WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 591

PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH (III) SHALL APPLY ONLY TO AN INJURY
OR DISEASE FOR WHICH THE INITIAL CLAIM IS FILED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 1988.

(3) (a) [In case of disability partial in character but
permanent in quality, the compensation shall be sixty-six and
two-thirds per centum of the average weekly wages, in no case to
exceed thirty-three and one-third per centum of the State average
weekly wage of the State of Maryland as determined by the
Department of Employment Security. The Department of Employment
Security shall report the average weekly wage of the State of
Maryland as of July 1, to the Workmen's Compensation Commission,
no later than December 15th of each year.] IN CASE OF DISABILITY
PARTIAL IN CHARACTER BUT PERMANENT IN QUALITY, COMPENSATION SHALL
BE PAID TO THE EMPLOYEE AT THE RATES ENUMERATED FOR THE PERIODS
AS FOLLOWS:

(I) AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION FOR A PERIOD LESS
THAN 75 WEEKS SHALL BE PAID AT A RATE OF THIRTY-THREE AND
ONE THIRD PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES, IN NO CASE TO
EXCEED SIXTEEN AND TWO THIRDS PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY
WAGE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR 1987 AS DETERMINED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

(I) 1. AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION FOR A PERIOD
LESS THAN 75 WEEKS IN A CLAIM ARISING FROM EVENTS OCCURRING ON OR
AFTER JANUARY 1, 1988 SHALL BE PAID AT A RATE OF THIRTY-THREE AND
ONE-THIRD PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES, IN NO CASE TO
EXCEED $80 PER WEEK. AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION FOR A PERIOD LESS
THAN 75 WEEKS IN A CLAIM ARISING FROM EVENTS OCCURRING ON OR
AFTER JANUARY 1, 1989 SHALL BE PAID AT A RATE OF THIRTY-THREE AND
ONE-THIRD PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES, IN NO CASE TO
EXCEED $85 $82.50 PER WEEK.

2. IN ALL CASES OF DISABILITY FOR LOSS
FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN 75 WEEKS FOR AN INJURY ENUMERATED IN
PARAGRAPHS (C) AND (D) PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE
COMPENSATION SHALL BE PAID AT THE RATE SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
(II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

3. PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, AS DEFINED IN
§ 67(16) OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE PAID BENEFITS, FOR AN AWARD OF
COMPENSATION FOR A PERIOD LESS THAN 75 WEEKS, AT THE SAME RATE
PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH FOR AWARDS FOR A PERIOD EQUAL TO 75
WEEKS BUT LESS THAN 250 WEEKS.

(II) AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION FOR A PERIOD
GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 75 WEEKS BUT LESS THAN 250 WEEKS SHALL
BE PAID AT A RATE OF SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PER CENTUM OF THE
AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES, IN NO CASE TO EXCEED THIRTY-THREE AND
ONE-THIRD PER CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING.

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