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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 487
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(3) "Insurer" means:
(i) a stock corporation or mutual association that is authorized
under the Insurance Article to provide workers' compensation insurance in the State;
(ii) the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund;
(iii) a governmental self-insurance group that meets the
requirements of § 9-404 of this title;
(iv) a self-insurance group of private employers that meets the
requirements of Title 25, Subtitle 3 of the Insurance Article; or
(v) an individual employer that self-insures in accordance with §
9-405 of this title.
(b) Out of money appropriated for the maintenance of the Commission, the
State shall pay the salaries, administrative expenses, and all other expenses of the
Commission, including:
(1) the costs of the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health
Program by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry under Title 5 of this article; and
(2) any cost incurred by the State, including contribution as an employer,
because of the participation of a Commissioner in the Judges' Retirement System of
the State of Maryland.
(c) The Commission shall assess against and collect from each insurer a tax
for the maintenance of the Commission.
(d) (1) [For] BEFORE each fiscal year, [as early as practicable in the fiscal
year,] the Commission shall calculate for each insurer the tax for the maintenance of
the Commission in accordance with this section.
(2) First, the Commission shall calculate the assessment percentage by:
(i) determining the appropriation for the expenses of the
Commission for the current NEXT fiscal year as:
1. [increased by any amount the actual expenditures of the
Commission for the previous fiscal year exceeded the appropriation for that fiscal
year; or] DECREASING BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE REVENUES RECEIVED DURING
THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR UNDER § 9-319(A)(2) AND (3) OF THIS SUBTITLE;
2. [decreased] DECREASING by any amount the actual
expenditures for the [previous] CURRENT fiscal year THAT were EXPENDITURES
PROJECTED TO THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE
less than the appropriation for that fiscal year; and
3. ADJUSTING FOR ANY VARIANCES BETWEEN THE
PROJECTED AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; AND
(ii) dividing the amount determined under (i) of this paragraph by
the total insured payroll of all insurers.
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