Ch. 751                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(H) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS
SECTION, IF A TRACK WHERE RACING IS CONDUCTED BY THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY
IS WITHIN THE 35 MILE RADIUS OF A MILE THOROUGHBRED TRACK, IT SHALL FIRST
OBTAIN THE CONCURRENCE OF THAT MILE THOROUGHBRED TRACK BEFORE IT
MAY BE A RECEIVING TRACK DURING A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE STATE FAIR
SOCIETY IS NOT LICENSED TO CONDUCT LIVE RACING.

11-815.

(c) "Satellite simulcast betting" means:

(1)     pari-mutuel betting at a satellite simulcast facility in the State on a race
that is simulcast from a sending track by a mile thoroughbred racing licensee, [or] a
harness racing licensee, OR THE STATE FAIR SOCIETY; and

(2)     transmission of the pari-mutuel information regarding bets at the
satellite simulcast facility to the sending track.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1994.

Enacted June 1, 1994.

Article II, Section 17(c) of the Constitution of Maryland states:

Section 17.

(c) Any Bill presented to the Governor within six days (Sundays excepted), prior to
adjournment of any session of the General Assembly, or after such adjournment,
shall become law without the Governor's signature unless it is vetoed by the
Governor within 30 days after its presentment.                   

On May 1, 1994, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of
Delegates formally presented to the Governor's designee House Bill 1393. Applying by
analogy the provisions .of Article 94 ("Time") of the Annotated Code of Maryland, the
Governor had until midnight May 31, 1994, to sign or veto this piece of legislation. Having
recalled an announced veto (that letter follows this statement) and having chosen not to
sign the legislation and to let the provisions of Article II, Section 17(c), determine the
effectiveness of the bill, it became law as of midnight, May 31, 1994.

                RECALL OF ANNOUNCED VETO

May 27, 1994

The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

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