Georgia Code
Article 10 - Self-Insurers Guaranty Trust Fund
§ 34-9-380. Purpose of Article

It is the purpose of this article through the establishment of a guaranty trust fund to provide for the continuation of workers’ compensation benefits due and unpaid, excluding penalties, fines, and attorneys’ fees assessed against a participant, when such participant becomes an insolvent self-insurer.
History. Code 1981, § 34-9-380 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 770, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 126, § 4/HB 1101; Ga. L. 2016, p. 287, § 6/HB 818.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted “such participant becomes an insolvent self-insurer” for “a self-insured employer becomes insolvent” at the end of this Code section.
Law reviews.
For annual survey of law on labor and employment law, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 181 (2010).
For annual survey of law on workers’ compensation, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (2010).

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