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VETOES

(3) if the difference is a positive number,
multiplying the difference by the applicable county or municipal
corporation property tax rate for the current year.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

May 27, 1986
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 30.

This bill requires the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to provide a written summary in layman's language that
lists all effective methods of treating breast cancer along with
the advantages and disadvantages of each method of treatment.

House Bill 1320, which was passed by the General Assembly
and signed by me on May 13, 1986, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill 30.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

Senate Bill No. 30

AN ACT concerning

Physicians - Information on Breast Cancer

FOR the purpose of requiring a physician to inform certain
patients of certain methods of treatment available for

breast cancer, requiring a physician to obtain the

signatures of certain persons on a consent form before a
physician operates on a patient for a tumor of the breast;
specifying the contents of the consent form; providing for
certain disciplinary actions that may be taken against a
physician who fails to inform a patient of certain methods
of treatment available for breast cancer and who fails to
obtain consent from a patient for treatment of a breast
tumor; and generally relating to the treatment and informed