ests . This action, which was proposed for adoption in 35:9Md. R. 919 — 921 (April 25, 2008), has been adopted as proposed.

Effective Date: June 30, 2008. C. JOHN SULLIVAN, JR. Director of Assessments and Taxation



# Title 26 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

**Subtitle 11 AIR QUALITY 26.11.26 Conformity** 

Authority: Environment Article, §§1-101, 1-404, 2-101 — 2-103, 2-301 — 2-303, 10-102, and 10-103, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Final Action
[08-088-F] On June 4, 2008, the Secretary of the Environment adopted amendments to Regulation .05 under COMAR 26.11.26 Conformity. This action, which was proposed for adoption in 35:7 Md. R. 763 — 764 (March 28, 2008), has been adopted as proposed.

Effective Date: June 30, 2008.
SHARI T. WILSON Secretary of the Environment



# Title 31 MARYLAND INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION

**Subtitle 08 PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE**  **31.08.09 Group Self-Insurance for Workers’ Compensation** 

Authority: Insurance Article, §2-109, and Title 25, Subtitle 3, Annotated Code of Maryland

Notice of Final Action
[07-316-F-I] On June 9, 2008, the Insurance Commissioner adopted new Regulation .03 , the recodification of existing Regulations .04
, .05
, .07 — .12 , and .14 to be Regulations .05
, .06
, .08 — .13 , and .15 , respectively, the amendment and recodification of existing Regulations .03
, .06 , and .13 to be Regulations .04
, .07 , and .14 , respectively under COMAR31.08.09 Group Self-Insurance for Workers’ Compensation . This action, which was proposed for adoption in 34:26 Md. R. 2310 — 2311 (December 21, 2007), has been adopted with the nonsubstantive changes shown below.

Effective Date: June 30, 2008. Attorney General’s Certification In accordance with State Government Article, §10-113, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Attorney General certifies that the following changes do not differ substantively from the proposed text. The nature of the changes and the basis for this conclusion are as follows:

Regulation .14: The word ‘‘Rebates’’ was deleted and thefollowing was added, ‘‘For fund years incepting before January 1, 2008, rebates’’; ‘‘24’’ was deleted and replaced with ‘‘11’’; and the following sentence was added at the end, ‘‘For fund years incepting on or after January 1, 2008, rebates may not be paid less than 23 months after the end of the fund year’’.

The published regulation addressed the timing of rebates.The only change made to the published regulation is a clarification that the change in the timing of rebates was intended to be prospective only (for fund years incepting on or after January 1, 2008).

This revision to the proposed regulation does not provide additional requirements on interested parties but merely clarifies the language of the original requirements that were previously published.

.14 Rebates and Temporary Suspension of Member Contributions. A. Any monies for a fund year in excess of the amount necessary to fund all undiscounted losses and loss adjustment expenses for that fund year, actuarially determined by a person meeting the requirements of Regulation .13B of this chapter, may be rebated to members of the group. 

### [[Rebates

### ]] For fund years incepting before January 1, 2008, rebates may not be paid less than 

### [[ 24

### ]] 11 months after the end of the fund year. For fund years incepting on or after January 1, 2008, rebates may not be paid less than 23 months after the end of the fund year.

B. — C. (proposed text unchanged)
RALPH S. TYLER Insurance Commissioner **FINAL ACTION ON REGULATIONS 1182** 

**MARYLAND REGISTER, VOL. 35, ISSUE 13 FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008**