HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Defined terms: "Bill" § 2-1508
"House" § 2-101 "Senate" § 2-101

2-1511. DELIVERY TO OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

(A)  REQUIRED.

THE GOVERNOR SHALL DELIVER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR A
DESIGNEE IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE:

(1)  EACH BILL THAT THE GOVERNOR APPROVES, IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE APPROVAL;

(2)  EACH BILL THAT BECOMES LAW WITHOUT THE APPROVAL
OF THE GOVERNOR, ON THE DAY THE BILL BECOMES LAW; AND

(3)  EACH BILL THAT THE GOVERNOR VETOES.

(B)  CHAPTER NUMBERS.

(1)  THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ASSIGN A CHAPTER
NUMBER TO EACH BILL THAT BECOMES LAW.

(2)  CHAPTER NUMBERS SHALL BE ASSIGNED IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THE BILLS BECOME LAW.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a)(1) and (2) and (b) of this
section are new language derived without substantive
change from the first sentence and first clause of the
fourth sentence of former Art. 41, § 46.

Subsection (a)(3) of this section is new language
substituted for the second sentence of former Art. 41,
§ 46, which required delivery of "bills which fail to
become law through his refusal or failure to approve
the same after the adjournment of the General
Assembly" and which is deleted as obsolete. Under Md.
Constitution, Art. II, § 17, as amended in 1974, the
Governor must veto a bill to keep the bill from
becoming law, and failure to act within the time set
by the Constitution results in the bill becoming law.
This substitution also conforms to practice.

In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the reference to
"each bill that becomes law" is substituted for the
former reference to "bills delivered to" the Secretary
of State, since bills that do not become law also are
delivered to the Secretary of State.

In subsection (b)(2) of this section, the former
reference to bills "approved by the Governor" is
deleted as unnecessary in light of the broad reference
to bills that become law.

Defined term: "Bill" § 2-1508