11-219.

(D) THE SALES AND USE TAX DOES NOT APPLY TO CELLULAR TELEPHONE OR
OTHER MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CHARGES THE USE OF A TAXABLE
SERVICE OBTAINED BY USING A PREPAID TELEPHONE CALLING ARRANGEMENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1999 January 1, 2000.

May 27, 1999

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 729.

This bill requires the State Highway Administration (SHA), before designating a road
as an expressway, to notify the county and municipal government affected by the
designation and to publish a public notice of the proposed designation. The SHA must
provide an opportunity for the affected local governments to meet and confer with
SHA representatives on the proposed designation and hold public informational
meetings.

House Bill 996, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May
27, 1999, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign
Senate Bill 729.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening
Governor

Senate Bill 729

AN ACT concerning

State Highways - Expressway Designation Process and Regulation of

Highway Access

FOR the purpose of requiring the State Highway Administration (SHA) to follow
specified procedures when designating any part of a State highway as an
expressway; requiring, as part of the expressway designation procedures, notice
to certain local governments, an opportunity for certain local officials to meet
and confer with representatives of SHA, a public informational meeting, and a
public hearing; requiring that certain notices be published in a specified
manner; providing that certain requirements of this Act may be satisfied in a
certain alternative manner; prohibiting SHA from denying the owner of