HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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each 10 cigarettes or fractional part thereof when such

cigarettes are in packages containing 20 or fewer cigarettes each
and on each cigarette in excess of 20 contained in each pack.
The amount or rate of the supplemental tax shall be equivalent to
the amount the federal tax is less than $8 per thousand
cigarettes.
(2) Any supplemental tax imposed or any change in the
supplemental tax imposed by this subsection shall apply to all
cigarettes sold or possessed by a distributor 10 or more days
after the effective date of any modification in the federal tax
under 26 United States Code § 5701 (b)(1) that results in the
imposition or change of a supplemental tax under this subsection.

(C) THE RATE OR AMOUNT OF TAX LEVIED AND IMPOSED ON ALL
PACKS OF FREE SAMPLE CIGARETTES THAT CONTAIN 7 OR MORE CIGARETTES
SHALL BE 6 1/2 MILLS PER CIGARETTE IN EXCESS OF 6.

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 922.

This bill requires every group health insurance contract to
offer the spouse and dependent children of a deceased employee
the option to continue the same coverage held by the deceased
employee.

Senate Bill 632, which was passed by the General Assembly
and signed by me on May 27, 1986, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House Bill 922.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

House Bill No. 922

AN ACT concerning