Maryland State Government Section 2-1510

      (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.