WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 645

injured or killed by one and the same accident, the relative
influence[,] THAT 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.

(f) Any employer who has deposited securities with
the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this section
and the requirements of the Commission, to secure his liability
to pay compensation to his employees, and who thereafter ceases
to be an employer subject to the provisions of this article, or
secures compensation to his employees by insuring in the State
Accident Fund, or with a corporation or association authorized to
transact the business of workmen's compensation insurance of this
State, shall, upon application, be entitled to the return of said
deposited securities, if, within the period of 5 years from the
date he ceased to be an employer subject to the provisions of
this article, or the date upon which he first secured
compensation to his employees in the manner above set forth, no
claim has been made against said employer for which he was liable
as a self-insurer. Provided, however, the Commission after
reviewing any application for the return of said securities shall
have the right to require the applicant to execute and deliver to
the Commission a corporate or personal indemnity bond in the
amount of the value of the securities to be released.

[(4) By participation in a self-insurance group that meets
the requirements of Article 48A, Subtitle 43 of the Code.]

(G) WHENEVER A SELF-INSURED EMPLOYER BECOMES
INSOLVENT, ANY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE PAID BY THE
UNINSURED EMPLOYERS' FUND.

90.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
when a claim for compensation is filed by an employee, or in case
of death, by his dependents, and the employer has failed (1) to
secure the payment of compensation in accordance with § 16 of
this article, (2) to make deposit of security IN AN AMOUNT
SUFFICIENT TO COVER A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION WHEN FILED BY AN
EMPLOYEE BUT IN NO EVENT LESS THAN $100,000 in accordance with [§
16] § 16A of this article and (3) to make payment of compensation
according to the terms of any award within 30 days thereafter,
then, unless an application for review has been timely made or a
notice of appeal has been timely served in the interim, the award
shall be payable out of the Fund created under this subtitle in
the manner and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

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