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(2) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF § 2-1312 OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AN ANNUAL REPORT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS UNDER
THIS SUBSECTION.

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

14.

(b) (1) The chairman of the Commission shall each year make
a report to the Governor as soon as practicable after the end of
the fiscal year, including suggestions and recommendations as to
improvements in the administration of the law, a detailed
statement of receipts and disbursements and statistical analyses
of industrial injuries, experiences, and compensation costs.

(2) IF THE COMMISSION, IN ITS YEARLY ANALYSIS, FINDS
EVIDENCE OF AND AT SUCH OTHER TIMES AS CIRCUMSTANCES MAY WARRANT,
DETERMINES THAT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT, DURING
THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OR A HIGH
RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH AN A PARTICULAR
INDUSTRY OR EMPLOYER, THE COMMISSION SHALL:

(I)  REPORT SUCH FINDINGS THE DETERMINATION TO
THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY; AND

(II)  REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY OR THE MARYLAND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADVISORY
BOARD ADMINISTRATION INSPECT AND REVIEW THE INDUSTRIAL WORK SITES
AND PRACTICES OF EACH INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYER IDENTIFIED FOR
EVIDENCE OF GROSS EXCESSIVE SAFETY VIOLATIONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 509

(House Bill 790)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Penalties - Driving While Intoxicated

FOR the purpose of providing that altering certain penalties that
may be imposed on any person who is convicted of driving
while intoxicated or attempting to drive while intoxicated
for a third or subsequent offense is guilty of a felony.

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