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VETOES

State regulatory and licensing activities; establishing
a schedule for the evaluation of certain State offices
and entities; terminating the legal effect of statutory
provisions creating these offices and entities,
provisions relating to their functions, and regulations
promulgated by them; providing for the reestablishment
of these offices and entities for a certain period;
making the subsequent termination and evaluation of
these offices and entities subject to the provisions of
this Act, unless specifically provided otherwise by
law; requiring certain legislative committees to
prepare an evaluation plan for each office or entity by
a certain date; requiring the Department of Fiscal
Services to prepare an evaluation report on the office
or entity by a certain date; requiring the legislative
committees to hold public hearings on the report and to
make recommendations to the General Assembly; requiring
the offices and entities under review to supply
requested information and cooperate in the evaluation;
providing for the continuance in office of persons in
reestablished offices or entities, except as provided
otherwise by law; preserving certain claims and rights
of and against terminated offices and entities;
declaring that certain provisions of this Act are
enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of each
House; recognizing the Constitutional right of each
House to change its rules; requiring the Policy
Committee to prepare a proposal for including an
evaluation component in new legislation establishing
new offices, entities, or programs; and relating
generally to the legislative evaluation of certain
State offices and entities.

May 29, 1978
Honorable John Hanson Briscoe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 611.

This bill establishes a system for periodic legislative
review of State regulatory and licensing activities.

Senate Bill 405, which was enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by me on May 29, 1978, accomplishes the
same purpose.

Therefore it is unnecessary for me to sign House Bill
611.