S.B. 365

VETOES

This bill would require operators of automated teller machines (ATMs) to adopt
procedures for evaluating the safety of existing and to-be-installed ATMs and related
parking areas, including consideration of lighting conditions and natural or man-made
obstructions as specified in this bill.

House Bill 573, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 26,
1994, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 365.

Sincerely,
William Donald Schaefer
Governor

Senate Bill No. 365

AN ACT concerning

Financial Institutions - Automated Teller Machines

FOR the purpose of establishing procedures for evaluating the safety of the location of
certain automated teller machines; establishing requirements for the lighting of
certain automated teller machines at night; establishing requirements for safety
information to be provided to customers who use automated teller machines at
night; providing that compliance with the requirements of this Act creates a
rebuttable presumption that an automated teller machine was operated
appropriately and that adequate measures for the safety of customers were
provided; providing that this Act preempts local law governing customer safety at
automated teller machines; defining certain terms; providing for the applicability of
this Act; providing for a delayed effective date; and generally relating to the
operation of automated teller machines.

BY adding to

Article - Financial Institutions

Section 1-206

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Financial Institutions

1-206.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS.
INDICATED.

(2) (I) "ACCESS AREA" MEANS ANY PAVED WALKWAY OR SIDEWALK
WHICH IS WITHIN 50 FEET OF AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE.

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