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VETOES

(d) (1) This section does not authorize the
Department to adopt environmental noise standards, sound
level limits, or noise control rules and regulations that
apply to noise from:

property; or

devices.

(i) Construction or repair work on public
(ii) Fire or rescue station alerting

(2) Noise control rules and regulations that
apply to Department of Transportation facilities shall be
adopted jointly by the Department of Transportation and the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws or
parts of laws, public general or public local, inconsistent
with this Act, are repealed to the extent of the
inconsistency.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

June 1, 1982
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 530.

This bill prohibits political subdivisions or the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from taking
regulatory measures to prohibit trapshooting, skeetshooting
or other target shooting between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and
midnight on any range or other property of a shooting sports
club that is chartered and in operation as of July 1, 1982.
The prohibition against regulatory action does not apply if
such a shooting club moves to a parcel of land that is not
contiguous to the location of the club on July 1, 1982.

Current regulations of the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene provide an exemption from its general noise
standards for sporting events occurring between 7:00 a.m.
and midnight provided that all requirements of the local
jurisdiction are met. These regulations, in my view,
properly reflect deference to local community concerns
related to noise control. As communities expand and houses