602                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 173

APPEALS
478G.

(1)    Any applicant or affected insurer shall have the right of
appeal to the Governing Committee. A decision of the Governing
Committee may be appealed to the Commissioner within thirty days
after such decision.

(2)    All orders or decisions of the Commissioner made pursuant
to this subtitle shall be subject to judicial review.

IMMUNITY
478H.

There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of
any nature shall arise against insurers, the Inspection Bureau, the
Association, the Governing Committee, their agents or employees,
or the Commissioner or his authorized representatives for any failure
to discover defects in the property inspected or for any statements
made in any reports and communications concerning the insurability
of the property, or in the findings required by the provisions of this
section, or the hearings conducted in connection therewith.

TERMINATION
478-I.

This subtitle shall no longer be of any force after the expiration
of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968;
except that obligations incurred by the Association established
pursuant to the provisions of this subtitle shall not be impaired by
the expiration of this subtitle and such Association shall be con-
tinued for the purpose of performing such obligations.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end,
all the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 173
(House Bill 907)

AN ACT to add new Sections 491 through 503 inclusive to Article
48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Vol-