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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="24-210" title_number="24" title_name="State Created Mutual Societies and Other Entities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Society may establish, own, or control a subsidiary for any business purpose.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A subsidiary that is established, owned, or controlled by the Society is not subject to this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A subsidiary of the Society is not and may not be deemed a department, unit, agency, or instrumentality of the State for any purpose.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State may not be held in any way liable or responsible for any of the debts, claims, obligations, or liabilities of a subsidiary of the Society or the Society.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Without the prior approval of the Board of Directors, including at least 80% of the physician members of the Board of Directors, the Society may not directly or indirectly capitalize, transfer moneys to, or purchase stock in an insurance subsidiary beyond the $3,250,000 used by the Society before December 31, 1989, to capitalize the insurance subsidiaries.</text>
  </level>
</section>
