Maryland Statutes
Part II - Procedures After Return on Final Passage
Section 2-1510 - Designee for Presentment

(a)    The Governor may designate another individual to receive bills while the Governor is ill or necessarily absent from the seat of the State government.
    (b)    A designation under this section:
        (1)    shall be in writing;
        (2)    shall be sent to the presiding officer of the Senate and the presiding officer of the House;
        (3)    on receipt by those officers, shall be entered in full in the Senate journal and the House journal; and
        (4)    is effective during the period that the Governor specifies.