S.B. 733

VETOES

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 733.

This bill repeals the requirements that a register of wills distribute fees collected for
providing probate information booklets to the Comptroller and provides the Comptroller
with an individual accounting of the salary and duties of each employee.

House Bill 1212, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 14,
1996, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 733.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 733

AN ACT concerning

Estates and Trusts - Register of Wills - Fees and Expenses

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that a register of wills distribute certain
fees annually to the Comptroller; repealing the requirement that the Comptroller
deposit certain fees into the General Fund of the State; repealing the requirement
that a register of wills include certain information concerning employees in the
annual account of fees and receipts to the Comptroller; repealing the requirement
that employees verify certain information; making this Act an emergency measure;
requiring the Comptroller to deposit certain fees received in the General Fund of
the State; and generally relating to the office of the register of wills.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Estates and Trusts
Section 2-207

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Estates and Trusts

2-207.

(a) Every register shall return annually to the Comptroller a full and accurate
account of the fees and receipts of his office and of the expenses incident to the proper
conduct of his office. The account shall be verified and in the form and supported by the
proof prescribed by the Comptroller.

[(a-1) (1) Each register shall distribute annually to the Comptroller the fees
collected for providing a probate information booklet and materials under § 2-206(p) of
this subtitle.

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