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2007 Vetoed Bills and Messages
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S.B. 463
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(2) Any report received from the Public Service Commission under §
7-507 of this subtitle; and
(3) If the hearing was requested under subsection (b) (C) of this
section, the written request for the hearing and all documents filed in support of it.
(e) (F)[If the] THE People's Counsel to the Public Service Commission
[considers the public interest to be involved, the People's Counsel] shall appear and
represent the public interest at each hearing called by the Administration under this
section.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2007.
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May 16, 2007
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 497- Disposal of Handguns Owned by a Law Enforcement Agency.
Senate Bill 497 authorizes law enforcement agencies to dispose of agency owned
handguns by selling, exchanging, or transferring the handguns to a manufacturer.
Currently, these weapons may only be destroyed or sold to other law enforcement
agencies, to retired officers, or to the officer to whom the handgun was issued.
Marylanders are all too familiar with the tragic effects of gun crimes. In my view,
current law provides sufficient options for the disposal of law enforcement weapons.
Police weapons should not be made potentially available outside of the law
enforcement community. Citizens who seek to own a handgun have many options for
purchasing those weapons; unneeded police handguns do not have to be added to
existing inventories.
Some supporters of the bill argue that it will help local governments save money when
purchasing new service weapons. However, a fiscal analysis of the bill revealed little
or no impact on the overall finances of police agencies. In any event, significant
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