S.B. 408

VETOES

(II) IMPOSED OR MODIFIED A SENTENCE IN VIOLATION OF THE
MARYLAND RULES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall apply to
any appeal pending or filed by the State on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

May 22, 2003

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, today I have
vetoed Senate Bill 408 - Child Support Enforcement - Earnings Withholding.

This bill requires that when a court orders immediate service of an earnings
withholding order, the court order must require that payments be made through the
State disbursement unit.

House Bill 107, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 408.

Sincerely,

Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.

Governor

Senate Bill No. 408

AN ACT concerning

Child Support Enforcement - Earnings Withholding

FOR the purpose of requiring that, when a court orders immediate service of an
earnings withholding order, the court order payments through the State
disbursement unit; requiring an employer to provide an obligor with a copy of
notice of earnings withholding within a specified period after the employer has
been served with the notice; repealing the requirement that certain documents
be sent by certified mail in cases where the Child Support Enforcement
Administration has served the obligor's employer with an earnings withholding
notice; authorizing a parent or support enforcement agency to use means other
than certified mail to send to the parent's employer a copy of an order to provide
health insurance coverage; making certain conforming changes; making stylistic
changes; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to
earnings withholding and medical support child support enforcement.

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