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the amendment written while we are con-
sidering the Minority Report this evening?
DELEGATE ADKINS: Yes, sir. I will
withdraw the amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: And may I make
the further suggestion that if you decide
to adopt some such language that you could
determine so far as the amendment was
concerned what would happen to Cecil and
Harford by appropriation exclusions from
either 'the eastern or western shore?
DELEGATE ADKINS: Right, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Amendment No. 10
is withdrawn.
Delegate Gallagher, the Chair now has
your amendment U. Do you desire to offer
it at this time?
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, I would like to hold that at this time.
I do have another suggested addition to
3.03a, which is amendment AB.
THE CHAIRMAN: Very well, the pages
will distribute the amendment AB.
Delegate Sherbow.
DELEGATE SHERBOW: Mr. Chair-
man, Delegate Case and I have a very
short amendment which might be accepted
by Delegate Gallagher.
I would request that Delegate Gallagher
be given a copy of amendment Z.
THE CHAIRMAN: We would have to
consider it at the time we deal with the
minority report.
DELEGATE SHERBOW: In the mean-
time, maybe he could have it to look at?
THE CHAIRMAN: Oh, yes. We will be
delighted to do that.
The Clerk will read Amendment No. 11,
this is the one marked AB. Are there any
delegates who do not have the amendment?
(There was no response.)
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 11
to Committee Recommendation LB-2, by
Delegates Gallagher and James:
On page 2, section 3.03a, Redistricting
Procedure, in line 30 strike out the numer-
als "50" and insert in lieu thereof the word
"seventy".
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is
moved by Delegate Gallagher and seconded
by Delegate James. The Chair recognizes
Delegate Gallagher to speak to the amend-
ment.
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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man and ladies and gentlemen of the Com-
mittee of the Whole: You will note that in
the redistricting procedure of 3.03a it is
presently provided that after the commis-
sion has submitted its plan of redistricting
if any other plan has not been provided by
law after 50 days after transmission of the
commission plan to the General Assembly,
then the commission plan shall become law.
I advised the Committee earlier this eve-
ning that in view of the fact that the Com-
mittee on the Executive Branch included a
requirement that the governor could hold
a law passed by the Senate and the House
for 20 days before vetoing it, that it would
be necessary that the legislature act within
29 days so as to be able to allow the gov-
ernor to hold it for 20 days and then if he
vetoed it to have the additional 49 to 50
days to override the governor's veto.
When we originally considered the 50-
day period, we had thought that the execu-
tive committee would probably require that
the governor act within 7 days after a law
had been presented to him while the Gen-
eral Assembly was in session.
I am advised by members of the legisla-
ture and by the leadership that a period of
29 days would be too short for the General
Assembly to formulate another plan and
that it would be much more realistic in
actuality if we gave the General Assembly
an actual period of almost 50 days, so that
it could in effect have that amount of time
for the formulation of a new plan, send it
to the governor, allow the governor to have
the 20 days within which to veto it or sign
it, and then have the additional days to
override it as the case may be.
In order to provide the General Assem-
bly with what its members feel is a suffi-
cient period of time, I have provided this
amendment which gives the entire period a
70-day extent rather than a 50-day extent,
and I do believe on the basis of what the
leaders of the General Assembly have told
me that this would be more realistic.
It is a mere 20-day addition, thereby
giving the General Assembly actually 49
days rather than 29 days in which to act.
I would hope that you would adopt this
amendment, which appears to be realistic
in the light of past experience with redis-
tricting plans.
THE CHAIRMAN: Before proceeding
further with this amendment, the Chair
should announce that it does not seem
feasible to be able to complete consideration
of this recommendation this evening.
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