Ch. 645                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

The Director shall request the Attorney General to furnish a
member of his staff to serve as the representative of the Fund
and shall assign to assist him in the discharge of his duties as
such representative, such other employees of the Board as may be
necessary for this purpose. Such representative may apply to the
Board for authority to hire such medical and other experts and to
defray the expense thereof and of such witnesses as are necessary
to a proper defense of the claim within an amount in the
discretion of the Board and, if authorized, such amount shall be
a charge against the Fund. The representative of the Fund may
appear for and represent the interest of the Fund in any case in
court involving the rights of the Fund against another not in the
same employ as the employee who received benefits under this
article and whose injury or death was caused by the negligence or
wrong of such other. The representative of the Fund is
authorized only to represent the [Uninsured Employers'] Fund
under the direction of the Director, and may not represent any
other party in interest in any claim under this article.

Article 48A - Insurance Code

608.

[(f) "Uninsured Employers' Fund" is the Fund created
under Article 101, § 91 of the Code.]-

609.

[(e) (1) There shall be a Self-insurers' Guaranty Fund,
administered by the Uninsured Employers' Fund, into which each
self-insurance group shall pay an assessment at the same level
assessed against other workmen's compensation insurers by the
Maryland Insurance Guaranty Association under Subtitle 33 of this
article.

(2)  Whenever a group becomes insolvent, any
outstanding obligations of the group shall be paid by the
Self-insurers' Guaranty Fund.

(3)  If the Self-insurers' Guaranty Fund becomes
insolvent, any outstanding obligations of an insolvent
self-insurance group shall be a joint and several liability of
each member of the group.]

(E)(1) WHENEVER A GROUP BECOMES INSOLVENT, ANY OUTSTANDING
OBLIGATIONS OF THE GROUP SHALL BE PAID BY THE WORKERS' GUARANTY
UNINSURED EMPLOYERS' FUND UNDER THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN
ARTICLE 101 OF THE CODE.

[(4)](2)(i) The Commissioner may not grant the
request of any group to terminate its self-insurance plan unless
the group has insured or reinsured all incurred workers'

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