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VETOES
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Law-Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights
FOR the purpose of altering certain provisions of the law
relating to law-enforcement officers' bill of
rights; clarifying language; providing for the
preemption of certain local legislation; providing
for a certain penalty; and generally relating to
law—enforcement officers' bill of rights.
May 26, 1977
Honorable John Hanson Briscoe
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill
1651.
This bill substantially revises many of the rights
and procedures applicable to the "Law Enforcement
Officers' Bill of Rights".
Senate Bill 1026, which was enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by Lieutenant Governor Blair Lee III
in his capacity as Acting Governor on May 17, 1977,
accomplishes the same purpose.
In addition, Senate Bill 1026, by an amendment to
§728(a)(4) of Article 27, limits the filing of a certain
type of complaint against a law enforcement officer to
the aggrieved person, those persons with first hand
knowledge of the facts, or those persons with a familial
tie to the aggrieved person. House Bill 1651 however,
because of careless drafting of an amendment, would
appear to permit a member of the immediate family of a
person who observed the incident to file a complaint. I
do not believe this was the intention of the General
Assembly. Were it not for this error, I would have
preferred to sign House Bill 1651 over Senate Bill 1026.
However, for the reason noted, I have decided to
veto House Bill 1651.
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Sincerely,
Marvin Mandel
Governor
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