980                              Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 416

CHAPTER 415
(House Bill 1237)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of Arti-
cle 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Re-
placement Volume and 1969 Supplement), title "Governor—Execu-
tive and Administrative Departments," subtitle "General Provi-
sions," to provide that the Governor may place an agency of the
executive branch of the State Government in a principal depart-
ment at the time of or at any time after the establishment of the
appropriate principal department.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume and 1969 Supplement),
title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments," sub-
title "General Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

3.

The executive and administrative departments, offices, boards and
other units of the State government now existing or created during
this or any subsequent session of the General Assembly which
ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO AND do not constitute one of the principal
departments may be placed at the discretion of the Governor in one
of the principal departments at the time of or at any time after the
establishment of the appropriate principal department. Each of the
principal departments shall be constituted and shall have and exercise
the rights, powers, duties, obligations and functions provided by law.
Any officers, agencies, boards or commissions specifically exempted
in this or any other article shall not be affected hereby.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1970.

Approved April 28, 1970

CHAPTER 416
(House Bill 588)

AN ACT to add new Sections 436C through 436-0, inclusive, to
Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume and 1969 Supplement), title "Insurance Code," to
follow immediately after Section 436B thereof, and to be under
the new subtitle 24A "Credit Life and Health Insurance," to pro-
vide for the regulation of credit life and health insurance in this
State; to establish the forms upon which said policies may be
issued; to set out the requirements to be included in said policies;
to provide for filing of policies, filing and approval of forms and
establishment of premium rates subject to approval of the Insur-
ance Commissioner; to provide for refunds in the event of termina-