HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                       3995

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 856.

This bill prohibits the unauthorized duplication or
misappropriation for commercial purposes of a vessel's hull, or
hull components, by the direct molding process.

Senate Bill 539, which was passed by the General Assembly
and signed by me on April 29, 1986, accomplishes the same
purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 856.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

House Bill No. 856

AN ACT concerning

Consumer Protection - Duplicating the Hulls of Vessels

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from duplicating or
misappropriating for commercial purposes the design of a
hull of a vessel or any component of the hull of a vessel by
a certain method; prohibiting under certain circumstances a
person from selling a vessel that was manufactured in
violation of this Act; defining certain terms; providing
certain civil relief and injunctive relief under this Act;
and generally relating to the unauthorized duplication or
copying of the design of a hull of a vessel or any component
of the hull of a vessel.

BY adding to

Article - Commercial Law

Section 13-316 11-1001 to be under the new subtitle

"Subtitle 10. Hulls of Vessels"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)