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more than $250 which shall be used for actuarial studies and
audits to determine the financial solvency.

(iii) For the purpose of this

paragraph "employer" includes groups of counties [or],
GROUPS OF municipalities, OR GROUPS OF COUNTY BOARDS OF
EDUCATION as prescribed by rules and regulations of the
Commission.

(iv) The Workmen's Compensation

Commission shall develop rules and regulations prescribing
requirements and procedures for groups of counties [or],
GROUPS OF municipalities, OR GROUPS OF COUNTY BOARDS OF

EDUCATION seeking to establish joint self-insurance

coverage.

(v) A group of counties [or], A
GROUP OF municipalities, OR A GROUP OF COUNTY BOARDS OF
EDUCATION may not be self-insured without first receiving a
certificate of authority to do business issued by the
Workmen's Compensation Commission.

(vi) For the purposes of workmen's
compensation, self-insurers and groups of counties [or],
GROUPS OF municipalities, OR GROUPS OF COUNTY BOARDS OF
EDUCATION which are self-insured pursuant to this paragraph
are not subject to the provisions of Article 48A of the
Code.

(3)(A)(VII) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBSECTION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF ITS COUNTY GOVERNING BODY,
A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED A COUNTY OR
MUNICIPALITY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

June 1, 1982
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In . accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 770.

This bill provides that a county board of education may
be included in a program of group self-insurers under the
Workmen's Compensation Law pursuant to approval by the
county government of that county.