VETOES

(4) FAILURE TO GIVE TIMELY AND PROPER NOTICE
CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THE ALLEGED FATHER'S RIGHT TO THE
PRESENCE AND TESTIMONY OF THE TECHNICIAN.

[(f)] (H) If any individual fails to submit to a blood test
ordered by the court, that refusal, properly introduced in
evidence:

(1)  shall be disclosed to the court and jury; and

(2)  may be commented on by the court or by counsel.

[(g)] (I) (1) Unless indigent, the party who requests a
blood test or who secures the appearance in court of the
laboratory technician who made the test is responsible for . the
cost of the test and the costs associated with the court
appearance. However, if the requesting party prevails in the
proceeding, the court shall assess the cost of the blood test or
the costs associated with the court appearance against the other
parties to the proceeding.

(2) If any party chargeable with the cost of the
blood test or the costs associated with court appearance is
indigent, the cost of the blood test or the costs associated with
the court appearance shall be borne by the county where the
proceeding is pending, except to the extent that the court orders
any other party to the proceeding to pay all or part of the cost.

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 1425.

This bill grants immunity from civil liability beyond any
applicable insurance limits to a licensed physician and other
persons who volunteer to perform services for a charitable
organization (except hospitals) without compensation.

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