VETOES

[(b) A health practitioner who specializes in the
psychiatric treatment of pedophilia is not required to report
sexual abuse under subsection (a)(l)(i) of this section if:

(1)  the health practitioner's reason to believe that
a child has been subjected to sexual abuse is based exclusively
on a report made to the health practitioner by an individual
stating that the individual sexually abused the child;

(2)  the health practitioner is providing psychiatric
treatment to the individual for the purpose of curing the
individual's pedophilia; and

(3)  the sexual abuse occurred prior to the time that
the individual began the psychiatric treatment with the health
practitioner.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
5-701(p) and (q) and 5-704(c) and (d), respectively, of Article -
Family Law of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be
Section(s) 5-701(o) and (p) and 5-704(b) and (c), respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

May 25, 1989

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 148.

This bill provides that a successor corporate fiduciary shall be
substituted for its predecessor corporate fiduciary upon the
adoption of a corporate resolution by both such fiduciaries
authorizing the substitution under certain circumstances.

House Bill 196, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 25, 1989, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill 148.

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