H.B. 81                                                   VETOES

Article - State Government

Section 16-108

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

16-105.

Except for an officer specified in §§ 16-101 through 16-104 of this title, an
officer elected or appointed to any office of trust or profit under the Maryland
Constitution or a law of this State, including a mayor or other chief magistrate of a
municipal corporation, shall take and subscribe the oath required by Article I, § 9 of
the Maryland Constitution before a clerk of the circuit court or before a sworn deputy
of the clerk.

16-108.

(a)     At least once each month, the clerk of each circuit court shall report to the
Secretary of State the names and offices of all officers who have taken and subscribed
an oath before the clerk.

(b)     The Secretary of State shall:

(1)     preserve a report required by subsection (a) of this section; and

(2)     equally with the clerk of a circuit court, be competent to certify the
character and qualifications of an officer who has taken and subscribed an oath
before the clerk.

[(c) The clerk of a circuit court may collect a fee of $.10 for administering an
oath required by § 16-105 of this title to be administered by the clerk.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

May 22, 2003

The Honorable Michael E. Busch
Speaker of the House
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, today I have
vetoed House Bill 81 - Task Force to Study the Financial Impact of Retired Military
Service Personnel on the Economy of the State.

This bill establishes a Task Force to Study the Financial Impact of Retired Military

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