Ch. 4                                       1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(5)     Any investment earnings shall be retained to the credit of the Fund.

(6)     The Fund shall be subject to an audit by the Division of Audits as
provided for in § 2-1215 of the State Government Article.                                       

                    (7) This section may not be construed to prohibit the Fund from receiving
funds from any other source.

(b)     The Judicial Assistance Fund shall be used to fund the temporary assignment
of judges under § 1-302 of this subtitle.

(c)     This section shall terminate on October 1, 1994.

Chapter 224 of the Acts of 1993

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, for fiscal year 1994,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys generated from the additional $5

court costs imposed under Section 20 of Chapter [______ (H.B. 419)] 204 of the Acts of

the General Assembly of 1993 shall be transferred to the judicial Assistance Fund to fund
the temporary assignment of judges under § 1-302 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Article.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Possible violation of the one subject requirement of Article III, § 29
of the Maryland Constitution.                                       

Occurred: Chapter 224 (Senate Bill 262) of the Acts of 1993.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:                                                                                

Article 48A - Insurance Code

702.                                                                                                                                                                                        

(a) (1) In establishing a community rate for a health benefit plan, a carrier shall
use a rating methodology that is based on the experience of the entire pool of risks
covered by that plan without regard to health status or occupation or any Other factor riot
specifically authorized tinder this subsection.                         

(2) A carrier may only adjust the community rate for:

(i) Age; and

(ii) Geography based on the following contiguous areas of the State:

1.       Baltimore metropolitan area;

2.       The District of Columbia metropolitan area;
3. Western Maryland; and

4. Eastern and Southern Maryland.

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