H.B. 1648

VETOES

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That on or before October
December 1, 1994, the Management Analysis Unit of the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning shall submit to the Legislative Policy Committee a detailed report on the
workers' compensation program for State employees. The report shall evaluate: (1) risk
management and loss control; (2) coordination of benefits; (3) the potential benefit to the
State of marketing a portion of the State's workers' compensation liability in the private
sector to a management company that will have a financial incentive to aggressively
manage the risk; and (4) the possibility of revising the method for budgeting and charging
workers' compensation at the agency level in order to create incentives for aggressive risk
management at that level.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

May 26, 1994

The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, 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 1648.

This emergency bill would prohibit a producer or refiner of motor fuel from including in
an agreement or contract with a service station dealer any provision that limits or waives
the right of the dealer to petition any government entity or lawfully advocate or oppose
any government or regulatory matter. Any provision in an agreement or contract that
violates this bill would be void and unenforceable. The bill would apply both retroactively
and prospectively from its effective date.

Senate Bill 822, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on April 12,
1994, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 1648.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

House Bill No. 1648

AN ACT concerning

Service Station Dealers - Contracts with Producers or Refiners of Motor Fuel

FOR the purpose of providing that a producer or refiner of motor fuel may not include in
any agreement or contract entered into with a service station dealer any provision
that limits or waives certain rights of the service station dealer; providing that the

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