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S.B. 413
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VETOES
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BIND THE STATE OR GIVE CONSENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BIND THE
STATE TO THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT RULES OF A SPECIFIC INTERNATIONAL
TRADE AGREEMENT.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any consent that a State
official, including the Governor, has given for the State of Maryland to be bound by
the government procurement rules of any international trade agreement on or before
the effective date of this Act is declared invalid and the State of Maryland is not
bound by the government procurement rules of any international trade agreement for
which a State official, including the Governor, has given consent for the State of
Maryland to be bound to on or before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a copy of this Act be
forwarded by the Department of Legislative Services to the Honorable Robert L.
Ehrlich, Jr., Governor of Maryland; the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.,
President of the Senate of Maryland; and the Honorable Michael E. Busch, Speaker of
the House of Delegates; and to the Maryland Congressional Delegation: Senators
Paul S. Sarbanes and Barbara A. Mikulski, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20510; and Representatives Wayne T. Gilchrest, C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger III,
Benjamin L. Cardin, Albert R. Wynn, Steny Hamilton Hoyer, Roscoe G. Bartlett,
Elijah E. Cummings, and Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., House Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20515.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October June 1, 2005.
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May 26, 2005
The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
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 413 — Civil Actions - Defenses - Sales of Food, Drugs, Cosmetics,
and Other Health-Related Products.
This bill abolishes in specified civil actions a defense of indirect contact with the
person on whose behalf the action is brought for a person that sells, distributes, or
otherwise disposes of food, drugs, cosmetics, and specified other health-related
products. Senate Bill 413 also authorizes the person to prove that all or any part of an
alleged overcharge ultimately was passed on to another person by a purchaser or
seller in the chain of manufacture, production, or distribution who paid the alleged
overcharge.
House Bill 829, 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 413.
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