HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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As passed, Senate Bill 139 amends Sec. 12-601(1)(3) of
the Commercial Law Article to provide than an "installment
sale agreement" does not include "a bona fide lease where
there is no option to purchase the goods and no intent to
convey title or ownership of the goods at the termination of
the lease." Clearly, the bill relates to excluding from the
definition of installment sale agreement, agreements that
are purely leasing arrangements and contain no option to
purchase. However, the title refers to "excluding certain
option contracts under the definition of installment sales
agreements." As the reference to the exclusion of "option
contracts" cannot reasonably be said to inform the reader
that the bill concerns the exclusion of bona fide leases
that contain no purchase options from the definition of
installment sale agreement and is, in fact, affirmatively
misleading, we think that the requirements of Art. III, § 29
are not satisfied.

Should this bill be vetoed and the sponsor wish to
reintroduce it at the next session, we would point out that
according to the Revisor's note to Sec. 12-601, the
definitions in Sec. 11-401 of the Financial Institutions
Article are intended to be virtually identical to those in
Sec. 12-601. Therefore, consideration should be given to
amending both sections.

Very truly yours,
Stephen H. Sachs
Attorney General

Senate Bill No. 241

AN ACT concerning

Mentally and Physical Handicapped Developmentally

Disabled Persons -

Respite Care

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Human
Resources to develop and implement respite care
services programs; defining certain terms; requiring
the promulgation of rules and regulations to include
certain requirements and provisions; and generally
relating to respite care services programs for
individuals with physical or mental disabilities or
handicaps who are developmentally disabled.

BY adding to

Article 88A - Social Services Administration