Ch. 584                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

FOR the purpose of removing the State Accident Fund from the
Department of Personnel; establishing certain budget and
reporting requirements for the Fund; providing that the Fund
is independent of State agencies and not subject to certain
laws, with certain exceptions; requiring the fund
commissioners to maintain a certain surplus and reserves;
taking out a certain reference to the Comptroller of the
State; altering the method by which the fund may lay off and
reinstate certain unclassified employees; providing that
certain unclassified employees shall be compensated in
accordance with the State pay plan when possible; creating a
Task force to study certain operations of the State Accident
Fund; requiring the task force to submit a certain report
containing certain information and recommendations by a
certain date; providing for the membership of the task
force; specifying that the members of the task force shall
serve without compensation; providing that staff for the
Task force shall be appointed by the Governor in
consultation with the President of the Senate and Speaker of
the House; providing for a delayed effective date for
certain sections of this Act; making stylistic changes; and
generally relating to the State Accident Fund.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That there is a Task Force to Study the State Accident
Fund.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Task Force
to Study the State Accident Fund shall present a preliminary
report to the General Assembly by December 1, 1987, including any

recommendations that it is prepared to make at that time. A

final report shall be presented to the General Assembly by
November 1, 1988. The reports of the task force shall include,
if appropriate, recommendations for legislation, administrative
changes, or procedural adjustments designed to improve the
operation of the Fund. In its study of the State Accident Fund,
the task force shall consider, but not limit itself to, a review
of:

(1) the role, scope, procedures, and operations of the
Fund;

(2) the Fund's reserve and accounting practices, including
the adequacy of the Fund's reserves to meet its financial
obligations over time;

(3) the manner and degree to which the Fund should be
subject to the State budget process;

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