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VETOES

AUTHORIZATION GAIN ACCESS, ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS, OR CAUSE
ACCESS TO BE GAINED TO A COMPUTER, COMPUTER NETWORK, COMPUTER
SOFTWARE, COMPUTER CONTROL LANGUAGE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER
SERVICES, COMPUTER DATA BASE, OR ANY PART OF THESE SYSTEMS OR
SERVICES.

(E) (D) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION
(D) (C) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON
CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 OR
IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 YEARS OR BOTH.

(F)(1) EVERY SEPARATE VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A
SEPARATE OFFENSE.

(E) (1) WHEN ILLEGAL ACCESS TO A COMPUTER, COMPUTER
NETWORK, COMPUTER CONTROL LANGUAGE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER
SERVICES, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER DATA BASE, OR ANY PART OF
THESE SYSTEMS OR SERVICES IS COMMITTED IN VIOLATION OF THIS
SECTION PURSUANT TO 1 SCHEME OR CONTINUING COURSE OF CONDUCT,
THE CONDUCT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS 1 OFFENSE.

(2) A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THIS STATE
MAY TRY A PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF
SUBSECTION (D) (C) OF THIS SECTION IN ANY COUNTY IN THIS STATE
WHERE:

(I)  THE PERSON PERFORMS THE ACT; OR

(II)  THE ACCESSED COMPUTER IS LOCATED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

May 29, 1984
The Honorable Melvin A. Steinberg
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 659.

This bill, one of my Chesapeake Bay legislative initiatives,
strengthens State regulatory and planning authority so as to
better control the problems caused by water pollution.

House Bill 976, which was passed by the General Assembly and