Ch. 133                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

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(a)     A "Sundry Claims Board" is created for the purpose of administering benefits
whenever a prisoner in the Patuxent Institution [or in the Maryland Penitentiary, House
of Correction], THE BALTIMORE CITY DETENTION CENTER, or any [other] institution
under the supervision of the Division of Correction (1) is engaged in any
[extra-hazardous] work for which wages or a stipulated sum are paid by said institution,
and (2) sustains a permanent partial or permanent total disability as a result of said A
PERSONAL injury ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF WORK FOR WHICH
WAGES OR A STIPULATED SUM ARE PAYABLE BY ONE OR MORE OF THE
INSTITUTIONS, and (3) this disability incapacitates the prisoner or materially reduces his
earning power in such work. For the purpose of this subtitle, the terms
["extra-hazardous work,"] "permanent partial disability" and "permanent total
disability" have the meanings which currently are given to them in [The Maryland
Workers' Compensation Act] TITLE 9 OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ARTICLE.
The Sundry Claims Board shall be part of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services.

(b)     The injured prisoner shall have the right to file a claim for compensation
under this subtitle, not later than either twelve (12) months after his release from the
institution, or two years from the date of the injury, whichever last occurs, with the
Sundry Claims Board. The Sundry Claims Board consists of the Secretary of Budget and
Fiscal Planning, or his representative, the Comptroller of the State, or his representative,
and the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or his representative. The
Governor shall designate one of the members to be the chairman and another to be the
secretary of the Board.

(c)     The Board may receive original papers representing claims against the State
of Maryland under this subtitle, for the payment of which no money has been
appropriated. Such claims shall be filed and properly designated either by number or
short title, or both. Any member of the Board may administer oaths, compel the
attendance of witnesses, and compel the production of records, books and papers
pertinent to the claim. The Board may petition any court having jurisdiction for an order
to punish as contempt of court any disobedience of such a subpoena or refusal to be
sworn or to answer as a witness, or failure to produce records, books and papers.

(d)     After investigation of any such claim the Board shall either approve, approve
with conditions and limitations, or disapprove it. The Board shall append to the original
papers representing such claim, a concise statement of facts developed by the proceedings
upon which its approval or disapproval is based. Such original papers and appended
statements shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional

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