MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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that, due to an error in the bill that changed the number
of days for which a temporary permit could be used from
ten to two, the bill should be vetoed at this time.

The delegation regrets the error and any
inconvenience we've caused and sincerely appreciate your
consideration in vetoing this local legislation.

Thank you for your cooperation and courtesy in this
matter.

Kind regards,

/s/ James C. Simpson

State Senator

Letter from State Law Department on H.B. 1621

May 9, 1975
Honorable Marvin Mandel
Governor of Maryland
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Re: House Bills 1421 and 1621
Senate Bill 1034

Dear Governor Mandel:

The above bills are interrelated in several
respects. These interrelationships, while they do not
affect the validity of the bills, do warrant mention. A
more serious problem is posed by one of the provisions of
House Bill 1621; we shall discuss this matter last.

Preliminarily, both House Bill 1621 and Senate Bill
1034 add a new subsection (f—1) to Article 2B, Section 16
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in the first instance,
applicable to Charles County, in the second instance, to
Garrett County. The two provisions are not inconsistent
and will simply require a renumbering of one of the
provisions as (f—2).

All three of the bills amend subsection (k) of
Article 2B, Section 16. Currently, subsection (k)
contains fourteen exceptions to the application of
Section 16 with each exception applying to one county or
a city. House Bill 1621 and Senate Bill 1034 amend this
subsection by deleting the exceptions as to Charles
County and Garrett County, respectively. House Bill 1421
enacts a new 16 (k) establishing a new license fee in
Howard County and re—enacts the former 16(k) as 16(1),
deleting the exception as to Howard County. While none
of the bills includes the deletions contained in the
other two, and although neither House Bill 1621 nor
Senate Bill 1034 includes the new numbering sequence used