(1) The state risk manager shall fix state risk manager fees to cover expenses and operating costs of the state risk manager's office in administering chapter
48.190 RCW. Such fees shall be levied against each joint property and liability self-insurance program regulated by chapter
48.190 RCW. Services covered by the state risk manager fees will include program reviews, monitoring and continuing oversight.
(2) The state risk manager fees shall be paid by each joint self-insurance program to the state of Washington, department of enterprise services within sixty days of the date of invoice. Any joint self-insurance program failing to remit its fee when due is subject to denial of permission to operate or to a cease and desist order until the fee is paid.
(3) A joint self-insurance program that has voluntarily or involuntarily terminated shall continue to pay an administrative fee until such time as all liabilities for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expenses and all administrative responsibilities of the joint self-insurance program have been satisfied.
(4) The state risk manager shall assess each prospective joint self-insurance program an initial investigation fee at a rate determined annually by the state risk manager.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
48.190.040 and
43.19.011. WSR 18-09-086, § 200-160-240, filed 4/17/18, effective 5/18/18.]