[23-208.

Any program adopted under this subtitle terminates on December 31, 2001,
unless, prior to its termination, the period of operation is extended by an Act of the
General Assembly.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Motor Vehicle
Administration may not implement the provisions of COMAR 11.14.08.06D.(7), as
proposed in 25:16 Md. R. 1321-1327 and adopted in 25:21 Md. R. 1574.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 457
(House Bill 792)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Cap on Awards

FOR the purpose of altering the limitation on certain awards of workers'
compensation benefits in cases of permanent partial disability; and generally
relating to a cap on workers' compensation awards for permanent partial
disability.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-628

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1991 Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Labor and Employment

9-628.

(a) In this section "public safety employee" means:

(1) a fire fighter, fire fighting instructor, or paramedic employed by:

(i) a municipal corporation;

(ii) a county;

(iii) the State;

(iv) the State Airport Authority; or