WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

RESOLVED, That the coordinating council submit a preliminary
report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1,
1988, and a final report by January 1, 1989; and be it further

RESOLVED, That staff for the coordinating council be
provided jointly by the Department of Education and the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded by the
Department of Legislative Reference to the Honorable William
Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland; the Honorable Thomas V.
Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; and the
Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Speaker of the House of Delegates
of Maryland; David W. Hornbeck, State Superintendent of Schools,
200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; and Adele
Wilzack, Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, 201 West Preston
Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; and William
Hellman, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation,
P.O. Box 8755, Baltimore Washington International Airport,
Maryland 21240.

Signed May 14, 1987.

No. 17

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 2)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Highway Safety - Trucking Industry

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor to establish a task
force to study highway safety and how it is affected by
truck transportation and to make certain reports.

WHEREAS, The General Assembly recognizes that deregulation
of the trucking industry has led to an increase in competition in
the trucking industry; and

WHEREAS, The competition has increased the demands on the
trucking industry and its drivers and equipment; and

WHEREAS, There is a recognition and concern by the industry,
the public, and State regulatory and enforcement agencies
responsible for transportation and highway safety that highway
safety needs to be improved; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
Governor is requested to establish a task force to study problems
associated with improving highway safety in Maryland, especially

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