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VETOES

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

10-402.

(c) (2) It is lawful under this subtitle for an
investigative or law enforcement officer acting in a criminal
investigation or any other person acting at the prior direction
and under the supervision of an investigative or law enforcement
officer to intercept a wire or oral communication in order to
provide evidence of the commission of the offenses of murder,
kidnapping, gambling, robbery, any felony punishable under the
"Arson and Burning" subheading of Article 27, bribery, extortion,
or dealing in controlled dangerous substances, including
violations of Article 27, § 286B or § 287A, or any conspiracy,
ATTEMPT, OR SOLICITATION to commit any of these offenses, or
where any person has created a barricade situation and probable
cause exists for the investigative or law enforcement officer to
believe a hostage or hostages may be involved, where the person
is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the
communication has given prior consent to the interception.

10-406.

The Attorney General, State Prosecutor, or any State's
Attorney may apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction, and the
judge, in accordance with the provisions of § 10-408 of this
article, may grant an order authorizing the interception of wire
or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement
officers when the interception may provide or has provided
evidence of the commission of the offense of murder, kidnapping,
gambling, robbery, any felony punishable under the "Arson and
Burning" subheading of Article 27 of this Code, bribery,
extortion, or dealing in controlled dangerous substances, or any
conspiracy, ATTEMPT, OR SOLICITATION to commit any of the
foregoing offenses. No application or order shall be required if
the interception is lawful under the provisions of § 10-402(c) of
this subtitle.

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: