PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 524

(II) MAY USE ONLY A POWER DREDGE BAR THAT HAS A MINIMUM
SIZE OF 36 INCHES UP TO A MAXIMUM SIZE OF 42 INCHES.

(F) THE SECRETARY MAY ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT
THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION. THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE
SECRETARY MAY VARY THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBSECTION (E)(2)(I) OF
THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That before January 1, 1998,
the Department of Natural Resources is requested to prepare and submit to the Senate
Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters
Committee a report evaluating the impact of power dredging in Somerset County on the
oyster resource, including statistical information on its effects on the oyster population
and oyster habitat in the waters contiguous to Somerset County.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1995. It shall remain effective for a period of 3 years and, at the end of
September 30, 1998, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act
shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

May 24, 1995

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 524.

Senate Bill 524 makes changes in the law relating to the Board of License Commissioners
of Baltimore City. Among other things, the bill prohibits an alcoholic beverages license
from being transferred within certain areas of the 46th Legislative District in Baltimore
City unless the license is for a hotel or an establishment that accommodates less than 150
persons at any one time or, if the establishment has a capacity of 150 persons or greater,
in which the average daily receipts from the sale of food is at least 80 percent of the total
daily receipts of the establishment. It is this provision, amended into the bill during the
final moments of the 1995 Legislative Session, that causes me to veto the bill.

The amendment was an attempt to control the growth of large establishments which serve
primarily alcoholic beverages and to address the litter, noise and other problems
associated with such establishments. The author and supporters of the amendment are to
be commended. They have identified and attempted to address a real problem for many
residents of the area in and around Fells Point in Baltimore City, and I applaud their
efforts.

While this amendment affects only certain areas of the 46th Legislative District,
something that normally would receive local legislation deference, I have been asked by

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