2020 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally
§ 34-9-138. Consideration of Employer's Experience While Self-Insured

Universal Citation: GA Code § 34-9-138 (2020)

Any insurance company which voluntarily writes a policy for any employer which was self-insured under any provision of this chapter shall include such employer's prior experience while self-insured to determine or have determined an experience modifier for such employer.

(Code 1981, §34-9-138, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 919, § 1.)

Law reviews.

- For review of 1996 workers' compensation legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 227 (1996).

ARTICLE 5 GROUP SELF-INSURANCE FUNDS

Cross references.

- Health insurance plans for public school teachers and other public school employees, § 20-2-880 et seq.

Duty of Department of Administrative Services to formulate program of self-insurance for workers' compensation benefits for state employees, § 50-5-12 et seq.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Group self insurance funds, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Office of Commissioner of Insurance, Rules of Office of Commissioner of Insurance, Safety Fire Commissioner and Industrial Loan Commissioner, Subject 120-2-34.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Workers' compensation law (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 et seq.) authorizes use of one municipality's share of common pool, or group self-insurance fund, to pay the workers' compensation claims of employees from another municipality. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-145.

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