SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         45

as in his determination shall be advisable or necessary in relation
to the amount of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs imposed and
collected by them individually in cases involving violations of the
motor vehicle laws. Except as to amount, such additional bonds
shall be subject generally to the terms and conditions applying to
the several bonds as required by this section.

The premiums of all bonds required by this subtitle shall be paid
by the county commissioners or county council.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved March 22, 1968.

CHAPTER 47
(House Bill 151)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 355(a)
(3), (b), and (b)(3) of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title
"Insurance Code," subtitle "Nonprofit Health Service Plans,"
amending the insurance laws in order to correct misspelling and
erroneous references therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 355 (a) (3), (b), and (b) (3) of Article 48A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1967
Supplement), title "Insurance Code," subtitle "Nonprofit Health
Service Plans," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments to read as follows:

355.

(a) (3) Each contract executed or proposed to be executed by and
between the corporation and any hospital, physician, chiropodist,
[pharmacists] pharmacist or dentist embodying the terms under
which hospital, medical, chiropodial, pharmaceutical or dental serv-
ice is to be furnished to subscribers to the plan;

(b)    Requisites to issuance. The Insurance Commissioner shall
issue a certificate of authority or license to each applicant upon the
payment of the fee provided for by Section [42] 41 of this article
and upon being satisfied;

(b) (3) That each contract issued, or proposed to be issued,
to subscribers to the plan is in a form approved by the Insurance
Commissioner, and that the rates [charges] charged, or proposed
to be charged, for each form of such contract are fair and reason-
able.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved March 22, 1968.