MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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"Subtitle 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Baltimore City (1969 Edition, being Article 4 of
the Public Local Laws of Maryland) sets forth the
general provisions relating to and governing the
Police Department of Baltimore City. As therein
expressly set forth, the Police Department was
'constituted and established as an agency and
instrumentality of the State of Maryland.' § 16—2.
Thus, House Bill 1129 would have the unprecedented
effect of permitting a local subdivision to require
that a State agency be subject to that subdivision's
own, local collective bargaining ordinances.

The General Assembly has heretofore recognized
that members of the Department have problems which
are uniquely different from civilian personnel.
Consequently, in 1966, the legislature established
new grievance procedures for the Department. §
16—12. Other provisions of the subtitle similarly
act to protect the rights of these members. There
is no evidence to suggest that the present system
fails to achieve its intended purpose. Conversely,
there is no evidence to suggest that this purpose
could be better accomplished by the placement of the
Department within the City's Municipal Employee
Relations Law.

Placing the Department within the provisions
of a collective bargaining act would best be
considered if and when the General Assembly should
decided [sic] to enact a State—wide employee
relations law covering State agencies and other
State instrumentalities."

For these reasons, which I still believe to be
valid, I have vetoed House Bill 671.

Sincerely,

/s/ Marvin Mandel

Governor

House Bill No. 679 — Malpractice Insurance for
Beauty Shops

AN ACT concerning

Health - Cosmetologists

FOR the purpose of providing that beauty shops and