Ch. 584                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Task Force
to Study the State Accident Fund shall present a report to the
General Assembly by December 1, 1987, including any
recommendations that it it prepared to make at that time. The
report 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;

(4) the Fund's policy regarding the payment of
commissions to insurance agents who place workmen's compensation
insurance coverage with the Fund;

(5) the fund's marketing and advertising policies and
practices;

(6) an analysis of the effect and appropriateness of
preferential tax treatment extended to the fund by the State;

(7) an analysis of the Fund's services to claimants
and employer;

(8) the adequacy of the Fund's staff and resources to
perform its functions;

(9) the appropriateness of including employees of the
fund in the State Merit System;

(10) the adequacy and appropriateness of a the current
mix of providers of workmen's compensation insurance in the
State; and                                                                                  

(11) such other matters as the task force, in its
judgment, deems appropriate for comment.

SECTION 4 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the task force
shall be composed of 11 members, including:                         

(1) 2 members of the Senate, appointed by the
President of the Senate;

(2) 2 members of the House, appointed by the Speaker

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