WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 585

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

70.

There shall be [as part of the Department of Personnel] a
"State Accident Fund," for the purpose of insuring employers
against liability under this article. The State Accident Fund may
also issue employer's liability insurance and may pay benefits
equal to the benefits allowable and payable under the District of
Columbia compensation law, or allowable and payable under any
other state or federal compensation law applicable to the case.
Such Fund shall consist of all premiums or taxes received and
paid into the Fund and of property and securities acquired and
interest earned through the use of moneys belonging to the Fund.
Said Fund shall be applicable to the payment of losses sustained
on account of insurance and to the payment of expenses in the
manner provided in this article. Within ninety days after the
close of each fiscal year of the State Accident Fund, the
commissioners thereof shall ascertain the expense incurred in
conducting and administering the State Accident Fund during said
fiscal year, and shall authorize in the same manner as other
disbursements from the State Accident Fund are authorized, the
amount thereof to be transferred from said Fund by the Treasurer
to the State Treasury to reimburse the State for the moneys so
appropriated and expended in conducting and administering the
State Accident Fund for such fiscal year.

71.

(a) There is hereby created [as part of the Department of
Personnel an agency of the State to be known as] the
"commissioners of the State Accident Fund," to be composed of
seven commissioners appointed by the [Secretary of Personnel,
subject to the approval of the] Governor, with the powers and
duties hereinafter prescribed. The commissioners shall be
selected from among the employers, employees or other citizens of
the State, as [the Secretary of Personnel and] the Governor may
determine. Appointments shall be for terms of five years each.
Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall be
appointed and shall have qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by
[the Secretary of Personnel, with the approval of] the Governor,
for the unexpired term. Said commissioners shall elect annually
a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. The concurrence of at
least four commissioners shall be necessary in all matters. Said
commissioners shall operate and administer the State Accident
Fund and shall devote as much of their time thereto as may be
necessary to perform the duties incumbent upon them and carry out
the functions of the State Accident Fund. The commissioners
shall be paid semimonthly such salaries as are provided in the
budget. In addition thereto they shall be entitled to their
necessary traveling expenses, in accordance with the Standard
Travel Regulations, while engaged in transacting the business of

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