HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2) (3) Payment may be made only if the applicant is
still employed or actively engaged as a [professional] CAREER or
volunteer [fireman] FIRE FIGHTER or AMBULANCE OR rescue squad
member in an organized fire department or AMBULANCE OR rescue
squad IN THE STATE.

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

May 27, 1986
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 768.

This bill expands the authority of judges of the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County to appoint, or continue the
appointment of masters for juvenile causes by permitting those
judges to appoint masters to conduct disposition hearings in
child in need of assistance cases.

Senate Bill 356, which was passed by the General Assembly
and signed by me on April 8, 1986, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House Bill 768.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

House Bill No. 768

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Masters

FOR the purpose of extending the application of a certain
provision to all juvenile masters in the State; authorizing

juvenile masters to conduct probable cause hearings;

detention hearings, arraignments, and restitution hearings
in delinquency cases, and shelter care, adjudicatory, and
disposition hearings in child in need of assistance cases;
prohibiting juvenile masters from conducting adjudicatory or
disposition hearings in delinquency cases; and generally