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right to refuse renewal on an individual basis, shall
provide in substance in a provision thereof or in an
endorsement thereon or rider attached thereto that subject
to the right to terminate the policy upon nonpayment of
premium when due, such right to refuse renewal may not be
exercised so as to take effect before the renewal date
occurring on, or after and nearest, each policy anniversary
(or in the case of lapse and reinstatement, at the renewal
date occurring on, or after and nearest, each anniversary of
the last reinstatement), [and] that any refusal of renewal
shall be without prejudice to any claim originating while
the policy is in force[. ] AND THAT ANY REFUSAL OF RENEWAL
SHALL NOT BE SOLELY BECAUSE OF A CHANGE IN THE HEALTH OR IN
THE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION OF THE INSURED. (The
parenthetic reference to lapse and reinstatement may be
omitted at the insurer's option.)

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

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 252

(Senate Bill 578)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City — Examining Engineers

FOR the purpose of making examination of certain steam
plants by the Board of Examining Engineers
discretionary; deleting the requirement that
examinations be conducted on a semiannual basis; and
providing that this Act is an emergency measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Section 4—4

Article 4 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1969 Edition and 1977 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Article 4 - Baltimore City

4-4.

Said Board of Examining Engineers shall meet at its