Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1965

This bill repeals and re-enacts Section 410 of Article 66˝ of
the Annotated Code of Maryland and makes certain motor vehicle
violations relating to temporary registration plates a misdemeanor.

Senate Bill 666, which was enacted by the General Assembly
and signed by me on May 26, 1972, repealed and re-enacted the
same section of the Code. The two bills are sufficiently inconsistent
in form as to preclude the signing of both.

Consequently, I have decided to veto House Bill 474.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel,

Governor.

House Bill No. 532—Certification of Teachers

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 16 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle
"State Board of Education," and to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 27 of the said Article of the Code, subtitle
"State Superintendent of Schools," to provide in both sections for
amending the renewal requirements for the certification of teachers.

May 31, 1972.

Honorable Thomas Hunter Lowe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17, of the Maryland Con-
stitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 532.

This bill repeals the provision in Article 77, Section 27 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland allowing the State Board of Education,
upon the recommendation of the local Superintendent of Schools,
to waive the requirements for recertification of teachers who are
fifty-five years or older and who have been employed in public or
approved non-public school service for at least twenty years.

The provision repealed by House Bill 532 was enacted by the
1971 session of the General Assembly, after full consideration was
given to the burden imposed on older teachers with long years of
service by the requirement of returning to school in the evenings
and summer. The prerequisite of the local Superintendent's recom-
mendation was considered by the General Assembly to afford ample
protection against an improvident abuse of the power to waive the
recertification requirements.

I have been advised by several members of the General As-
sembly, including the President of the Senate and the President
Pro Tern of the Senate, that House Bill 532 was passed in haste
during the closing days of the 1972 session without an .adequate
opportunity for those opposed to the bill or concerned about its
effect to present their views. Because the provision repealed by
House Bill 532 was so recently enacted in a considered effort to