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HOUSE BILL 100
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(PRE–FILED) CF SB 102
By: Delegate Bagnall
Requested: July 31, 2024
Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: February 18, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Insurance Pooling – Public Entity – Definition 2
FOR the purpose of altering the definition of “public entity” to include a Resilience 3
Authority for purposes of insurance pooling; and generally relating to Resilience 4
Authorities and insurance pooling. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Insurance 7
Section 19–602 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Local Government 12
Section 22–101(a) and (g) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Insurance 18
19–602. 19 2 HOUSE BILL 100
(a) In this section, “public entity” means: 1
(1) a political subdivision of the State; 2
(2) a unit of the State or a local government; [or] 3
(3) a nonprofit or nonstock corporation that: 4
(i) receives 50% or more of its annual operating budget from the 5
State or a local government; and 6
(ii) is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal 7
Revenue Code; OR 8
(4) A RESILIENCE AUTHORITY AS DEFINED IN § 22–101 OF THE 9
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 10
(b) Public entities may pool together to purchase casualty insurance, property 11
insurance, or health insurance or to self–insure against casualty, property, or health risks. 12
Article – Local Government 13
22–101. 14
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 15
(g) “Resilience Authority” means an authority incorporated by one or more local 16
governments in accordance with this title whose purpose is to undertake or support 17
resilience infrastructure projects. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
October 1, 2025. 20
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.