H.B. 407                                                 VETOES

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 407.

This Administration bill changes the name of the Department of Juvenile Services to the
Department of Juvenile Justice, increases the amount of restitution that may be ordered
in a juvenile case from $5,000 to $10,000, and reduces the amount of time in which
juvenile hearings must be held.

Senate Bill 343, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on April 11,
1995, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 407.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

House Bill No. 407

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Justice - Detention and Intake Procedures - Restitution —Misdemeanor Civil
Citation Pilot Program—Disclosure of Records to School Superintendents

FOR the purpose of reducing the time period within which an adjudicatory or waiver
hearing must shall be held if a petition for detention is granted; providing that a
disposition hearing must shall be held within a certain time period if a juvenile is
detained after an adjudicatory hearing; reducing the time period for which
detention of a juvenile may be extended under certain circumstances; providing that
law enforcement officers must shall file complaints within certain time periods after
taking a child into custody; creating certain exceptions to the rule of confidentiality
concerning certain records of children; requiring disclosure to and confidential use
of certain juvenile record information of a child to the local superintendent of
schools for the purpose of providing appropriate educational programming;
increasing the limit on the amount of restitution that a court may require a child or
the child's parent to pay when a child who is charged as an adult is convicted of a
crime or when a child is found to have committed a delinquent act; requiring the
Secretary of Juvenile Justice to establish and implement a misdemeanor civil
citation pilot program for certain youth who have committed certain misdemeanors;
identifying the jurisdictions in which the Department and law enforcement agencies
must implement the program; providing for the application of the program;
requiring the Department to issue regulations implementing the provisions of the

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