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injury or death or damage to property, arising out of the same accident;
(4) All amounts that the applicant has received, or in the opinion of the
court, is likely to receive under any policy affording indemnity for damage to or
destruction of his real or personal property;
(5) All amounts that the applicant has received, or, in the opinion of the
court, is likely to receive, by reason of the accident out of which applicant's claim
arises, under or because of any workmen's compensation law. Medical, hospital,
funeral, or other benefits paid or payable on behalf of the applicant under the
Workmen's Compensation law shall be deemed, for the purposes of this subtitle, to
be received or receivable by the applicant.
(c) Any amount paid out of the Fund in excess of the amount authorized under
this subtitle may be recovered by the Fund in an action brought by it against the
person receiving it.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any workmen's compensation or similar
law to the contrary, neither the employer of an injured person or decedent nor the
insurer of such employer shall be entitled to a lien on payment from the Fund
where the amount of the payment has been reduced by the amount of benefits paid
or to be paid pursuant to any workmen's compensation or similar law, nor shall
the workmen's compensation benefits be reduced because of the reduced payment
from the Fund.
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(c) The security required under this section shall be a motor vehicle liability
insurance policy written by an insurer authorized to write such a policy in
Maryland (including the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund) providing for at
least (i) the payment of claims for bodily injury or death arising from an accident
of up to [$15,000] $20,000 for any one person and of up to [$30,000] $40,000 for
any two or more persons, exclusive of interest and costs; (ii) the payment of claims
for property of others damaged or destroyed in an accident [((except as to claims
covered by first party coverage under Section 539 of [this article] ARTICLE
48A)]] of up to $5,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and (iii) the benefits
required under Article 48A, Sections 539, 540 and 542 of this Code; provided,
however, that the Administrator may approve and accept another form of security
in lieu of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy if he finds that such other form
of security is adequate to provide and does in fact provide the benefits required by
this section.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect [[July 1, 1973.]] January 1, 1974.
Approved May 7, 1973.
CHAPTER 293
(House Bill 178)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7 of Article 95 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Treasurer," to
increase the number of deputy treasurers that may be designated by the State
Treasurer.
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