HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3571

(A)  A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE IS A MISDEMEANOR
PUNISHABLE BY THE PENALTY SPECIFIED IN § 27-101(B) OF THIS
ARTICLE.

(B)  THE CHARGING OF A PERSON WITH A VIOLATION OF THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL BE BY MEANS OF A TRAFFIC CITATION IN THE FORM
DETERMINED UNDER § 26-406 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(C)  THE CHARGING OF A PERSON WITH A VIOLATION OF THIS
SECTION MAY BE PERFORMED BY ANY STATE OR LOCAL POLICE OFFICER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision
of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid for any reason, the invalidity shall
not affect the other provisions or any other application of this
Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or
application, and to this end all the provisions of this Act are
declared to be severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 757

(House Bill 473)

AN ACT concerning

Racing - Workmen's Compensation

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Horsemen's Assistance
Fund, Inc., to obtain workmen's compensation insurance for
certain jockeys on behalf of certain owners and trainers;

requiring the Maryland Racing Commission to levy an

assessment against certain owners and trainers to pay part

of the cost of the workmen's compensation insurance;

determining the amount of the assessment by considering the
number of horses entered in certain races and total purse
money won by the owners and trainers, providing that certain
jockeys shall be considered employees, for the purposes of
the State workmen's compensation law, of certain owners and
trainers for whom the jockey is rendering certain services
at the time of certain injuries or diseases; providing that
certain owners and trainers may not be required to provide

workmen's compensation coverage under a certain

circumstance; providing that a jockey's average weekly wage
shall be deemed to be a jockey's total average weekly
earnings as a jockey for all employers; and generally
relating to workmen's compensation for certain jockeys.