S.B. 849                                                   VETOES

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the County may, prior to
the preparation of definitive bonds, issue interim certificate's or temporary bonds,
exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available
for delivery. The County may, by appropriate resolution, provide for the replacement of
any bonds issued under this Act which may have become mutilated or lost or destroyed
upon whatever conditions and after receiving whatever indemnity as the County may
require.           

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any and all obligations
issued 'under this Act, their transfer, the interest payable on them, and any income
derived from them from time to time (including any profit made in their sale) shall be and
are hereby declared to be at all times exempt from State, county, municipal or other
taxation of every kind and nature whatsoever within the State of Maryland.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the authority to borrow
money and issue bonds conferred on the County by this Act shall be deemed to provide
additional, alternative and supplemental authority for borrowing money and shall be
regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred upon the County by other
laws and may not be regarded as in derogation of any power now existing; and all
previously enacted laws authorizing the County to borrow money are hereby continued to
the extent that the power contained in them is continuing or has not been exercised,
unless any law is expressly repealed by this Act, and the validity of any bonds issued under
previously enacted laws is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. This Act, being
necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the County, shall be liberally construed to
effect its purposes. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed to the extent of any inconsistency.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take

effect June 1, 1993.           

May 27, 1993

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 849.

This bill would provide that the Nontidal Wetlands Protection Act applies to agricultural,
forestry, and regulated activities located within the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area. The
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission would be required to repeal its codified
nontidal wetland criteria as of September 30, 1993.

House Bill 225, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on April 26,
1993, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 849.                              

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