ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 289

(d) As used in this subtitle the term "landowner" and "owner of land" shall
mean any person, firm, or corporation, who shall hold title to, or shall have contracted
to purchase, land which shall be benefitted and/or damaged by the proposed works of
improvement under consideration within a public watershed association organized or
proposed to be organized under this subtitle.                                                         

(E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A UNIT
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR A UNIT OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS A
LANDOWNER OR OWNER OF LAND, AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION,
IS REQUIRED TO PAY ANY FEE, ASSESSMENT, OR TAX LEVIED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE
IF THE FEE, ASSESSMENT, OR TAX IS LEVIED AGAINST ALL LAND WHICH IS
SIMILARLY BENEFITTED OR DAMAGED BY THE PROPOSED WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT
WITHIN A PUBLIC WATERSHED ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 289
(House Bill 335)

AN ACT concerning

Community Access Program Grants - Coordination of Health Care Provider
Reimbursements - Pilot Programs

FOR the purpose of authorizing recipients of federal Community Access Program
grants to establish a certain pilot program to coordinate health care provider
reimbursements; providing for the enrollment requirements of the pilot
program; authorizing the pilot program to coordinate certain payments and
enter into certain agreements; providing for certain notice requirements;
providing that participation in a pilot program is limited to certain employers;
providing that certain employers will be permanently dropped from the pilot
program under certain circumstances; providing that a pilot program is not
subject to certain regulation by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner;
requiring a pilot program to make a certain annual report to certain committees
of the General Assembly; providing for the termination of this Act; and generally
relating to a pilot program for Community Access Program Grant recipients.

BY adding to

Article - Insurance

Section 15-1601 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 16. Coordination of

Health Care Provider Reimbursements"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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