Ch. 6

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) This program shall provide employment, training,
supportive and related services for unemployed individuals who
are economically disadvantaged, for dislocated workers, and for
those who are not economically disadvantaged, but who qualify
under § 203(a)(2) of the federal act as having barriers to
employment, including, but not limited to, displaced homemakers,
school dropouts, teenage parents, handicapped INDIVIDUALS, older
workers, and veterans.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Ambiguous language in Article 100, § 120(b).

Occurred: Ch. 268, Acts of 1983.

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

16A.

(a) (1) Any employer who does not, with the approval of the
Commission, voluntarily insure the payment of the compensation by
one of the methods designated in § 16(1), (2), or (3) of this
article must furnish satisfactory proof to the Commission of his
financial ability to pay the compensation himself, in which case
the Commission may, at any time and from time to time in its
discretion, require the deposit with the Commission of securities
as are accepted by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City for the
investment of trust funds and in an amount or amounts to be
determined by the Commission, to secure the liability of the
employer to pay the compensation specified in this article. The
Commission may require the employer to obtain and file with the
Commission a policy of insurance protecting the employer against
liability for workmen's compensation benefits resulting from a
catastrophe or disaster, other than from an act of war. If
required by the Commission, the policy of insurance shall be in
the amount and shall Contain the provisions as in the judgment of
the Commission are required to provide security for the payment
of compensation and medical treatment. In order to be informed
as to the continued financial responsibility of any employer,
the Commission shall require annual reports or at any other times
as the Commission may deem necessary or advisable, and may
examine the employer under oath or make other examination of his
business as the Commission may determine. If he should fail to
furnish satisfactory proof, or give bond, or deposit securities
as required by the Commission, or if he should at any time fail
to render satisfactory reports to the Commission or otherwise
satisfy the Commission of [its] THE EMPLOYER'S continued
financial ability to pay the compensation, he shall be subject
to the provisions of § 16(1) or (2) of this article, and shall be
required by the Commission to insure as provided in § 16(1) of
this article, unless he, at once, insures voluntarily as provided
in § 16(2) of this article.

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