HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 101 - Workmen's Compensation

36.

Each employer (employee) (or in the case of death his
family or dependents) entitled to receive compensation under
this article shall receive the same in accordance with the
following schedule and except as in this article otherwise
provided, such payment shall be in lieu of any and all
rights of action whatsoever against any person whomsoever.

(2) In case of temporary total disability,
sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the average weekly
wages shall be paid to the employee during the continuance
thereof, not to exceed a maximum of one hundred per centum
of the average weekly wage of the State of Maryland as
determined by the Department of Employment Security. The
Department of Employment Security shall report the average
weekly wage of the State of Maryland as of July 1, to the
Workmen's Compensation Commission no later than December 15
of each year. The average weekly wage used for 1968 shall
be that average weekly wage established by the Department of
Employment Security as of July 1, 1967. In no case shall
the employee receive less than a minimum of [twenty-five
dollars] $50 per week unless the employee's established
weekly wages are less than [twenty-five dollars] $50 per
week at the time of the injury, in which event he shall
receive compensation equal to his weekly wages. Nothing in
this subsection shall be construed or applied to affect or
change the law as to any such injury or strain which
occurred prior to the effective date of this subsection, or
to affect or change the law applicable to persons eligible
for benefits as the result of an injury or injuries
sustained when a different rate or percentage payment basis
is effective.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 486
(House Bill 1784)
AN ACT concerning