VETOES

(F)  A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL USE A GRANT TO ENHANCE OR
EXPAND APPROVED EDUCATION PROGRAMS LEADING TO LICENSURE OR
CERTIFICATION IN HEALTH OCCUPATIONS DETERMINED TO BE IN SHORT
SUPPLY.

(G)  (1) IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 1-204 OF THE HEALTH
OCCUPATIONS ARTICLE THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
SHALL CERTIFY ANNUALLY TO THE MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMISSION THOSE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS IN SHORT SUPPLY.

(2) IN ANY YEAR IN WHICH A HEALTH OCCUPATION IS
DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE TO BE NO
LONGER IN SHORT SUPPLY, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DISCONTINUE
ISSUING NEW GRANTS UNDER THIS SECTION FOR THAT HEALTH OCCUPATION,
PROVIDED THAT THE EXISTING GRANTS SHALL CONTINUE FOR THE STUDENTS
WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PRIOR TO AND WHO SUBSEQUENTLY GRADUATE FROM
THE APPROVED EDUCATION PROGRAM AFTER THE DETERMINATION IS MADE BY
THE SECRETARY.

(H) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT AWARD A GRANT TO A COMMUNITY
COLLEGE THAT HAS DISCONTINUED AN APPROVED EDUCATION LEADING TO
LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION IN A HEALTH OCCUPATION DETERMINED TO
BE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

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 1402.

This bill would expand current law which prohibits the
unauthorized recording, distribution, sale, or showing for
admission charge, of sound recordings to include videocassettes
or other technology which can record or store images.

The Attorney General has advised me that to the extent this bill
seeks to extend Maryland law beyond sound recordings to prohibit
reproduction of tapes and other media containing images, it is

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