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section and the rules adopted pursuant to paragraph A. The | | Superintendent of Insurance shall assess a surcharge of 10% on | | that employer's workers' compensation insurance premium or the | | imputed premium for self-insurers, which must be paid to the | Treasurer of State, who shall credit 1/2 of that amount to the | | Safety Education and Training Fund, as established by Title | 26, section 61, and 1/2 to the Occupational Safety Loan Fund, | as established by Title 26, section 62. Employers who fail to | | complete a required workplace health and safety program and | who are assessed a surcharge prior to January 1, 1994, must be | | assessed a surcharge of 5%. Employers who fail to complete a | | required workplace health and safety program and who are | assessed a surcharge after January 1, 1994, must be assessed a | | surcharge of 10%. |
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| | | Sec. Q-5. Transfer of funds. Any funds received as repayment of the | | principal and interest on outstanding loans originated with funds | | from the previously authorized Occupational Safety Loan Fund in | | the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, former section 62 must be | | transferred and be deposited in the Safety Education and Training | | Fund under Title 26, section 61 and must be used to reduce the | | annual assessment on workers' compensation insurers and self- | | insurers. |
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| | | The remaining amounts in the Occupational Safety Loan Fund may | | be used only to pay administrative expenses of the Finance | | Authority of Maine for the administration of outstanding loans | | originated with proceeds of the Occupational Safety Loan Fund. | | Upon the repayment of all such outstanding loans, any remaining | | funds must be deposited in the Safety Education and Training Fund | | and used to reduce the annual assessment on workers' compensation | | insurers and self-insurers. In the event there are insufficient | | funds for all costs of administering the current loans | | outstanding for the life of such loans, the Department of Labor | | will provide funding for the costs of administering the loans | | made with proceeds from the Safety Education and Training Fund. |
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| | | Sec. R-1. P&SL 1941, c. 37, §2, 2nd ¶, as amended by P&SL 1969, c. 57, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | The Maine Maritime Academy by action of its board may borrow | money, not in excess of $4,000,000 $10,000,000 in the aggregate | | at any one time outstanding, make and issue negotiable notes, | | bonds and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations of the | | academy for the construction of dormitories, dining facilities, | | student union, and any other buildings and improvements, |
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