LD 933
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2-A.__Classes of assessments.__There are 2 classes of assessments,
as set out in this subsection.

 
A.__Class A assessments are authorized and called for the
purpose of meeting administrative costs and other general
expenses.__Class A assessments may be authorized and called
whether or not related to a particular impaired or insolvent
insurer.

 
B.__Class B assessments are authorized and called to the
extent necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the
association under section 4608 with regard to an impaired or
an insolvent insurer.

 
3. Determination of assessments. Assessments shall be
determined as follows.

 
A. The amount of any Class A, Class D or Class E assessment
for each account shall be determined by the board. The
amount of any Class B or Class C assessment shall be divided
among the accounts in the proportion that the present value
of the liabilities for each account of the impaired insurer
bears to the total liabilities of the impaired insurer.
This paragraph shall not be a factor in the determination as
to whether the protection provided by laws for residents of
this State by the domiciliary jurisdiction of a foreign or
alien insurer is or is not substantially similar to the
protection provided by this chapter for residents of other
states.

 
B. Class A and Class C assessments against member insurers
for each account shall be in the proportion that the
premiums received on business in this State by each assessed
member insurer on policies covered by each account bear to
such premiums received on business in this State by all
assessed member insurers.

 
C. Class B assessments for each account shall be made separately
for each state in which the impaired domestic insurer was
authorized to transact insurance at any time, in the proportion
that the premiums received on business in that state by the
impaired insurer on policies covered by the account bear to the
premiums received in all such states by the impaired insurer. The
assessments against member insurers shall be in the proportion
that the premiums received on business in each such state by each
assessed member insurer on policies covered by each account bear
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