Ch. 585

LAWS OF MARYLAND

the subscribers or policyholders in the fund, either in the form
of cash refunds or credits, when the financial condition of the
Fund is such, in the judgment of the commissioners, as to make
such dividend declaration warranted and advisable.

75.

The commissioners of the State Accident Fund may establish
and require all employers insured in the State Accident Fund to
install and maintain a uniform payroll. The commissioners shall
ascertain and establish the amount to be paid into and out of the
State Accident Fund, issue proper receipts for moneys received,
and certificates for benefits accrued and accruing from the State
Accident Fund. [All of the aforementioned powers shall be
exercised subject to the approval of the Secretary of Personnel.]

76.

(a)  Every employer subject to the operation and effect of
this article, who shall insure in the State Accident Fund, shall
every four months, or at such other intervals as the
commissioners of the State Accident Fund shall direct, submit a
report of his payroll to the commissioners of the State Accident
Fundi according to the regulations and requirements prescribed by
the commissioners [and approved by the Secretary of Personnel].
The payroll records of all employers insured in the State
Accident Fund shall be open at all times to inspection by the
said commissioners and their authorized employees.

77.

(b)  If an employer defaults in any payment required to be
made by him to the State Accident Fund the amount due by him may
be collected by civil action in the name of the State [of
Maryland] ACCIDENT FUND and the commissioners, or superintendent
or assistant superintendent of the State Accident Fund whenever
they or he may deem it necessary, [shall] MAY refer to the
Attorney General of the State the names, residences or places of
business of any employer known to the commissioners or
superintendent or assistant superintendent to be in default of
such payment or payments, and the amount due from such employer
and it shall then be the duty of the Attorney General forthwith
to bring or cause to be brought against the employer a civil
action in the proper court for the collection of the amount so
due, and the same when collected, shall be paid into the State
Accident Fund, and the policy or contract of insurance which the
State Accident Fund has issued to such employer shall cease to be
in effect from the date the thirty day notice expires as provided
in subsection (a), and said policy or contract of insurance shall
not again be in effect until all premiums due by such employer
shall be paid into, the State Accident Fund.

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