Sec. 31-354b. Finance account within Second Injury Fund. Subaccounts. Duties of State Treasurer.
Sec. 31-354b. Finance account within Second Injury Fund. Subaccounts. Duties of State Treasurer. (a) There is established within the Second Injury Fund an
account to be known as the finance account. The account shall be administered by the
State Treasurer as a trust fund in, and accounted for as an account within, the Second
Injury Fund. The State Treasurer may enter into contracts that may be useful to the
organization, establishment, operation and administration of the account. The finance
account shall be funded, first, with state revenue bond proceeds and interest income or
income earned on investment of moneys for disbursement purposes and, second, from
the special assessment premium surcharges for payment of debt service and reserve
requirements. All costs of organizing, establishing and operating the account, including
the costs of personnel and contractual services and establishing billing and collection
procedures, shall be a charge upon and paid by the State Treasurer from the account
unless the State Treasurer otherwise determines to pay such costs from the operating
account.
(b) There is established within the finance account (1) a single cost of issuance
and finance administration subaccount, (2) a bond proceeds subaccount, and (3) a debt
service and reserve subaccount, which subaccounts shall be held separate and apart from
each other. Additional subaccounts may be established by the State Treasurer as he
deems necessary.
(c) There shall be deposited in the bond proceeds subaccount proceeds of revenue
bonds issued in accordance with section 8 of public act 96-242* for application, in
accordance with the bond authorization documentation for one or more of the following
purposes: (1) To pay in full the settlement of certain claims, including any interest due
thereon; (2) to provide cash advances for payment of other claims pending receipt of
anticipated current year assessments therefor; and (3) to provide for cost of issuance,
capitalized interest, if necessary, reinsurance premiums, if any, and other cash flow
requirements.
(d) There shall be deposited in the debt service and reserve subaccount, in accordance with the proceeding authorizing the bonds, the proceeds of the issuance of revenue
bonds which are expected to be applied as capitalized interest to the extent required
prior to receipt of special assessment premium surcharges and to provide for a reserve
which shall not exceed the maximum debt service in any year.
(e) There shall be deposited in the cost of issuance and finance administration subaccount: (1) The proceeds of revenue bonds expected to be deposited into the said subaccount; and (2) any additional money received from employers in payment of special
assessment premium surcharges established in accordance with section 31-354 to offset
the costs and expenses of administering and operating the finance account.
(f) Investment earnings credited to the assets of the finance account and to any
subaccount within the account shall become part of the assets of the Second Injury
Fund and applied in accordance with the bond authorization documents. Any balance
remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the
account and subaccount for the next fiscal year.
(g) Upon the issuance of revenue bonds and to the extent there are sufficient proceeds or other amounts in the finance account available therefor, the State Treasurer
may withdraw from the finance account, in accordance with the bond authorization
documents amounts determined to be necessary for the purposes of section 9 of public
act 96-242*. The State Treasurer shall, from time to time and at least annually, determine
the amount of interest, amortization, reserve and associated costs required for the finance
account under this section and such amounts shall be assessed as a special assessment
premium surcharge as provided in section 31-354.
(h) Unless the context requires a different meaning, the term "bonds" or "revenue
bonds" under this section and section 8 of public act 96-242* includes notes issued in
anticipation of the issuance of revenue bonds or notes issued pursuant to a commercial
paper program.
(P.A. 96-242, S. 7, 10.)
*Note: Sections 8 and 9 of public act 96-242 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in
full force and effect according to their terms.
History: P.A. 96-242 effective June 6, 1996.