63A-4-201 - Risk Management Fund created -- Administration -- Use. - Utah Statutes

63A-4-201. Risk Management Fund created -- Administration -- Use.
(1) (a) There is created the Risk Management Fund, which shall be administered by therisk manager.
(b) The fund shall cover property, liability, fidelity, and other risks as determined by therisk manager in consultation with the executive director.
(2) The risk manager may only use the fund to pay:
(a) insurance or reinsurance premiums;
(b) costs of administering the fund;
(c) loss adjustment expenses;
(d) risk control and related educational and training expenses; and
(e) loss costs which at the time of loss were eligible for payment under rules previouslyissued by the executive director under the authority of Section 63A-4-101.
(3) In addition to any money appropriated to the fund by the Legislature, the riskmanager shall deposit with the state treasurer for credit to the fund:
(a) any insured loss or loss expenses paid by insurance or reinsurance companies;
(b) the gross amount of all premiums and surcharges received under Section 63A-4-202;
(c) the net refunds from cancelled insurance policies necessary to self-insure previouslyinsured risks, with the balance of the proceeds to be refunded to the previously insured agencies;
(d) all refunds, returns, or dividends from insurance carriers not specifically covered inSubsections (3)(a), (b), and (c);
(e) savings from amounts otherwise appropriated for participation in the fund; and
(f) all net proceeds from sale of salvage and subrogation recoveries from adverse partiesrelated to losses paid out of the fund.
(4) All money deposited in the fund are nonlapsing.
(5) (a) Pending disbursement, the risk manager shall provide surplus money in the fundto the state treasurer for investment as provided in Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money ManagementAct.
(b) The state treasurer shall deposit all interest earned on invested fund money into thefund.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 212, 1993 General Session