PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             S.B. 618

matching fund shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. Any amount of
the loan in excess of the amount of the matching fund certified by the Board of Public
Works shall be canceled and be of no further effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1996.

May 23, 1996

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 618.

This bill revises and restates the laws concerning crimes involving physical injury and
threatened physical injury.

House Bill 749, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on this date,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill
618.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 618

AN ACT concerning

Crimes - Assault Laws - Revision

FOR the purpose of revising and restating the laws concerning crimes involving physical
injury and threatened physical injury; repealing provisions of law on assault with
intent to commit certain offenses and third persons aiding one being assaulted;
establishing the crimes of first and second degree assault; allowing a charge of
reckless endangerment to be brought for each person endangered; providing for
certain defenses; providing a short form charging document and procedures related
to charging a person with certain offenses; allowing assault cases to be dismissed
under certain circumstances; providing that certain testimony is admissible but not
required to prove certain injuries; repealing crimes related to mayhem and
maiming; making stylistic, conforming, and substantive changes to statutory
provisions that include references to assault-related offenses; making into felonies
the attempt offenses of attempt to commit murder, rape, sexual offense, robbery,
and robbery with a dangerous or deadly weapon; altering a certain penalty;
repealing an obsolete reference; providing that certain Committee Notes and
catchlines contained in this Act are not law; providing for the application of this

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