HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(a) In time of peace and while engaged in [military
service] STATE ACTIVE DUTY, all officers and enlisted men of
the organized militia of the State of Maryland shall be
[deemed] workmen of the State for wages within the meaning
of this section. [However, if and so long as provision
equal to or better than that given under the terms of this
article is made by the federal government for an employee of
the military department of Maryland injured in the course of
employment, such employee is not entitled to the benefit of
this article. Should any benefits provided by the federal
government be less than those provided by this article, the
State and its insurer shall furnish the additional benefit
in order to make up the difference between the benefit
provided by the federal government and the similar benefit
required by this article.] STATE ACTIVE DUTY IS DEFINED AS
THAT PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH AN EMPLOYEE IS ORDERED TO
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY IN THE ORGANIZED MILITIA OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR FOR SERVICE IN TIME OF
CIVIL DISORDER, NATURAL DISASTER, LABOR DISORDERS, OR
SIMILAR ACTIVITIES REQUIRING SUPPORT OF THE STATE MILITIA.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 650

(House Bill 1545)

AN ACT concerning

Assault on Employees of the Jail

FOR the purpose of placing an employee of any County Jail or
Baltimore—City—Jail under the same—law pertaining to

the employees of the Division of Corrections or

Patuxent Institute when an inmate of these jails are
convicted of an assault on an employeo providing that
the sentence of an inmate for a conviction of assault
on an employee of the Baltimore City Jail, or any
county jail or detention center shall run consecutive
to the sentence under which the inmate was originally
confined and that the sentence may not be suspended.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 11E

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)