Ch. 765                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 765

(House Bill 1577)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Pooling by Public Entities

FOR the purpose of adding health insurance to the types of
insurance for which public entities may pool in order to
purchase insurance; clarifying the payment obligation of a
local government; adding a certain reporting requirement;
and generally relating to pooling by public entities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 3(g-5)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 8(b) and 482B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 459 of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1988)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 25 - County Commissioners

(g-5) Boards of county commissioners may enter into joint
pooling agreements with public entities, as defined in Article
48A, § 482B of the Code, for the purpose of purchasing casualty
[and property], PROPERTY, OR HEALTH insurance or, in accordance

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