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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 338

FOR the purpose of [[limiting the election of a place of
hearing by the employee to the county where the
alleged accident occurred or the county where the
employee lived at the time of the accident, unless
good cause is shown]] providing that the Workmen's
Compensation Commission may deny the election of an
injured employee to have his case heard in Baltimore
City.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 101 — Workmen's Compensation

Section 5

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1964 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 5 of Article 101 — Workmen's
Compensation, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 101 — Workmen's Compensation

5.

From and after January 1, 1958, for the purpose of
conducting hearings by the Commission as authorized by
this article, an injured employee shall have his election
of having a Commission session or a hearing either (1) in
the county where the alleged accident occurred (2) in the
county where the employee lived at the time the accident
occurred, or (3) in Baltimore City; provided that the
employee shall notify the commissioner of his election
within ten days from the date that both sides are

notified that a hearing will be held IF THE ACCIDENT

OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS
NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY THE COMMISSION MAY DENY THE
ELECTION TO HAVE THE CASE HEARD IN THE CITY, FOR REASON
OF INCONVENIENCE TO THE PARTIES. The Commission shall so
arrange its schedule of hearings so that any claim
brought under the provisions of this section shall be
heard without unreasonable delay.

[[HOWEVER, AN EMPLOYEE MAY NOT ELECT A PLACE OF
HEARING OTHER THAN THE COUNTY WHERE THE ALLEGED ACCIDENT
OCCURRED OR THE COUNTY WHERE THE EMPLOYEE LIVED AT THE
TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF GOOD
CAUSE.]]