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maximum weekly benefit provided in § 36 (2) of this
article, subject to change from time to time. The State
Accident Fund, insurance carrier or self—insured
employer shall pay the supplemental allowance, and shall
notify the Commission upon its decision to pay a
supplemental allowance under this section. The
supplemental allowance shall continue only for the number
of weeks that the employee is entitled to receive
benefits under his original award.

(b) The employees eligible under
[subsection] PARAGRAPH (a) of this section shall be
entitled to a weekly supplemental allowance equal to the
product of the following two numbers:

(1)    The difference between the maximum fixed
weekly benefit provided in § 36(2) of this article, as it
may change from time to time, and the maximum fixed
weekly benefit applicable at the time the award was made;
and

(2)    The quotient of the actual weekly
benefit at the time the award was made and the maximum
fixed weekly benefit applicable at the time the award was

made.

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

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 513
(House Bill 1220)
AN ACT concerning

Water Supply Equipment — Tampering

FOR the purpose of defining the crime of tampering to
include certain water supply equipment operated by
municipal or public agencies, eliminating exceptions
applicable to Carroll and Washington Counties, and
clarifying the language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 118

Annotated Code of Maryland