WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 11

The error in punctuation and the misplaced disjunctive
conjunction were noted by the professional staff of
the Department of Legislative Reference. The outdated
reference was noted by the Deputy Commissioner of
Labor and Industry.

(c) The Commissioner may [promulgate rules and] ADOPT
regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out this
subtitle, consistent with the requirements of [the Administrative
Procedure Act and the State Documents Law] TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 1
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This deletes antiquated language and
corrects an outdated cross-reference in Article 100, §
80A(c).

The antiquated language was contained in Ch. 442 of
the Acts of 1982. The administrative Procedure Act
and the applicable provisions of the State Documents
Law became Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State
Government Article in Ch. 284 of the Acts of 1984.

The antiquated language and the outdated
cross-reference were noted by the professional staff
of the Legislative Division of the Department of
Legislative Reference.

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

16.

The employer shall secure compensation to his employees in
one of the following ways:

(3) (e) In exercising the discretion conferred upon it by
this section and § 15 of this article, the Workmen's Compensation
Commission shall consider the reputation of any insurance company
or association, in which any such employer may desire to insure,
for promptness and fairness in the settlement of compensation
claims, without unreasonable resistance on the part of any such
insurance company[,] or association, and shall also consider the
financial strength of the employer, the number of employees
employed, the degree of hazard to employees engaged in the
employment, the likelihood or danger of several employees being
injured or killed by one and the same accident, the relative
influenced] the different methods[,] by which compensation may
be assured under this article[,] are likely to exert upon the
employer and his employees for the prevention of accidents, and
any other facts or conditions bearing upon the security and
promptness of payment of the compensation and the prevention of
accidents.

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