WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

NOTIFIED THE LABORATORY BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, AT LEAST 10 DAYS BEFORE TRIAL, THAT THE PRESENCE OF A
DOCTOR OR TECHNICIAN IS REQUIRED AT TRIAL.

(f)  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)  (1) Unless indigent, the party who requests a blood
test or who secures the appearance in court of [the laboratory
technician who made the] A DOCTOR OR TECHNICIAN FROM THE
LABORATORY THAT PREPARED THE REPORT OF THE BLOOD 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, 1989.

May 25, 1989

The Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 177.

This bill allows irrevocable letters of credit to be used as
security deposits on new single family homes.

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