WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 466

education] OR GOVERNING BODIES, THE FOLLOWING shall be considered
a county or municipality:

1.  A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION;

2.  A COMMUNITY COLLEGE; AND

3.  A REGIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

(viii) A self-insurance mechanism established
by a county government for workmen's compensation insurance
coverage under this section may include those units of that
county's government that are established or funded by the county
government, provided that the Commission has given prior approval
for the inclusion or addition of the unit. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING, WHETHER OR NOT FUNDED BY A COUNTY,
SHALL BE CONSIDERED A UNIT OF THAT COUNTY'S GOVERNMENT:

1. A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION;

2. A COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY;

3. A REGIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCATED
IN THE COUNTY;

4. A BICOUNTY OR MULTICOUNTY AGENCY
OPERATING IN THE COUNTY;

5. A HOUSING AGENCY OF THE COUNTY CREATED
UNDER ARTICLE 44A OF THE CODE;

6. A REVENUE AUTHORITY CREATED BY THE
COUNTY OR STATE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY; AND

7. A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY.

(b) Any employer, subject to the provisions of this
article, who, after November 1st, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
fails or refuses to submit to said Commission, as provided in the
next succeeding paragraphs, the method he desires to adopt for
assuring compensation, or who shall fail to secure insurance by
one of such methods or who fails to pay compensation to an
injured employee, or in the case of death, his dependents, in
accordance with the award of the Commission, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than five
hundred nor more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment
for not more than one year, or by both such fine or imprisonment;
and in any case where the employer is a corporation, the officer
of the corporation having responsibility for the general
management of the corporation in the State shall be liable to
such fine and imprisonment as herein provided. Any fine levied

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