S.B. 610

VETOES

May 26, 2004

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 610 - Municipal Corporations - Regulation of Junkyards, Dumps,
and Other Facilities - Ordinances.

This bill authorizes the legislative body of a municipal corporation to adopt an
ordinance for the licensing, control, location, or maintenance of specified junkyards,
dumps, and other facilities; requiring ordinances to be designed to achieve specified
purposes; authorizing an ordinance to prohibit the operation or maintenance of
junkyards, dumps, or other facilities in a specified location until a license has been
obtained; requiring the legislative body of a municipal corporation to give notice of a
hearing on a proposed ordinance.

House Bill 890, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May
26, 2004, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign
Senate Bill 610.

Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor

Senate Bill No. 610

AN ACT concerning

Municipal Corporations - Regulation of Junkyards, Dumps, and Other

Facilities - Ordinances

FOR the purpose of authorizing the legislative body of a municipal corporation to
adopt an ordinance for the licensing, control, location, or maintenance of certain
junkyards, dumps, and other facilities; requiring certain ordinances to be
designed to achieve certain purposes; authorizing an ordinance to prohibit the
operation or maintenance of certain junkyards, dumps, or other facilities in a
certain location until a certain license has been obtained; requiring the
legislative body of a municipal corporation to give certain notice of a hearing on
the adoption of an a certain proposed ordinance regulating junkyards; providing
that a certain municipal ordinance regulating junkyards is not valid unless a
certain hearing is held; providing that a violation of a municipal ordinance
regulating certain junkyards, dumps, and other facilities is a misdemeanor,
subject to a certain fine; authorizing the legislative body of a municipal
corporation to declare a certain violation to be a municipal infraction; providing
for the applicability of certain provisions of this Act; defining a certain term; and

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