VETOES

(g) (1) "Eligible person" means a person who (1) (I) has
been convicted of a crime and is serving a sentence of
imprisonment with at least three years remaining on it, (2) (II)
has an intellectual deficiency or emotional unbalance, (3) (III)
is likely to respond favorably to the programs and services
provided at Patuxent Institution, [and] (4) (IV) can be
better rehabilitated through those programs and services than by
other incarceration,. (5) IS NOT

(2) "ELIGIBLE PERSON" DOES NOT INCLUDE A PERSON WHO
(I) IS SERVING 2 OR MORE SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 27, § 412 OF THE CODE, AND (6) IS NOT
OR (II) IS SERVING 1 OR MORE SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE
WHEN A COURT OR JURY HAS FOUND, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, THAT
ONE OR MORE AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 27, § 413 OF THE CODE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

June 2, 1987
The Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr.
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 702.

This bill deals with independent adoption in instances where
the natural parent withholds consent to the adoption and provides
criteria that the court is to use in determining whether or not
to grant an adoption decree.

Senate Bill 646, which was passed by the General Assembly
and signed by me on May 14, 1987, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House Bill 702.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

House Bill No. 702

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