT IS THE DRINKING WATER THAT GOES TO A RESERVOIR. THEY COULD FILL THAT

IN WITH -- WITH NO PERMITS. SO WE'RE OFFERING SOME SIMPLE PROTECTIONS

WITH A GOOD CARVE-OUT FOR MUNICIPALITIES, CORPORATIONS LIKE SOIL AND

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WATER, AND AGRICULTURAL. AND I'LL ADD ON, TOO; THIS DOESN'T AFFECT IF YOU

HAVE A SPDES PERMIT TO DISCHARGE. SPDES PERMIT, IT DOESN'T --

DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A, B OR C, YOU JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME

PERMIT. THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH A PERMIT BEFORE, THEY'LL

HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PERMIT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, BY AND LARGE, THE

BENEFICIARIES OF THIS ARE GOING TO BE NEW YORKERS WHO ENJOY CLEAN

WATER.

MR. PALMESANO: WELL, SEAN, IF I MAY, I KNOW

WHEN WE WERE TALKING BECAUSE THIS CAME UP REALLY KIND OF QUICK, AND I

KNOW YOU SAID -- YOU OFFERED GRACIOUSLY THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO SIT

DOWN AND TALK --

MR. RYAN: SURE.

MR. PALMESANO: -- TO THESE GROUPS WHO'VE

EXPRESSED CONCERNS. SO, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN -- BECAUSE

SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT'S A

LITTLE CONFLICTING. SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SIT

DOWN WITH OUR FARMERS AND FARM BUREAU? WOULD YOU EVEN BE WILLING

TO SIT DOWN WITH THE UTILITIES JUST TO MAKE SURE --

MR. RYAN: YES.

MR. PALMESANO: -- WE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE

QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A

CONCERN. AND LET ME BE CLEAR: NO ONE'S NOT LOOKING FOR CARTE BLANCHE

AND NOT PROTECTING OUR STREAMS AND WATER.

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MR. RYAN: RIGHT.

MR. PALMESANO: WE WANT TO DO THAT. I JUST

THINK THERE'S PROTECTIONS IN PLACE THAT ARE -- THAT THESE GROUPS WORK

WITHIN, TO -- TO FOLLOW AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TIGHTEN UP. BUT I JUST

HOPE YOU CAN ASSURE, AGAIN, THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AGAIN

WITH OUR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS, OUR -- OUR SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, OUR FARMERS, OUR FARM BUREAU AND OUR UTILITIES,

BECAUSE THE WORK IS -- THEY'RE ALL ABOUT PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE -- TO

THE RATEPAYER, TO THE -- TO THE FARMER. SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, I

WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

MR. RYAN: I'M 100 PERCENT WILLING TO DO THAT.

MR. PALMESANO: THANK YOU.

MR. RYAN: I'M WILLING TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS

ON THAT.

MR. PALMESANO: THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

MR. SPEAKER, ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. PALMESANO: YES, MR. SPEAKER. I APPRECIATE

THE INTENTIONS OF MY -- MY FRIEND AND MY -- AND THE SPONSOR. I BELIEVE

HE'S WELL-INTENDED WITH THIS BILL. YOU KNOW, THIS CAME UP KIND OF

QUICK, BUT I HEARD FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS; COUNTY

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS, A MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION, FARM BUREAU

MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION. EMPIRE STATE FOREST PRODUCT ASSOCIATION

MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION. OUR UTILITIES ARE CONCERNED ON THE ABILITY

TO DO THE WORK THEY HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT THE RATEPAYER, TO ENSURE THE

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DELIVERY OF QUALITY, RELIABLE ENERGY GRID. AND I THINK ONE -- ONE AREA IN

PARTICULAR I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP OVER AND OVER

AGAIN, AT LEAST, WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN THIS HOUSE WHEN IT COMES TO

LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE -- WE HAVE A FIGHT EVERY YEAR ABOUT PROTECTING

THE CHIPS PROGRAM. I KNOW WE DO IT -- WE DO IT -- BOTH SIDES OF THE

AISLE TO TRY TO PUSH THAT TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE KNOW

THE MONEY THEY GET RIGHT NOW IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. BELIEVE ME,

THERE'S CONCERN BEING RAISED BY OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES WHICH SAY

EXEMPTIONS ARE GREAT, BUT THEY DON'T -- AT LEAST WHAT I'M HEARING, THEY'RE

CONCERNED ABOUT IT, THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEM.

WE'RE, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT -- ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THEY GAVE WAS

TALKING ABOUT A 90,000 BRIDGE -- CULVERT PROJECT COULD TURN INTO A

$1 MILLION COSTLY PROGRAM, A BRIDGE, WITH DELAYS. AND THAT -- THAT

WOULD CERTAINLY EAT INTO THAT CHIPS FUNDING. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY EAT

INTO THAT WINTER RECOVERY FUNDING, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET THAT THE

GOVERNOR DIDN'T PUT IN THERE. THAT'S GOING TO EAT INTO THAT PAVE-NY

OR BRIDGE NY FUNDING. THAT'S NOT -- THAT'S GOING TO BE A -- A STRAIN

ON OUR PROPERTY TAXPAYERS. SO I JUST HOPE THE SPONSOR -- I BELIEVE HIS

INTENTIONS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I -- I HOPE HE'S WILLING TO SIT DOWN, AS

HE SAID HERE, TO MAKE SURE, WHETHER IT'S CHANGES OR TWEAKS, WHATEVER

YOU HAVE DO TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROTECTIONS ARE IN THERE FOR OUR LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS, FOR OUR FARMERS. OUR AGRICULTURE IS OUR NUMBER ONE

INDUSTRY IN THE STATE. OUR FARMERS HAVE BEEN TAKING IT ON THE CHIN WITH

FARM LABOR COSTS AND LOSING FAMILY FARMS. IF WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE

ABILITY TO DO THEIR WORK THEY NEED TO DO, THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVASTATING

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TO OUR FAMILY FARMS. NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE FARMS IN NEW YORK

STATE ARE FAMILY-OWNED FARMS. WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM, NOT PUT MORE

BURDENS AND MORE CHALLENGES AND COSTS ON THEM. THAT'S A CONCERN

THAT'S BEEN RAISED. AND CERTAINLY, OUR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK. THEY ARE -- THEY PRESERVE THE

ENVIRONMENT. THEY -- THEY HELP OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH THE WORK THEY

DO ON STREAM-BASE STABILIZATION AND OTHER STORM WATER PROTECTION.

THEY DO GREAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEN MY SOIL AND

CONSERVATION DISTRICT DIRECTORS CALL ME AND SAYS, THIS WILL PUT US OUT OF

BUSINESS, THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN I HAVE TO BRING TO THIS BODY.

THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN I HAVE TO BRING TO THE SPONSOR OF THIS

LEGISLATION. SO I'M ENCOURAGED THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT TALKING TO THESE

GROUPS. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE PASS LEGISLATION AND WE DON'T WANT -- -

NO ONE WANTS TO TALK TO ANYONE ANYMORE. SO I'M ENCOURAGED -- THANK

YOU, MR. RYAN, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SIT DOWN WITH THESE GROUPS. I

WOULD LOVE TO HELP FACILITATE THAT AND TALK TO YOU FURTHER. I THINK THAT --

THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN. AND HOPEFULLY NOT JUST

LISTEN, BUT TAKE THE ACTION THAT'S NECESSARY TO FIX THIS, WHERE THE

PROBLEMS ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS

THAT WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

SO, MR. SPEAKER AND MY COLLEAGUES, FOR THESE REASONS

-- NO ONE IS SAYING WE SHOULDN'T PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS. BUT I THINK THE

CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND WHEN

YOU GET THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS BROUGHT FORTH BY, LIKE I SAID, OUR LOCAL

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS, OUR FARMERS, OUR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

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DISTRICTS. EVEN OUR UTILITIES. I KNOW SOMETIMES "THE UTILITIES" IS THE BIG

BAD WORD IN THIS HOUSE, BUT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE GRID

AND MAKING SURE THERE'S RELIABLE UTILITY SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS IN

RURAL AREAS, IN THE CITIES. ESPECIALLY WHERE THE STREAMS GO THROUGH. WE

NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE A PART OF THIS. THEY NEED TO BE A PARTNER AND

PART OF THIS DIALOGUE. THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE. HOPEFULLY, WE

TAKE THE TIME, AND I -- AND I TRUST THE SPONSOR AND HIS WORD THAT HE'S

GOING TO DO THIS. I'VE KNOWN HIM, SO I BELIEVE HIM. BUT HOPEFULLY, WE

CAN HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, AND IF WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE THERE'S

PROBLEMS, FIX THEM BEFORE IT BECOMES DEVASTATING AND COSTLY. BECAUSE

THAT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED ON OUR -- OUR TAXPAYERS, ON OUR

MUNICIPALITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR MUNICIPALITIES ARE ALREADY AT

ASSAULT BY THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THINGS LIKE THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

NOT FUNDING OUR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LEVEL THAT IT NEEDS TO BE

FUNDED. CUTTING OUT WINTER RECOVERY. CUTTING INTO THOSE BUDGETS I

THINK IS A DANGEROUS THING. AND I JUST HOPE WE CAN HAVE THIS

DISCUSSION. SO, REALLY, MY -- MR. SPEAKER AND MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW

THE INTENTIONS ARE WELL-INTENDED. I JUST -- I'M JUST VERY FEARFUL OF THE

NEGATIVE IMPACTS. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS LEGISLATION

COULD BE FAR-REACHING. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO

ADDRESS THOSE FIXES, I'M CONCERNED.

SO FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE ON

THIS BILL TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS

GOING FURTHER AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. IF

YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR LOCAL HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENTS, YOUR LOCAL

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MUNICIPALITIES, IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR FARMERS, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE

WORK OUR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR --

OUR -- OUR CUSTOMER -- OUR PEOPLE HAVE RELIABLE UTILITY SERVICES, THEN I

WOULD URGE YOU TO VOTE NO AGAINST THIS BILL. LET'S START OVER. LET'S GO

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND TWEAK. I'D

RATHER DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. BUT I APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR'S

INTENTION. I APPRECIATE HIS TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK

YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I WILL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE AND I ENCOURAGE MY

COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. DANIEL STEC.

MR. STEC: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

ON THE BILL.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, SIR.

MR. STEC: VERY BRIEFLY, I WANT TO COMMEND MY

COLLEAGUE FOR HIS REMARKS THAT HE JUST MADE. AND I -- I SHARE HIS

CONCERNS. I ALSO SHARE HIS COMPLIMENTS TO THE SPONSOR. I THINK THE

SPONSOR IS WELL-INTENDED HERE; HOWEVER, LIKE THE FORMER COLLEAGUE THAT

JUST DEBATED THIS BILL, I, TOO, HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

IN MY DISTRICT, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, NATIONAL GRID.

FARMERS ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE ADDED LAYER OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT

THIS WILL CREATE ON WHAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ALREADY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS OR

-- OR PROCESSES LIKE TRANSMISSION LINE WORK THAT COULD ADD DOZENS OF

PERMITS BECAUSE OF NEWLY-CLASSIFIED WATERWAYS. SO I AM ENCOURAGED

BY WHAT I HEARD ON DEBATE THAT THE SPONSOR IS WILLING TO WORK WITH

THESE GROUPS AND TAKE FURTHER INPUT. BUT AS MY COLLEAGUE BEFORE ME

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SAID, I, TOO, WILL BE VOTING IN THE NEGATIVE AND ENCOURAGE OUR

COLLEAGUES TO DO LIKEWISE UNTIL WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL

THE STAKEHOLDERS, THEIR WISDOM AND THEIR EXPERIENCE SO THAT WE -- WE

GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

SO I'LL BE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE 90TH

DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL

RECORD THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MR. RYAN TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE.

MR. RYAN: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE TO

EXPLAIN MY VOTE. WE ALL KNOW THAT NEW YORK STATE'S A -- WE'RE A STATE

FULL OF STREAMS, RIVERS, OCEANS, BAYS, THE GREAT LAKES. WE ARE BLESSED

WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF FRESH WATER RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND

THIS BILL WILL OFFER FURTHER PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR --

OUR FRESH WATER STREAMS AND ALSO TO PROTECT OUR DRINKING WATER. THE

BILL -- THE BILL WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE BURDENS ON ANY

MUNICIPALITIES. IT OFFERS BROAD EXEMPTIONS. AND I THANK THE

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CHAIR, STEVE ENGLEBRIGHT, FOR HIS SUPPORT

ON THIS AND FOR HIS STAFF AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS COMPLICATED

EXERCISE.

WITH THAT, I WITHDRAW MY REQUEST TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE

AND I VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

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ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. RYAN IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, DO WE

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE DO HAVE

RESOLUTIONS. THERE IS A PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION BY MR. SANTABARBARA

WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP ONCE IT'S UP ON THE BOARD.

THE CLERK WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE RESOLUTION.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 762, MR.

SANTABARBARA. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF KIRK DOUGLAS, HOLLYWOOD ICON, NOTED

PHILANTHROPIST AND DEVOTED FAMILY MAN.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. SANTABARBARA ON

THE RESOLUTION.

MR. SANTABARBARA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

I'M HONORED TO SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ONE OF AMSTERDAM'S FINEST, KIRK DOUGLAS. I WAS

VERY SADDENED TO HEAR OF HIS LOSS AT THE AGE OF 103. KIRK DOUGLAS,

PERHAPS THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM'S MOST FAMOUS NATIVE SON AND A

BRILLIANT ACTOR. IT IS A GREAT LOSS NOT ONLY FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK,

BUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM IS IN MONTGOMERY -- IN

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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PORTION OF MY DISTRICT WHERE KIRK DOUGLAS

WAS BORN TO JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AND ROSE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO

BECOME ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST BELOVED ICONS. HE WAS RAISED IN

WHAT IS KNOWN AS AMSTERDAM'S EAST END. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD

AND TEENAGE YEARS HE WORKED MORE THAN 40 JOBS TO SUPPLEMENT HIS

FATHER'S INCOME. HIS FAMILY'S HOME ON EAGLE STREET STILL STANDS THERE

TODAY, WHERE HE -- WHERE WE RECENTLY INSTALLED AN HISTORICAL MARKER

WHERE HE GREW UP. IT READS "KIRK DOUGLAS, FILM LEGEND. BORN

DECEMBER 9, 1916 TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS, LIVING AT 46 EAGLE STREET.

ROSE FROM POVERTY TO APPEAR IN MORE THAN 90 FILMS IN HOLLYWOOD." IT

REMINDS OF HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS WHERE HE ROSE FROM POVERTY TO

BECOME AN AWARD-WINNING ACTOR STARRING IN MORE THAN 90 FILMS, AS I

JUST SAID. CLASSICS -- CLASSICS SUCH AS SPARTACUS, YOUNG MAN WITH A

HORN AND CHAMPION. FILMS THAT BRING THE AMSTERDAM COMMUNITY A

SPECIAL SENSE OF PRIDE, KNOWING THAT HE STARTED HIS GREAT CAREER ON THE

STAGE AT AMSTERDAM'S -- AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER GRADUATING

COLLEGE HE WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF

DRAMATIC ARTS IN NEW YORK CITY, MAKING HIS FIRST BROADWAY

APPEARANCE IN THE 1941 MUSICAL SPRING AGAIN. DURING WORLD WAR II

HE ALSO SERVED AS A COMMUNICATION OFFICER ON AN ANTI-SUBMARINE CRAFT

IN THE PACIFIC THEATER UNTIL HE WAS DISCHARGED AFTER BEING INJURED IN AN

EXPLOSION. HE BEGAN HIS STORIED FILM CAREER IN 1946 AND EARNED HIS

FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION THREE YEARS LATER FOR HIS ROLE AS A BOXER, MIDGE

KELLY, IN CHAMPION. HE RECEIVED A GOLDEN -- GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD

FOR BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA IN 1957 FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN LUST OF LIFE.

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AND HE WAS PRESENTED WITH AN HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD IN 1996 FOR

50 YEARS OF CREATIVE AND MORAL -- AND MORAL FORCE IN THE MOTION PICTURE

COMMUNITY. IN 1981 HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM,

THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

KIRK DOUGLAS AND HIS BELOVED WIFE, ANNE, FOUNDED

THE DOUGLAS FOUNDATION AND WERE AN -- WERE AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS

COUPLE, DONATING TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND A

NUMBER OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE ARE NO BETTER WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACT KIRK

DOUGLAS LEFT ON THE WORLD BETTER THAN HIS SON, MICHAEL DOUGLAS, WHO

WROTE, HIS FATHER'S LIFE WAS WELL-LIVED, AND HE LEAVES A LEGACY OF FILM

THAT WILL ENDURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND A HISTORY AS A RENOWNED

PHILANTHROPIST WHO WORKED TO AID THE PUBLIC AND BRING PEACE TO THE

PLANET.

SO TODAY I'M HONORED TO SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING HIS LIFE AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HIS IMMEASURABLE

CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE, AND HIS AMSTERDAM ROOTS

WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. MAY HE REST IN PEACE. THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU, SIR.

ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS OTHER FINE RESOLUTIONS. WE WILL

TAKE THEM UP ON -- WITH ONE VOTE.

ON THE RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

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AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 763 AND 764

WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, WOULD YOU

PLEASE CALL ON MR. OTIS FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. OTIS FOR THE

PURPOSES OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

MR. OTIS: I HOPE MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC

CONFERENCE WILL JOIN US FOR A CONFERENCE IN THE SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE

ROOM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF SESSION.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: DEMOCRATIC

CONFERENCE, SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ROOM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

SESSION.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE

THAT THE ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 10:00 A.M., THURSDAY,

FEBRUARY THE 13TH, TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY STANDS

ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 1:54 P.M., THE HOUSE STOOD ADJOURNED

UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH AT 10:00 A.M., THAT BEING A SESSION DAY.)