712                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 156

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-2A-06(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-2A-06.

(a)   A party may reject an award for any reason. A
notice of rejection must be filed with the DIRECTOR AND THE
arbitration panel and served on the other parties or their
counsel within 90 days after the award is served upon the
rejecting party, or, if a timely application for
modification or correction has been filed within 30 days
after a disposition of the application by the panel.

(b)   At or before the time specified in subsection (a)
for filing and serving a notice of rejection, the party
rejecting the award shall file an action in court to nullify
the award AND SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE ACTION WITH THE
DIRECTOR. Failure to file this action timely IN COURT shall
constitute a withdrawal of the notice of rejection. Subject
to the provisions of subsection (c), the procedures
applicable to the action including the form and necessary
allegations in the initial pleading shall be governed by the
Maryland Rules. If any party to the proceeding elects to
have the case tried by a jury in accordance with the
Maryland Rules, it shall be tried by a jury. Otherwise, the
case shall be tried by a judge.

(G) THE PARTY THAT REJECTED THE ARBITRATION AWARD
CLERK OF THE COURT SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE VERDICT WITH
THE DIRECTOR.

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

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 157
(House Bill 405)
AN ACT concerning