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S.B. 591
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VETOES
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President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, MD 21401
Dear Mr. President:
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, today I have
vetoed Senate Bill 591 - Criminal Procedure - Defendant with an Alcohol or Drug
Dependency - Commitment Procedures.
This bill requires that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on receiving an
order to treat a defendant with an alcohol or drug dependency, order a report of the
defendant's pending cases, warrants, and detainers; requires the Department to
forward a copy of the report to the court, the defendant, and the defendant's attorney;
and provides that a court may not order a defendant delivered to the Department
until specified conditions are met.
House Bill 656, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 591.
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
Senate Bill No. 591
AN ACT concerning
Criminal Procedure - Defendant with an Alcohol or Drug Dependency -
Commitment Procedures
FOR the purpose of removing a limitation that a certain commitment made by a court
for treatment for a defendant with an alcohol or drug dependency applies only to
certain defendants for whom no sentence of incarceration is currently in effect or
detainer is currently lodged; requiring that the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, on receiving an order to treat a defendant with an alcohol or
drug dependency, order a certain report of pending cases, warrants, and
detainers of the defendant; requiring the Department to forward a copy of the
report to the court that committed the defendant, the defendant, and the
defendant's last attorney of record; providing that a court may not order a
defendant delivered to the Department for treatment until any detainer based
on an untried indictment, information, warrant, or complaint is removed and
any sentence of incarceration is no longer in effect; and generally relating to
commitment procedures for defendants with an alcohol or drug dependency.
BY repealing
Article - Health - General
Section 8-507(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
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