PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 221

(As enacted by Chapter 11 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1996)

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

Article - Insurance

20-515.

(a) The Fund may use the Maryland Tax Refund Intercept Program to recover
money owed to the Fund by a producer if the Fund makes a demand for the money and
the producer does not make payment.

(b) (1) If the Fund makes payment to a claimant, the Fund is subrogated to the
rights of the claimant against a responsible party and is entitled to recover all money that
the Fund paid out and actual collection costs, including reasonable attorney's fees.

(2) The Fund may recover FROM ITS INSUREDS ALL PAST-DUE
PREMIUMS AND from the responsible party all money that the Fund paid out under this
subtitle in any manner provided by law, including the Maryland Tax Refund Intercept
Program.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 221
(House Bill 232)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Wiley H. Bates High School

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000,
the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and County Council of
Anne Arundel County for certain acquisition, development, or improvement
purposes; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement
that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant
and convey a certain easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; and providing
generally for the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Anne Arundel
County - Wiley H. Bates High School Loan of 1997 in a total principal amount equal to
the lesser of (i) $1,000,000 or (ii) the amount of the matching fund provided in
accordance with Section 1(5) below. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale,

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