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56B.

(a)    The county boards of education and the Board of School Com-
missioners of Baltimore City shall carry public COMPREHENSIVE
liability insurance FOR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS to protect the
board and its agents and employees. The policies shall contain a provi-
sion estopping the insurer from raising the defense of sovereign im-
munity. The purchase of such insurance shall be considered as an
educational purpose and as a valid educational expense.

(b)    The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations setting
up standards and guidelines for the policies including a minimum
liability coverage, and the policies purchased under this section,
after the adoption of these regulations, shall conform to them.

(C) ANY OF THE ABOVE BOARDS OF EDUCATION SHALL
BE CONSIDERED IN COMPLIANCE HEREIN IF THEY ARE
SELF-INSURED UNDER RULES AND REGULATIONS PRO-
MULGATED BY THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE-HUNDRED THOU-
SAND DOLLARS ($100,000) FOR EACH OCCURRENCE IN-
JURY, THE POLICY LIMITS FOR THIS INSURANCE SHALL
BE A MINIMUM OF NOT EXCEED ONE-HUNDRED THOU-
SAND DOLLARS ($100,000).

(c) (D) Nothing in this Act SECTION shall be construed as
affecting the right of the various boards of education, on their own
behalf, from raising the defense of sovereign immunity when the
claim exceeds TO ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF the limit of
liability.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 549
(House Bill 611)

AN ACT to add new Section 10A to Article 77A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Higher Edu-
cation," subtitle "Community Colleges," to follow immediately
after Section 10 thereof, to require the boards of trustees of com-
munity colleges to require public liability insurance FOR PER-
SONAL INJURY CLAIMS COMPREHENSIVE LIABILITY IN-
SURANCE, to require the State Board for Community Colleges
to set standards and guidelines for the policies, and to allow the
board BOARDS of trustees to raise the defense of sovereign im-
munity when the claim exceeds TO ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS
OF the limit of liability.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 10A be and it is hereby added to Article 77A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title
"Higher Education," subtitle "Community Colleges," to follow im-
mediately after Section 10 thereof, and to read as follows: