ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                          H.B. 1087

(4)     develop a statewide comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention Plan
and strategies for plan implementation and public promotion of the plan;

(5)     facilitate coordination and communication among State and local
agencies and organizations regarding achieving the goals of the Cervical Cancer
Prevention Plan developed by the Task Force Committee;

(6)     receive public testimony from individuals, local health departments,
community-based organizations, and other public and private organizations to gather
input on these individuals' and organizations':

(i) contributions to cervical cancer prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment; and

(ii) ideas for improving cervical cancer prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment in the State.

(i) (d) The Task Force Committee shall present an in the annual report on
of the State Council on Cancer Control its findings and recommendations to the
Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the
General Assembly, on or before October 1 of each year beginning October 1, 2004.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That to the extent practicable,
appointments to the Task Force Cervical Cancer Committee of the Maryland
Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan shall be made to ensure regional, economic,
ethnic, and gender diversity on the Task Force Committee.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2004. It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of June
30, 2009, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be
abrogated and of no further force and effect.

May 26, 2004

The Honorable Michael E. Busch
Speaker of the House
State House
Annapolis, MD 21401

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed House Bill 1087 -Baltimore City - Extinguishment of Ground Rents.

This bill provides that the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, after
condemning property that is subject to an irredeemable ground rent, shall become the
tenant of the ground rent and authorizing the City to apply as tenant to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation to extinguish the ground rent; requiring a
tenant seeking to extinguish a ground rent to give notice to the landlord and to make
an application and pay specified fees to the Department; providing that a landlord is
entitled to receive a specified amount on appeal.

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