110                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 82

CHAPTER 81
(Senate Bill 88)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 48A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Insurance", sub-title "Insur-
ance Department",' said new section to be known as Section 11A
of said Article, authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to promul-
gate regulations requiring stock insurance companies or mutual
associations now or hereafter authorized to transact the business
of longshoremen's and harbor workers' compensation in this State,
to issue full and complete compensation coverage as required by
the said Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
to employers required to secure payment of compensation under
said act when such employers have been denied or refused full
coverage by two or more of said insurance carriers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section to Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Insurance", sub-title "Insurance Department",
said new section to be known as Section 11A of said Article, be and
it is hereby added, to read as follows:

11 A. Whenever any employer incident to any employment carried
on in this State, shall be required to secure the payment of compensa-
tion as provided by the Federal Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act (S3 U. S. Code, Section 901, etc.) shall be denied
or refused such full and complete coverage by two or more insurance
carriers authorized to transact the business of longshoremen's and
harbor workers' compensation insurance in this State, the Commis-
sioner, by regulation or otherwise, shall direct that one of said such
companies or an insurance association authorized to transact the
business of writing longshoremen's and harbor workers' compensa-
tion insurance in this State, issue full and complete coverage required
by said Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to
such employer or employers that have been denied or refused said full
and complete coverage required by said act upon the employer notify-
ing the Commissioner of such denial or refusal and upon application
being made therefor to the Insurance Commissioner by said employer
or employers.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved March 10, 1955.

CHAPTER 82
(Senate Bill 9)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 28 of
Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.