WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 71

Treasury to reimburse the State for the moneys appropriated and expended in
conducting and administering the Fund; requiring the Commissioners
commissioners of the Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund Injured Workers'
Insurance Fund (the Fund) to be appointed with the advice and consent of the
Senate; providing for a certain plan by which the services provided by the Fund
will be made known to employers in the State; altering the manner in which
certain employees of the Fund are employed; altering the status of certain
employees of the Fund by a certain date; requiring the Commissioners
commissioners of the Fund to establish a certain placement program for certain
employees; providing certain hearing rights to certain employees; requiring that
certain information be provided in certain reports; providing for a certain audit
and a certain market conduct survey to be paid for by the Fund; providing for a
certain report to the Legislative Policy Committee; providing that the Fund be
subject to certain laws; providing for certain effective dates; providing that the
commissioners of the Fund shall study whether the Fund should implement a
system of competitive commissions; requiring the commissioners of the Fund to
submit certain recommendations prior to a certain date; and clarifying and
generally relating to the State Accident Fund and the Workers' Compensation
Insurance Fund Injured Workers' Insurance Fund.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 70 and 71 to be under the amended subtitle "Workers' Compensation
Insurance Fund Injured Workers' Insurance Fund"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

[State Accident Fund] WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND
INJURED WORKERS' INSURANCE FUND

70.

There shall be a ["State Accident Fund",] "WORKERS' COMPENSATION
INSURANCE FUND INJURED WORKERS' INSURANCE FUND", for the purpose
of insuring employers against liability under this article. The [State Accident Fund]
WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND INJURED WORKERS'
INSURANCE FUND may also issue employer's liability insurance and may pay benefits
equal to the benefits allowable and payable under the District of Columbia
compensation law, or allowable and payable under any other state or federal
compensation law applicable to the case. Such Fund shall consist of all premiums or
taxes received and paid into the Fund and of property and securities acquired and
interest earned through the use of moneys belonging to the Fund. Said Fund shall be
applicable to the payment of losses sustained on account of insurance and to the

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