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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 215

71.

(a) There is hereby created as part of the Department
of Personnel an agency of the State to be known as the
"commissioners of the State Accident Fund," to be composed
of [five] SEVEN commissioners appointed by the Secretary of
Personnel, subject to the approval of the Governor, with the
powers and duties hereinafter prescribed. The commissioners
shall be selected from among the employers, employees or
other citizens of the State, as the Secretary of Personnel
and the Governor may determine. Appointments shall be for
terms of five years each. Each commissioner shall hold
office until his successor shall be appointed and shall have
qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the Secretary of
Personnel, with the approval of the Governor, for the
unexpired term. Said commissioners shall elect annually a
chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. The concurrence of
at least [three] FOUR commissioners shall be necessary in
all matters. Said commissioners shall operate and
administer the State Accident Fund and shall devote as much
of their time thereto as may be necessary to perform the
duties incumbent upon them and carry out the functions of
the State Accident Fund. The commissioners shall be paid
semimonthly such salaries as are provided in the budget. In
addition thereto they shall be entitled to their necessary
traveling expenses, in accordance with the standard travel
regulations, while engaged in transacting the business of
the State Accident Fund, including those incurred in
attending meetings of the commissioners.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 216

(Senate Bill 240)

AN ACT concerning

Employment Agencies — Bond Requirements

FOR the purpose of increasing the amount of a certain bond
required to be filed with the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry by an employment agency; and making style
changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 — Licenses

Section 163(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)