SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1007

CHAPTER 543
(Senate Bill 358)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 152,
154(a), 155(a), 166, 167(a), 167A, 168(c), 169, 170, 171, 172
and 173 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967
Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Motor Ve-
hicles," subtitle "Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund," and to
add new Section 173A to said Article, to follow immediately after
Section 173 thereof, to substitute the Unsatisfied Claim and
Judgment Fund Board for the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
as the party defendant in cases of uninsured motorists whose
whereabouts cannot be ascertained and in cases of hit-and-run
accidents, to provide that the Board be designated to accept service
of process, to provide for the administration of proceedings al-
ready commenced and generally relating to the operation and
administration of such fund.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 152, 154(a), 155(a), 166, 167(a), 167A, 168(c), 169,
170, 171, 172 and 173 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title
"Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund,"
be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
and that new Section 173A be and it is hereby added to said Article,
to follow immediately after Section 173 thereof, and all to read as
follows:

152.

There is hereby created an Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund
Board consisting of the Commissioner, the Commissioner of Insur-
ance, four representatives of insurers, and four representatives of
the public. Such representatives of insurers shall be designated
annually by the Commissioner of Insurance. He shall designate one
representative of each of the following classes of companies:

(a)   Stock company rating organization members;

(b)   Mutual company rating organization members;

(c)   Independent stock companies; and

(d)   Independent mutual and other companies.

A person designated as a representative shall be an employee or
officer of an insurer of the class which he represents. The four
representatives of the public not connected with the insurance in-
dustry shall be appointed annually by the Governor at the same
time that the designation of insurer's representatives is made by
the Commissioner of Insurance. None of the members of the Board
shall receive any compensation or remuneration from the fund,
except that members who are not employees of the State may, upon
application, receive $25.00 per day as expenses for each meeting
attended, however, total payment per member is not to exceed
$300.00 in any one calendar year. Such Board shall maintain an
office in the State, administer the fund subject to the provisions of
this subtitle, determine its cash requirements, and the amounts, if