PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 846

(9)     acting as administrative agent for a governmental unit that performs an
insurance function;

(10)   financing insurance premiums;

(11)   conducting any other business activity that is reasonably ancillary to an
insurance business; or

(12)   owning one or more corporations engaged exclusively in or organized to
engage exclusively in one or more of the business activities specified in this section.

(B) SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER AND TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, A DOMESTIC MUTUAL INSURER MAY ACQUIRE OR FORM
A SUBSIDIARY INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act is
an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take
effect from the date it is enacted.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall
take effect October 1, 1997.

May 22, 1997

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 846.

This bill creates a Class GC (golf course) beer, wine, and liquor license in Harford
County. The license may be issued to a golf course that, is open to the public, is operated
for profit, and has a minimum of 18 holes. The annua! license fee is $2,200. A licensee
may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption only on the land and in the buildings used
for golfing purposes between 8 a.m. and 2 a.m. daily. The prohibition on the distance a
licensee must remain from a church or school does not apply to a Class GC license.

House Bill 1222, 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 846.                                                       . .

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

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