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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 189

by the insurer or rating organization, the Commissioner may
authorize a filing which he has reviewed to become effective
before the expiration of the waiting period or any extension
thereof or at any later date. A filing shall be deemed
approved unless disapproved by the Commissioner within the
waiting period or any extension thereof. A filing may be
withdrawn or amended by the filer at any time prior to
approval. After approval or disapproval, a filing may be
withdrawn or amended only upon approval of the Commissioner,
who shall make the approval in accordance with this section.
"Working days" are defined as those days on which the
Insurance Division is open for business.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 190

(House Bill 788)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance - Hearings

FOR the purpose of requiring the Insurance Commissioner to
make an order within a certain period after the
termination of a certain hearing on cancellation,
nonrenewal, increase in premium, or reduction of
coverage under a motor vehicle liability insurance
policy; and making stylistic changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 240AA(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code

240AA.

(g) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE AN ORDER WITHIN 30
DAYS AFTER TERMINATION OF THE HEARING. If the Commissioner
finds the proposed action to be justified, he shall dismiss
the protest and allow the proposed action to be taken on the