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AN ACT concerning

Drunk and Drugged Driving - Conditions of Probation

FOR the purpose of requiring a court that suspends a sentence or stays a judgment of
conviction and places a defendant on probation for certain alcohol- or
drug-related driving offenses to impose as a condition of probation that the
defendant participate in an alcohol or drug treatment or education program
approved by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under certain
circumstances; requiring a court that stays a judgment of conviction for certain
alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses to impose a period of probation under
certain circumstances; authorizing a court that stays a judgment of conviction
and places a defendant on probation for certain alcohol- or drug-related driving
offenses to prohibit the defendant from operating a motor vehicle unless the
motor vehicle is equipped with an alcohol ignition interlock system; and
generally relating to conditions of probation for certain alcohol- or drug-related

House Bill No. 347

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 347 - Drunk and Drugged Driving - Conditions of Probation.

This bill requires a court that suspends a sentence or stays a judgment of conviction
and places a defendant on probation for alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses to
require participation in treatment programs, requires the imposition of probation if a
judgment of conviction is stayed for alcohol— or drug-related driving offenses, and
authorizes a court to prohibit a defendant from operating a motor vehicle unless it is
equipped with an alcohol ignition interlock system.

Senate Bill 427, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 347.

Sincerely,

Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.

Governor

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety,
has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from
the date it is enacted.

H.B. 347

VETOES