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agencies. All eminent domain proceedings filed by the State of Mary-
land in the name of a Director or Secretary and now pending in the
Courts of the State shall be valid, legal and effective without the
necessity of joining the Secretary of General Services as a party to
each proceeding.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immedi-
ate 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 17, 1972.

CHAPTER 73
(House Bill 444)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 234B
of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Insurance Code," sub-
title "15. Unfair Trade Practices,"; to repeal and re-enact with
amendments, Section 240A of said article, title and subtitle; to
add new Section 240AA to said article, title and subtitle; to re-
peal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 240B of said article,
title and subtitle; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 240C of said article, title and subtitle; to add new Section
240C-1 under the same article, title and subtitle; to repeal and
re-enact, with amendments, Section 240D of said article, title and
subtitle; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 242(c)
of said article, and title, subtitle "16. Rates and Rating Organi-
zations,"; to add new Section 242(c-1) to said article, title and
subtitle; to repeal Section 243 of said article, title and subtitle
and to add in lieu thereof Sections 243 to 243L, inclusive, to said
article and title, under the new subtitle "16A. Maryland Automo-
bile Insurance Fund,"; to add new Sections 538 to 547 546 inclusive
to said article and title under the new subtitle "35. Motor Vehicle
Casualty Insurance—Required Primary Coverage,"; to repeal Sec-
tions 7-101 to 7-635 inclusive of Article 66½ of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supple-
ment), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle "Subtitle 7. Financial Re-
sponsibility and Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund" and to
add in lieu thereof new Sections 7-101 and 7-102 to said article
and title under new subtitle "Subtitle 7. Required Security"; to

add new Section 23A to Article 75 of the Annotated Code of

Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title
"Pleadings, Practice and Process of Law," subtitle "III. Practice";

to add new Section 45 to Article 10 of the Annotated Code of

Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title
"Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact"; to add new Section
22A to Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Re-
placement Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle
"Judgments"; TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT, WITH AMEND-
MENTS, SECTION 135 OF ARTICLE 81 OF THE CODE
(1969 REPLACEMENT VOLUME), TITLE "REVENUE AND