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DELEGATE GRANT: The answer would be, yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very brief.
Any delegate desire to speak in opposition?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chairman, and ladies
and gentlemen, the Committee on the Legislative Branch was
not unsympathetic to Delegate Grant's proposal when we had
it before us. However, after giving it considerable time
and as a result of his kindness in attending our committee
meeting and discussing it with us, we did consider it
unfavorably. I think there are two reasons. One is that we
doubted the wisdom of having this as a Constitutional
provision. The General Assembly could itself and has already
embarked upon the program to effect the particular result
which Delegate Grant would have.
The second consideration was that we were worried
about the time lag for those laws which needed immediate
implementation. Although the provision does say that there
will be an exception unless otherwise provided by law, it
may be that there would be no appropriate exception having
earlier been provided and one would find that what had to
be done in a hurry could not be because of a significant.