2011 Utah Code
Title 34A Utah Labor Code
Chapter 2 Workers' Compensation Act
Section 705 Industrial Accident Restricted Account.

34A-2-705. Industrial Accident Restricted Account.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Account" means the Industrial Accident Restricted Account created by this section.
(b) "Advisory council" means the state workers' compensation advisory council created under Section 34A-2-107.
(2) There is created in the General Fund a restricted account known as the "Industrial Accident Restricted Account."
(3) (a) The account is funded from:
(i) .5% of the premium income remitted to the state treasurer and credited to the account pursuant to Subsection 59-9-101(2)(c)(iv); and
(ii) amounts deposited under Section 34A-2-1003.
(b) If the balance in the account exceeds $500,000 at the close of a fiscal year, the excess shall be transferred to the Uninsured Employers' Fund created under Section 34A-2-704.
(4) (a) From money appropriated by the Legislature from the account to the commission and subject to the requirements of this section, the commission may fund:
(i) the activities of the Division of Industrial Accidents described in Section 34A-1-202;
(ii) the activities of the Division of Adjudication described in Section 34A-1-202; and
(iii) the activities of the commission described in Section 34A-2-1005.
(b) The money deposited in the account may not be used for a purpose other than a purpose described in this Subsection (4), including an administrative cost or another activity of the commission unrelated to the account.
(5) (a) Each year before the public hearing required by Subsection 59-9-101(2)(d)(i), the commission shall report to the advisory council regarding:
(i) the commission's budget request to the governor for the next fiscal year related to:
(A) the Division of Industrial Accidents; and
(B) the Division of Adjudication;
(ii) the expenditures of the commission for the fiscal year in which the commission is reporting related to:
(A) the Division of Industrial Accidents; and
(B) the Division of Adjudication;
(iii) revenues generated from the premium assessment under Section 59-9-101 on an admitted insurer writing workers' compensation insurance in this state and on a self-insured employer under Section 34A-2-202; and
(iv) money deposited under Section 34A-2-1003.
(b) The commission shall annually report to the governor and the Legislature regarding:
(i) the use of the money appropriated to the commission under this section;
(ii) revenues generated from the premium assessment under Section 59-9-101 on an admitted insurer writing workers' compensation insurance in this state and on a self-insured employer under Section 34A-2-202; and
(iii) money deposited under Section 34A-2-1003.