Ch. 645                                LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c) (1) There is an Uninsured Employers' Fund Board.

(i) The Board is composed of 3 members, 1
member each shall represent labor, management, and the public.

(ii) The members shall be appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(iii) The terms of members shall be for 4

years.

(iv) Vacancies shall be filled by the Governor
in the same manner as original appointments are made.

(2) The Board shall supervise the operation and
administration of the Uninsured Employers' Fund.

(3) The Board shall appoint a Director for the Fund
who shall receive the salary provided in the annual State budget.

(4) The members of the Board shall receive to the
extent provided in the annual State budget:

(i) A per diem compensation for each day as a
member of the Board; and

(ii) Reimbursement for actual and incidental
expenses of travel required for members of the Board.

(5) The Board shall submit an annual report to the
Governor on or before October 1. The report shall include a
statement in detail of the expenses and balances of the Fund.

(6) The cost of administering the Board shall be paid
from general funds, and the general funds of the State shall be
reimbursed by the Workmen's Compensation Commission from funds
received by the Commission under the provisions of § 17 of this
article.

(7) THE BOARD MAY ESTABLISH RESERVES AGAINST
POTENTIAL LOSSES.

(d)(1) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining
this Fund, the Commission shall impose an assessment of $150
against an uninsured employer as defined in § 102 of this article
when the Commission renders a decision on a claim for
compensation. The Commission shall direct payment of the
assessment into the Fund in connection with each such claim when
an injury occurred on or after the first day of January, 1968, or
in death cases, where death is the result of an injury occurring

on or after that date. The Commission shall also impose an

additional assessment of 15 percent of the awards made in each
such claim, such additional assessment not to exceed $1,500 in

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