HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 566, 568, 572, and 574

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 567--569 through 571, and 573

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code

566.

(a) As used in this subtitle the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(b)  "Attorney" means a person admitted to the bar and
certified to practice law in the Court of Appeals of Maryland.

(c)  "Commissioner" means the State Insurance Commissioner
of Maryland.

(d)  "Practice of law" by an attorney in Maryland has the
definition given by the Court of Appeals of Maryland and includes
the definition given in § 1 of Article 10 of the Code.

(e)  "Society" means the Legal Mutual Liability Insurance
Society of Maryland created by § 568.

567.

(a) The purpose of this subtitle is to provide a mechanism
for the payment of indemnities to persons suffering injury
arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render
professional services by attorneys and to provide a mechanism for
attorneys to obtain insurance against liability for injury due to
the rendering of or failure to render any professional service,
AND TO PROVIDE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE RELATED OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW, subject to the limitations and
immunities provided in this subtitle [and subject to the
provisions of subsection (b)].

[(b) The provisions of this subtitle shall become effective
upon a finding by the Commissioner that a substantial number of
attorneys are or within six months will be unable to obtain legal