Ch. 351 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

UNDER TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 2 OF THIS ARTICLE, AS ALLOWABLE UNDER SUBTITLE 8
OF THIS TITLE, THE SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND SHALL REIMBURSE THE EMPLOYER
IN WHOSE EMPLOYMENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED OR THE EMPLOYER'S
INSURER THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL WEEKLY COMPENSATION PAID BY THE
EMPLOYER OR INSURER UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That § 9-602(1) of the Labor
and Employment Article and the changes made to §§ 9-630 and 9-637 of the Labor and
Employment Article as enacted by this Act shall be construed retroactively to apply to
accidental personal injuries which occurred on or after July 17, 1995 and shall be applied
to applications for modification filed on or after the effective date of this Act. If a covered
employee whose accidental personal injury occurred on or after July 17. 1995. but before
the effective date of this Act, files an application for modification on or after the effective
date of this Act, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall apply the provisions of
this Act relating to the payment of additional compensation prospectively from the
effective date of this Act as if the modification was filed on the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Workers'
Compensation Commission and the Subsequent Injury Fund shall report to the Workers'
Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee, the Senate Finance
Committee, and the House Economic Matters Committee of the General Assembly by
December 1, 1998 on the nature and extent of additional compensation that resulted from
claims where the average weekly wage of the covered employee was computed based on
weekly wages from a concurrent employment of the covered employee.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this Act
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in
a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any
other application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared severable.

SECTION 2. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 351
(Senate Bill 384)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Refund - Disabled Veterans

FOR the purpose of authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant,
under certain circumstances, a refund of property taxes paid for certain tax years by
disabled veterans.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That, notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 7-103, 7-208, and 14-915(1) of

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