2950

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 883

FOR the purpose or making certain changes relating to the
presentment, signing, veto, and effective date [[and
referendum]] of bills that have passed the General
Assembly, correcting certain language, and providing
for the submission of these amendments to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their
adoption or rejection.

By proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland

Article II — Executive Department
Section 17

By proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland

Article III — Legislative Department
Section 30 and 31

[[By proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
Maryland

Article XVI — The Referendum
Section 1(a), 2 and 3(b)]]

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, (Three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses concurring), That the following be
and the same is hereby proposed as an amendment to
section 17 of Article II — Executive Department, of the
Constitution of Maryland, the same, if adopted by the
legally qualified voters of the State, as herein
provided, to become a part of the Constitution of
Maryland:

Article II — Executive Department

17.

To guard against hasty or partial legislation and
encroachment of the Legislative Department upon the
co-ordinate Executive and Judicial Departments, every
Bill which shall have passed the House of Delegates[[,]]
and the Senate shall, before it becomes a law, [[BE
SEALED WITH THE GREAT SEAL, AND]] be presented [[BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH IT ORIGINATED]]
to the Governor of the State; [;] [[WITHIN SIX DAYS OF
PASSAGE IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS IN SESSION. ANY BILL
PASSED DURING THE LAST TEN DAYS OF A SECULAR OF SPECIAL
SESSION SHALL BE SEALED WITH THE GREAT SEAL AND PRESENTED
BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH IT