WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 442

employers, insurance carriers, and the State Accident Fund
to the Subsequent Injury Fund.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 66(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 66(4)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

66.

(2) [The Workmen's Compensation Commission shall assess an
amount equal to five per centum (5%) on all awards rendered
against such employer, or if insured, his insurance carrier, or
the State Accident Fund, for permanent disability and death,
including awards for disfigurement and mutilation and also on all
amounts payable by an employer and his insurance carrier or the
State Accident Fund in pursuance to settlement agreements
approved by the Commission, as to awards and settlement
agreements approved on and after June 1, 1963 to be made payable
to the Subsequent Injury Fund.]

(I) (A) THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION SHALL
ASSESS A PERCENTAGE AMOUNT, TO BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE SUBSEQUENT
INJURY FUND, ON ALL AWARDS RENDERED AGAINST AN EMPLOYER, OR, IF
INSURED, THE EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CARRIER OR THE STATE ACCIDENT
FUND, FOR PERMANENT DISABILITY AND DEATH, INCLUDING AWARDS FOR
DISFIGUREMENT AND MUTILATION AND ALSO ON ALL AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY
AN EMPLOYER OR HIS INSURANCE CARRIER OR STATE ACCIDENT FUND
PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AS
FOLLOWS:

1. (I) 5 PERCENT AS TO AWARDS AND SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENTS APPROVED ON AND AFTER JUNE 1, 1963 AND PRIOR TO JULY
1, 1987; AND

2. (II) 6 1/2 PERCENT AS TO ALL AWARDS AND
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS APPROVED ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 1987.

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