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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor H.B. 1
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1997.
May 22, 1997
The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the House
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 1.
This bill provides for changes in campaign finance laws and ethics laws, including certain
prohibitions regarding lobbying activities. The bill also requires that all campaign finance
reports filed with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws (SABEL) be
submitted and maintained in an electronic storage format, beginning with the reports due
in November 1999. However, reports of statewide candidates and their political
committees must be filed electronically beginning with the November 1997 reports. In
addition, the bill increases the statute of limitations for violations of the Fair Election
Practices Act from two to three years.
Senate Bill 127, 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 House
Bill 1.
Sincerely,
Parris N. Glendening
Governor
House Bill No. 1
AN ACT concerning
Election Laws — Campaign Fund-Raising Reports -Computerization
Campaign Finance and Ethics Law - Fund-Raising, Disclosure, and Enforcement
FOR the purpose of requiring that certain campaign finance reports be submitted to and
maintained by the State Administrative Board of Election Laws in an electronic
medium; requiring the State Board to provide certain materials to persons required
to file certain campaign fund reports and authorizing the State Board to charge
reasonable fees for the materials; requiring the State Board to make the campaign
finance report information that it maintains in an electronic medium easily
accessible to the public the State Administrative Board of Election Laws to develop
and implement a plan for the filing and maintenance in an electronic medium of
certain campaign finance reports; specifying certain criteria and features for the
plan; requiring the State Board periodically to submit certain reports to the
Legislative Policy Committee of the General Assembly regarding the
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