MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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333 (1938)], both of which were rendered migratory by the
statute's operation, 208 N.E. 2d at 525.

Accordingly, we further advise that House Bill 1650,
which by its very terms operates only during an
authorized union strike by collecting agents, could well
be found to constitute an unlawful interference by the
State with the Federal labor laws themselves as well as
the Federal policies underlying them.

In the last analysis, the form and legal sufficiency
of House Bill 1650 are seriously in doubt on either of
two separate and distinct grounds.

Sincerely,

/s/ Francis B. Burch

Attorney General

House Bill No. 1672 - Contract Liability of State
and Political Subdivisions

AN ACT concerning

State and Local Governments — Defense of
Sovereign Immunity

FOR the purpose of providing that the State, and all
units of State government; the counties governed by
county commissioners, and all units of government of
those counties; the chartered counties, and all
units of government of those counties; the code
counties, and all units of government of those
counties; and the municipal corporations, and all
units of government of municipal corporations are
liable for any action in contract, and may not raise
the defense of sovereign immunity, for any written
contract made by the state, county, chartered
county, code county, or municipal corporation or for
any contract made by any officer, department,
agency, board, commission, or other unit of
government of the State, county, chartered county,
code county, or municipal corporation, unless
otherwise specifically provided by the laws of the
State of Maryland; and requiring that the State, the
municipal corporations, the county commissioners,
the chartered counties and the code counties provide
adequate funds for the satisfaction of a judgment
rendered against them or any of their officers,
departments, agencies, boards, commissions and other