VETOES

(D)  A TEST RESULT REPORTED BY AN INSTITUTION UNDER
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT CONTAIN ANY INFORMATION
THAT IDENTIFIES THE SUBJECT OF THE TEST.

(E)  AN INSTITUTION MAY NOT USE A SPERM SEMEN, BLOOD, OR
TISSUE SPECIMEN FROM WHICH A DONOR WITH A POSITIVE HIV ANTIBODY
TEST RESULT HAS BEEN OBTAINED. OBTAINED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION.

(F)(1) ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FALSIFIES A
REPORT, OR MAKES ANY FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS
OR REPRESENTATIONS, OR WILLFULLY OMITS TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE
SECRETARY IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.

(2) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, A PERSON WHO
VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
1,000, OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 5 YEARS, OR BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

May 27, 1988

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 801.

Senate Bill 801 would create a State and local property tax
exemption for certified health maintenance organizations that are
exempt from federal income taxation under § 501(c)3 of the
federal Internal Revenue Code and whose fees are determined on
the basis of a prospectively determined community rating
methodology. To be eligible for the exemption, the property must
be owned by the health maintenance organization and be used
exclusively for the provision of health services.

This bill would reverse a 1986 decision of the Maryland Court of
Appeals in Supervisor v. Group Health Association, Inc., holding
that the property of a certain health maintenance organization
was not used for charitable purposes and, therefore, was not
entitled to a property tax exemption under Article 81, § 9(e) of

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