WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(vi) For the purposes of workmen's
compensation, self-insurers and groups of counties, groups of
municipalities, or groups composed of both counties and
municipalities which are self-insured pursuant to this paragraph
are not subject to the provisions of Article 48A of the Code.

(vii) For the purposes of this subsection, with
the approval of its county governing body [a county board of
education] OR GOVERNING BODIES, THE FOLLOWING shall be considered
a county or municipality:

1. A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION;

2. A COMMUNITY COLLEGE; AND

3. A REGIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

(viii) A self-insurance mechanism established
by a county government for workmen's compensation insurance
coverage under this section may include those units of that
county's government that are established or funded by the county
government, provided that the Commission has given prior approval
for the inclusion or addition of the unit. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING, WHETHER OR NOT FUNDED BY A COUNTY,
SHALL BE CONSIDERED A UNIT OF THAT COUNTY'S GOVERNMENT:

1. A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION;

2. A COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY;                                                                                 

3. A REGIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCATED
in the county;

4. A BICOUNTY OR MULTICOUNTY AGENCY
OPERATING IN THE COUNTY;

5. A HOUSING AGENCY OF THE COUNTY CREATED
UNDER ARTICLE 44A OF THE CODE;

6. A REVENUE AUTHORITY CREATED BY THE
COUNTY OR STATE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY; AND

7. A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY.

(b) Any employer, subject to the provisions of this
article, who, after November 1st, nineteen hundred and fourteen
NOVEMBER 1, 1914, fails or refuses to submit to said Commission,
as provided in the next succeeding paragraphs, the method he
desires to adopt for assuring compensation, or who shall fail to
secure insurance by one of such methods or who fails to pay
compensation to an injured employee, or in the case of death, his

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