HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               3327

[(b)] (C) (1) The court costs in a criminal case in
which costs are imposed are -- $5.00.

(2) The costs shall be in addition to any costs
imposed in a criminal case under the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act.

[(c) (1) The filing fees and costs in a civil case are
those prescribed by law subject to modification by law,
rule, or administrative regulation.

(2) The Court of Appeals may provide by rule for
waiver of prepayment of filing fees and other costs in cases
of indigency.]

(d) When a person pays court costs or a fine with a
check in any motor vehicle, criminal, or civil case in the
District Court, and the check is returned to the court by
the financial institution on which it is drawn because of
insufficient funds in the account, or because the account
has been closed or never existed, then the court may impose
additional costs of $10 against the party issuing the check.
These costs shall be in addition to any other penalty now
prescribed by law.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

May 19, 1981
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, today I have vetoed Senate Bill 58.

The right of the General Assembly to delegate powers
has been recognized in this State for well over a century.
Consequently, the General Assembly has delegated a variety
of responsibilities and functions to various segments of
State government. However, Senate Bill 58 in effect invests
two committees of the General Assembly with the law-making
function. This bill requires the State Court Administrator
to submit schedules of court fees to two committees which
can then approve, modify or veto those schedules. The
Attorney General has determined that modification of the
schedule by the committees is no less than the right to set
the fees at any level the committees determine; that
procedure is a law-making function reserved to the General
Assembly as a whole. The General Assembly derives its