HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2231

(IV) TO THE PRIMARY SPONSOR OF THE BILL.

[(2) A revised fiscal note may be waived:

(i) for a bill pending in the Senate, by the
President;

(ii) for a bill pending in the House, by the
Speaker; or

(iii) by the chairman of the committee.]

[(f)] (G) (1) The Department of Fiscal Services shall keep
a copy of each fiscal note [and of each waiver of a fiscal note]
for 3 years after preparation of the note [or waiver].

(2) The copies shall be reasonably available for
public inspection.

[(g)] (H) Fiscal notes [and waivers of a fiscal note] need
not be published in the Senate journal or House journal.

[(h)] (I) (1) A bill may be introduced without having a
fiscal note [or waiver of the note attached] ACCOMPANY
ACCOMPANYING THE BILL.

(2) The validity of an enactment is not affected by
the presence, absence, or content of the fiscal note.

2-1511.

(a)  The Governor shall deliver to the Secretary of State or
a designee in the Secretary's office:

(1)  each bill that the Governor approves, immediately
after the approval;

(2)  each bill that becomes law without the approval
of the Governor, on the day the bill becomes law; [and]

(3)  each bill that the Governor vetoes; AND

(4)  EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER EFFECTIVE UNDER ARTICLE II,
§ 24 OF THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION.

(b)  (1) The Secretary of State shall assign a chapter
number to each bill that becomes law AND TO EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER
ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, § 24 OF THE MARYLAND CONSTITUTION.

(2) Chapter numbers shall be assigned in the order in
which the bills become law.

2-1512.