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VETOES

7.    The committee recommends that procedures be
established for the promulgation of emergency regulations,
with reasonable time limitations on committee review and on
the effectiveness of those regulations to prevent agency
circumvention of the legislative review process.

8.    The committee recommends that the review
committee meet often enough to provide adequate review of
proposed regulations which agencies file.

9.    The committee recommends that legislative bill
drafting and counseling agencies adopt specific guidelines
to assure that all bills granting rulemaking authority to
administrative agencies be reviewed before introduction to
assure that (1) legislative intent is clearly spelled out in
the bill, and (2) adequate standards are included to guide
agencies in rule promulgation pursuant to the bill.

House Bill No. 636 - Tax Credits - Local Property Taxes

AN ACT concerning

Tax Credits — Local Property Taxes

FOR the purpose of clarifying the manner of calculating the
property tax credit authorized for the 1978 and 1979
taxable years as a result of increased assessed value
of residential property and specifying the amount of
tax credit resulting from the calculations; and
providing an exception for certain local governments;
and making this Act an emergency measure.

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 636.

This bill clarifies the manner of calculating the 15%
property tax credit authorized for the 1978 and 1979 taxable
years and specifies an amount of tax credit.

Senate Bill 543, which was enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by me on May 2, 1978, extends this tax
credit for an additional taxable year and, in doing so,
accomplishes the purpose of House Bill 636.