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Section 12(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 26A - Criminal Injuries Compensation Act

12.

(b) Any award made pursuant to this article shall be
made in accordance with the schedule of benefits and degree
of disability as specified in [§ 36 of] Article 101, § 36
(AS IT EXISTS EXISTED ON JULY 1, 1974), § 37, AND OTHER
APPLICABLE SECTIONS, of the Code, [as that section exists on
July 1, 1974,] excluding § 66 entitled "Subsequent Injury
Fund." However, the term "average weekly wages" as applied
to determine the award in accordance with § 36 of Article
101, does not include tips, gratuities and wages that are
undeclared on the claimant's State or federal income tax
returns in the applicable years. If a claimant does not have
"average weekly wages" so as to qualify under the formula in
§ 36 of Article 101, the award shall be in an amount equal
to the arithmetic average between the maximum and minimum
awards listed in the applicable portion of that section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health .and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 411

(House Bill 1011)

AN ACT concerning

Transportation Selection Board - Architectural
and Engineering Contracts

FOR the purpose of raising the minimum monetary amount of
architectural and engineering contracts that require
the contracts to be reviewed by the Transportation
Selection Board.