MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1763

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 26(d) be and it is hereby
added to Article 101 — Workmen's Compensation, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 101 — Workmen's Compensation
26.

(D) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE NOT
APPLICABLE TO ANY PERSON WHO IS ELIGIBLE, UNDER A FEDERAL
LAW, TO RECEIVE BENEFITS DUE TO THE CONTRACTING OF
"PNEUMOCONIOSIS," OTHERWISE KNOWN AS BLACK LUNG[[, OR ANY
OTHER CHRONIC DUST DISEASE OF THE LONG ARISING OUT OF
EMPLOYMENT IN AN UNDERGROUND COAL MINE]] DISEASE, OR ANY
ACCIDENTAL INJURY, UNLESS THE PERSON MAKES CLAIM FOR
BENEFITS DUE TO THE CONTRACTING OF AN OCCUPATIONAL
DISEASE OR DUE TO THE SUFFERING OF AN ACCIDENTAL INJURY
FOR WHICH HE IS NOT ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER ANY
FEDERAL LAW.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 487
(House Bill 994)
AN ACT concerning

Workmen's Compensation Subsequent Injury Fund

FOR the purpose of changing the amount to be paid to the
Workmen's Compensation Commission by employers and
certain insurers when certain awards are rendered
against them,

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 101 — Workmen's Compensation

Section 66(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1964 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)