H.B. 234                                                 VETOES

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed only
prospectively to apply to offenses that are committed after the effective date of this Act and
may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or application to any individual who
commits an offense before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1; 1995.

May 24, 1995

The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed House Bill 234.

This bill provides that a fire, emergency medical services, paramedic, rescue or support
employee employed by a local governmental unit and aggrieved by a final decision of that
unit may obtain judicial review of that decision by appealing to the Circuit Court. An
employee aggrieved by a final decision of the Circuit Court can appeal to the Court of
Special Appeals.

Senate Bill 366, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 9,
1995, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 234.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor                                       

House Bill No. 234

AN ACT concerning

Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel - Right of Aggrieved Parties to Judicial

Review

FOR the purpose of providing that certain firefighters and emergency medical personnel,
counties, and municipal corporations have a right to obtain judicial review of certain
final disciplinary decisions of their employers under certain circumstances;
specifying that the collective bargaining rights of firefighters and emergency medical
personnel exist concurrently with the right to judicial review; requiring the court to
apply a certain standard of review; allowing certain rights under a collective
bargaining agreement to be an alternative to the right to judicial review; providing
that certain rights under certain collective bargaining agreements are not abrogated
by this Act; defining a certain term certain terms; and generally relating to

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