Section 2-1511 – Delivery to Office of Secretary of State
(a) The Governor shall deliver to the Secretary of State or a designee in the Secretary’s office: (1) each bill that the Governor approves, immediately after the approval; (2) each bill that becomes law without the approval of the Governor, on the day the bill becomes law; (3) each bill that the Governor vetoes; and (4) each executive order effective […]
Section 2-1512 – Record of Chapter Numbers
(a) The Secretary of State shall keep, for each session, a permanent record of the bills and executive orders that the Governor delivers to the Secretary under this subtitle. The record shall be known as the record of chapter numbers. (b) (1) The Secretary of State shall enter, in the record, the chapter number of each bill that […]
Section 2-1513 – Disposition of Bills
(a) The Secretary of State shall deliver to the clerk of the Court of Appeals each bill that becomes law. (b) With respect to bills that the Governor vetoes, the Secretary of State shall deliver: (1) to the house of origin, each bill that the Maryland Constitution requires to be returned to that house; and (2) to the State […]
Section 2-1514 – Notice of Action Under Joint Resolution
(a) If the General Assembly adopts a joint resolution that asks the Governor or an official of a unit of the Executive Branch of the State government to take any action, the Governor or the official shall give the Legislative Policy Committee and each sponsor of the resolution notice of the action taken under the resolution. […]
Section 2-1501 – Definitions
(a) In this Part I of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Bill” includes a joint resolution. (c) “Mandate” means a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit. (d) “Mandated appropriation” means a requirement […]