S.B. 415                                                  VETOES

SUBTITLE 12. TERMINATION OF TENANCY - CHANGE IN LAND USE

8A-1201.

WHEN A MOBILE HOME PARK OWNER SUBMITS AN APPLICATION FOR A
CHANGE IN THE LAND USE OF A PARK, THE OWNER SHALL SUBMIT, AS PART OF THE
APPLICATION, A PLAN FOR ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EACH RESIDENT TO
BE DISLOCATED AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

May 26, 1994

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear President Miller:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 415.

Senate Bill 415 would require that, beginning with the 1995 Regular Session of the
General Assembly, executive branch agencies prepare an economic impact rating and an
economic impact analysis for all legislation to be introduced by the Administration, or by
the agency, that would have an impact upon small business. Beginning with the 1996
regular session, the Department of Fiscal Services (DFS) would be required to prepare an
economic impact rating and economic impact analysis for all bills introduced by a member
of the General Assembly, that would have an impact upon small business.

I applaud the contribution that small business makes to the economy of the State and
would embrace any reasonable effort to enhance the ability of small business to avoid
unreasonable and unwarranted economic burdens created by the State. However, I do not
believe that the provisions contained in Senate Bill 415 are a feasible or cost effective way
to achieve that goal. The Department of Fiscal Services estimates that performing these
analyses will cost the Department of Economic and Employment Development $89,000
beginning in Fiscal Year 1995. Further, when the Department of Fiscal Services begins
conducting these analyses for the 1996 session, the annual cost for the first year will be
approximately $175,000.

I believe that Senate Bill 415 represents a significant departure from the existing process
of determining the fiscal impact of legislation, and would impose an unnecessary and
unreasonable burden on the legislative process. The bill presumes that small business
speaks with one voice. Small business in Maryland is so diverse that it would be difficult,
at best, to quantify the costs and benefits of any given legislative proposal, without the
benefit of detailed and specific input from individual businesses. The requirement that
executive branch agencies collaborate with DFS to develop a single statement that must
provide a detailed evaluation of issues such as: (1) the cost of providing good and services-

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