VETOES

BILLS AND MESSAGES

for the

BILLS VETOED

by the

Governor of Maryland

following the

1997 Regular Session

of the

General Assembly of Maryland

NOTE

One hundred thirty-two bills were vetoed by the Governor following the 1997
Regular Session of the General Assembly. Seventy-one of these bills originated in the
Senate and sixty-one of them originated in the House of Delegates. Pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17 of Article II of the Constitution of Maryland, these bills will
be returned to the General Assembly immediately after the Legislature has organized
at the next Regular or Special Session, to be reconsidered in order to determine
whether the veto is sustained or overridden.