PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

H.B. 543

(i) real property, INCLUDING LEASEHOLD PROPERTY; or

(ii) an interest in property that passes by right of survivorship.

SECTION 2. 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 543.

This bill provides that a relative within the fifth degree of a decedent, rather than the
third degree, may make a claim for a refund (without interest) of an estate that has
escheated to the State Medicaid program or to a local board of education.

Senate Bill 499, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 18,
1995, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 543.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

House Bill No. 543

AN ACT concerning

Estates and Trusts - Escheat - Claim for Refund

FOR the purpose of altering the required degree of relationship of an individual to a
decedent whose estate has escheated to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene or a local board of education in order to entitle the individual to claim a
refund of the sum paid to the Department or board; and generally relating to
escheats of decedent's estate.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Estates and Trusts
Section 3-105(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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