WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 523

business enterprise, compensation for injury or death shall be
the minimum compensation authorized by this article.

(c) (1) Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County, and
Kent County, shall secure compensation to volunteer firemen and
volunteer rescue squadmen, or to their dependents in the case of
death, by means of insurance in the State Accident Fund, or in
any private stock company or mutual association licensed to
provide such insurance.

(2)  The County Commissioners of Kent County shall
levy annually a tax upon the assessable property of their county
sufficient to pay for the required insurance.

(3)  (i) In Howard County, this section shall apply
only to actively participating volunteer fire fighters and
volunteer members of rescue squads.

(ii) Howard County shall secure workmen's
compensation to volunteer fire fighters and volunteer rescue
squad members through any method allowed under Section 16 of this
article.

(4)  Only actively participating members are covered
by this section. The County Commissioners of Kent County may set
a ceiling on the number of members that any volunteer fire
company and any rescue squad in Kent County may have.

(5)  The County Council of Prince George's County
shall appropriate and pay over annually to each volunteer fire
company or rescue squad funds equal to 100 percent of the cost to
each company or squad of the required insurance, and each company
or squad shall use these funds to pay for the required insurance.

(6)  (I) CECIL COUNTY MAY SHALL SECURE WORKERS'
COMPENSATION TO VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER RESCUE
SQUAD MEMBERS THROUGH ANY METHOD ALLOWED UNDER § 16 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

(II) FOR PURPOSES OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
COVERAGE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL
COUNTY MAY SET A CEILING ON THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT ANY
VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND ANY RESCUE SQUAD IN CECIL COUNTY MAY
HAVE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH COVERAGE ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR
PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR
MEMBERS OF ANY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND ANY VOLUNTEER RESCUE
SQUAD IN CECIL COUNTY. THE GUIDELINES MAY NOT IMPOSE A CEILING
ON THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH COVERAGE.---------------

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

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