HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  3753

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 708

(House Bill 1399)

AN ACT concerning

Workmen's Compensation - Motion for a Rehearing

FOR the purpose of providing that the Workmen's Compensation
Commission may decide a motion for a rehearing without
granting a hearing; altering the time limit for filing
a motion for rehearing; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 56(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

56.

(e) (I) A motion for a rehearing may be filed within
seven 15 days from the date of the decision of the
Commission, only upon grounds of error of law, or newly
discovered evidence. THE COMMISSION MAY DECIDE THE MOTION
WITHOUT GRANTING A HEARING ON THE MOTION. In the event that
the seventh FIFTEENTH day falls on a day on which the
offices of the Commission are legally closed, then the time
for the filing of [such] THE motion shall be extended until
the next day on which the offices of the Commission are
legally open. [Such] THE motion shall be in writing and
state the reasons therefor, and shall not be a stay of the
decision of the Commission. THE COMMISSION MAY DECIDE THE
MOTION WITHOUT GRANTING A HEARING ON THE MOTION.

(II) IF A MOTION FOR REHEARING IS GRANTED,
THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMPTLY HOLD A HEARING AND ISSUE ANY
ORDER IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.