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compensation within two years from the date of the accident shall
constitute a complete bar to any claim under this article. The pro-
visions of this section shall not be applicable to claims for injuries
caused by ionizing radiation. ANY CLAIM FOR DISABILITY DUE
TO ACCIDENTAL INJURY FROM IONIZING RADIATION
SHALL BE FILED WITHIN TWO (2) YEARS OF THE DATE
OF DISABLEMENT OR THE DATE WHEN THE CLAIMANT
FIRST HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT SUCH DISABLEMENT WAS
DUE TO IONIZING RADIATION.

(b) When death results from injury, the parties entitled to com-
pensation under this article, or someone in their behalf, shall make
application for same to the Commission, within eighteen months
from the date of death, which application must be accompanied with
proof of death, certificates of attending physician, if attended by a
physician, and such other proof as may be required by the rule of the
Commission. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable
to claims for injuries caused by ionizing radiation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1967.

Approved April 14, 1967.

CHAPTER 154
(House Bill 472)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 66(2)
and (4) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume), title "Workmen's Compensation," subtitle
"Miscellaneous," to increase the percentage amount of workmen's
compensation awards required to be paid by compensation em-
ployers or insurers into the Subsequent Injury Fund, to change
the maximum and minimum amounts of money required to be
maintained in the Fund.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 66(2) and (4) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Workmen's Com-
pensation," subtitle "Miscellaneous," be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

66.

(2) The employer, or, if insured, his insurance carrier, or the
State Accident Fund, as the case may be, shall pay to the Work-
men's Compensation Commission an amount equal to [one per centum
(1%)] two per centum (2%) on all awards rendered against such
employer for permanent disability and death, including awards for
disfigurement and mutilation and also on all amounts payable by an
employer and his insurance carrier or the State Accident Fund in
pursuance to settlement agreements approved by the Commission,
as to awards and settlement agreements approved on and after
June 1, 1963. These payments shall be in addition to any payment