HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(i) Calvert County shall contribute $7,000;

(ii) Charles County shall contribute $9,000;
and

(iii) St. Mary's County shall contribute
$9,000.

(2)  These appropriated sums shall be used for the
purpose of fostering cooperative planning and development in the
tri-county region.

(3)  The commissioners of Calvert, Charles, and St.
Mary's counties may appropriate any other moneys as is necessary
and appropriate.

(C) THE COST OF ANY PAY INCREASE GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES OF THE
COUNCIL UNDER SECTION 2-402(B) OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE PAID FOR
WITH AN INCREASE IN THE STATE FUNDING OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH SHALL
BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE STATE BUDGET OR BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BE AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE
STATE BUDGET.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

May 28, 1985
The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 260 because of an
irreconcilable conflict with other legislation passed during the
1985 Session of the General Assembly.

This bill would expand the definition of "group day care
center" contained in § 14-101(c) of the Health-General Article of
the Annotated Code to clarify that a center could operate on a
"24-hour basis." House Bill 260 further provides that a child
may not remain at a group day care center for more than 14 hours
in a single day.

Senate Bill 546, which I have signed today, also alters the
definition of group day care center in § 14-101(c) to extend the