The Workers’ Comp Bond Fund is hereby created. Proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be deposited in a separate account in the Workers’ Comp Bond Fund. Only CIGA, and with respect to payment of the bonds, the trustee for the bonds, shall have the ability to authorize disbursements from the separate account. Special bond assessments shall be deposited in a separate account in the Workers’ Comp Bond Fund and shall not be commingled with any other moneys. Only the trustee for the bonds shall have the ability to authorize disbursements from this separate account, and CIGA shall have no right or authority to authorize disbursements from this separate account. The Workers’ Comp Bond Fund shall be maintained with the trustee for the bonds. Following payment or provision for payment of the bonds, amounts in the Workers’ Comp Bond Fund shall be transferred to the fund that is designated in the indenture. All money in the Workers’ Comp Bond Fund and all special bond assessments shall be used by CIGA for the exclusive purpose of carrying out the purposes of this part, and, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Workers’ Comp Bond Fund shall not be a state fund, shall not be subject to the rules or procedures of any fund in the State Treasury, and application of the fund shall not be subject to the supervision or budgetary approval of any officer or division of state government. CIGA and the trustee for the bonds may as necessary or convenient to the accomplishment of any other purpose under this article, divide the fund into separate accounts.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 635, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018