13-825.

(h) (1) The Comptroller may require a person subject to the tobacco tax to post
security for the tax in the [amount that the Comptroller requires] FOLLOWING
AMOUNTS:

(I)       FOR A MANUFACTURER OR WHOLESALER:

1.        $10,000, PLUS

2.        THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, BY WHICH THE TOBACCO TAX DUE
FOR ANY 1 MONTH EXCEEDS $10,000.

(II)     FOR A SUBWHOLESALER OR VENDING MACHINE OPERATOR:

1.        $1,000, PLUS

2.       THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, BY WHICH THE TOBACCO TAX DUE
FOR ANY 1 MONTH EXCEEDS $1,000.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 465
(Senate Bill 148)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Preexisting Conditions

FOR the purpose of requiring an insurer or nonprofit health service plan, under certain
circumstances, to provide coverage to an individual under a policy or certificate
regardless of the health of the individual; prohibiting an insurer or nonprofit health
service plan from excluding coverage for a medical condition of an individual under
certain circumstances; prohibiting an insurer or nonprofit health service plan from
including certain waiting periods under certain circumstances; permitting an insurer
or nonprofit health service plan to require certain individuals to satisfy a remaining
portion of a waiting period from a subsequent policy under certain circumstances;
defining a term; and generally relating to exclusions for preexisting conditions and
waiting periods for preexisting conditions.

BY adding to                                                         

Article 48A - Insurance Code                                                                       

Section 490W                                                                                                   .

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 465

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