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1110 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 326
DISBURSEMENT NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, THE SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND BOARD SHALL NOTIFY THE
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION THAT no further contribution
thereto shall be required by employers or insurance carriers, or
the State Accident Fund[, but whenever thereafter the amount of
the fund shall be reduced]. IF, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF THE
ASSETS OF THE SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO
REDUCTION below five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00)[, by
reason of payments made pursuant to this section, or otherwise,
or whenever the Workmen's Compensation Commission shall determine
that payments likely to be made from the fund in the next
succeeding three (3) months will probably cause said fund to be
reduced below five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), the
said Commission] BECAUSE OF ENCUMBRANCES AND EXPENSES
DISBURSEMENTS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, TO BE MADE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE SUBSEQUENT
INJURY FUND BOARD shall notify THE COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSION
SHALL NOTIFY all employers, their insurance carriers, and the
State Accident Fund that such contributions are forthwith to be
resumed as of the date set in such notice, and such contributions
shall thereafter continue as above provided in all cases above
specified after the effective date of said notice, and such
contributions shall thereafter continue until the fund shall
again amount to one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).
[All funds in the Second Injury Fund as it existed on June
1, 1963, shall thereafter be transferred to the Subsequent Injury
Fund which was created on this date; provided, that the
Subsequent Injury Fund shall assume the defense and a payment of
all claims made against the Second Injury Fund for injuries which
arose prior to June 1, 1963.]
(5) In any case which shall come before the Workmen's
Compensation Commission involving payments from the fund, it
shall request the Attorney General to furnish a member of his
staff to represent the fund in hearings before it. In a case in
which the fund is impleaded and subject to the approval of the
[Workmen's Compensation] SUBSEQUENT INJURY Fund Board, the
representative of the fund may hire any experts necessary to
properly defend the action. Expenses incurred shall be paid from
the Subsequent Injury Fund as directed by the Board. In any
award it shall make from the fund, the Commission shall
specifically find the amount the injured employee shall be paid
weekly, the number of weeks' compensation to be paid, the date
upon which payments from the fund shall begin, and, if possible,
the length of time such payments shall continue. In making any
award from the fund for a subsequent injury, the Commission shall
consider any prior award made by the Commission, or by a similar
commission in any other state or in the District of Columbia, in
determining the amount to be awarded for such subsequent injury.
In the event of any award against the Subsequent Injury Fund,
there shall be a right of appeal by the Subsequent Injury Fund,
as provided in § 56(a) of this article. In any case involving
payment from the fund, the Commission, or any party in interest,
shall notify the State Treasurer and/or the attorney or the
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