H.B. 1447                                                VETOES

FOR the purpose of transferring the control and appointment authority over local
physical fitness advisory councils to each county and Baltimore City; eliminating the
State Advisory. Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; enabling certain reports within
the Department of Business and Economic Development to be submitted at the
same time as the Department's Annual Report; eliminating certain annual reports
from the Department of Agriculture; eliminating or consolidating certain reports
required to be made by the Commissioner of Financial Regulations, the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the State Athletic Commission, the State
Board of Foresters, and the State Real Estate Commission, within the Department
of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; eliminating certain reports that are
duplicative, redundant, and no longer statutorily required within the Maryland
Higher Education Commission; eliminating duplicative reports within the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; modifying submission time of
condominium developer reports to the Office of the Secretary of State; repealing
the requirement that certain units of State government submit, by a certain date, a
report containing certain information on the evaluation of federal aid to certain
committees, the Department of Budget and Management, and the Department of
Fiscal Services; repealing the requirement that each unit of government using
nonbudgeted or dedicated funds for a capital project submit, by a certain date, a
report to the Joint Budget and Audit Committee; consolidating certain reports
concerning the Children's Trust Fund and a Joint Report by the Subcabinet on the
Costs and Outcomes of State funded Family-Preservation Services within the Office
of Children, Youth, and Families; and generally relating to the elimination and
consolidation of certain boards and commissions and agency reporting
requirements.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 83A - Department of Business and Economic Development
Section 1-204(a), 5-912, 5-1011, 5-1047(g), 5-1102(h), and 6-404(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Agriculture
Section 2-404

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1985 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Agriculture

Section 5-303

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

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