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paid in the most recent calendar year for which data is available |
| by employers under former Title 39, the Workers' Compensation Act |
| or Title 39-A, Part 1, the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992. |
| As soon as practicable after July 1st of each year, the |
| commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall assess upon and |
| collect from each insurance carrier licensed to do workers' |
| compensation business in the State, and each group and individual |
| self-insured employer authorized to make workers' compensation |
| payments directly to their employees, a sum equal to that |
| proportion of the current fiscal year's appropriation, exclusive of |
| any federal funds, for the safety education and training program |
| that the total workers' compensation benefits, exclusive of medical |
| payments, paid by each licensed carrier or each group or individual |
| self-insured employer, bear to the total of the benefits paid by |
| all licensed carriers, and group and individual self-insured |
| employers during the most recent calendar year for which data is |
| available, except that the total amount levied annually may not |
| exceed 1% of the total of the compensation benefits paid by all |
| licensed carriers, and group and individual self-insured employers |
| during the most recent calendar year for which data is available. |
| A licensed carrier or group or individual self-insured must be |
| assessed based on all benefits paid, exclusive of medical payments, |
| during any year for which the carrier was licensed or the group or |
| individual self-insured employer was authorized to make workers' |
| compensation payments directly to their employers for any portion |
of the year. Assessments under this section must include |
sufficient funds to provide for training and information activities |
relating to pesticides as required by section 1720, subsection 5. |
