2630                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 698

Occupations (as enacted by Chapter (H.B. 1) of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1981) be renumbered to be
Section(s) 4-204 (a), (b), and (c), respectively.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 699

(House Bill 1631)

AN ACT concerning

Uninsured Employers' Fund - Levy on Awards

FOR the purpose of providing for an amount equal to a
certain percentage of all workmen's compensation awards
to be paid into the Uninsured Employers' Fund;
providing that the levy shall be suspended when the
Fund equals or exceeds a certain amount and shall be
resumed when the Fund falls or may fall below a certain
amount; and relating generally to the Uninsured
Employers' Fund.

BY adding to

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 91(b)(3) and (4)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 101 - Workmen's Compensation

91.

(b) (3) AN EMPLOYER, OR, IF INSURED, THE EMPLOYER'S
INSURANCE CARRIER OR THE STATE ACCIDENT FUND, AS THE CASE
MAY BE, SHALL PAY TO THE UNINSURED EMPLOYERS' FUND AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO 1 PERCENT OF ALL AWARDS RENDERED AGAINST THE
EMPLOYER FOR PERMANENT DISABILITY OR DEATH, INCLUDING AWARDS
FOR DISFIGUREMENT OR MUTILATION, AND 1 PERCENT OF ALL
AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY THE EMPLOYER (OR HIS INSURANCE CARRIER OR
THE STATE ACCIDENT FUND) PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION. THE PAYMENTS SHALL APPLY ONLY
TO AWARDS MADE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS APPROVED ON OR
AFTER JULY 1, 1981. THE PAYMENTS SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO