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VETOES

sources of refund shall be as specified in the
applicable provisions of Sections 213 through 219,
inclusive, of this article."

From this language, it is impossible to determine
what the bill means.

998.

For this reason, I have decided to veto House Bill

Sincerely,
Marvin Mandel
Governor

House Bill No. 1008 — State Documents Law

AN ACT concerning

State Documents Law

For the purpose of providing for publication of indices
and an annual cumulative index to the Maryland
Register; clarifying the provisions that relate to
incorporation by reference of certain publications
into the Code of Maryland Regulations and Maryland
Register; modifying the provisions that relate to
required publication before amendment, or repeal of
rules; modifying the procedures for filing emergency
rules; clarifying the provisions that relate to
official texts of documents; specifying the
requirements for amendment and correction of
official texts; specifying that the contents of the
Maryland Register and Code of Maryland Regulations
shall be judicially noticed; requiring certain
procedures before reprinting of certain documents
published in the Maryland Register and Code of
Maryland Regulations; specifying that, except under
certain conditions, provisions of documents are
severable; defining the term "Code of Maryland
Regulations" to include permanent supplements to the
Code and deleting unnecessary references to the
supplement; and clarifying the language of,
renumbering certain provisions of, and generally
relating to the State Documents Law.

May 17, 1976.

Honorable John Hanson Briscoe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House