Ch. 523                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read
as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code

490S.

(b) (2) (iii) The authority of the Commissioner to require an insurer to file new
rates based on the insurer's loss ratio under this paragraph shall be deemed to be in addition
to any other authority of the Commissioner under this article to require that rates not be
excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory and may not be construed to limit [the] ANY
EXISTING authority of the Commissioner to [review the doss ratios of insurers to] determine
whether a rate is excessive.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act is
contingent on the taking effect of Chapter                (H.B. 330) of the Acts of the General

Assembly of 1994 and, if Chapter___ does not become effective, Section 2 of this Act shall

be null and void without the necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 523
(House Bill 96)

AN ACT concerning

Sexual Offenses -Third Degree Sexual Offense

FOR the purpose of adding to the circumstances under which a person may be
prosecuted for a third degree sexual offense; providing that a person of at least a
certain age is guilty of a third degree sexual offense if the person engages in certain
acts with another person of a certain age; making certain conforming changes with
respect to a sexual offense in the fourth degree; and generally relating to the crime
of third degree sexual offense.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments                                                   

Section 464B and 464C                                       

Annotated Code of Maryland                                                         

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)                    

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

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