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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-1008" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Uninsured Employers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to an award against the Subsequent Injury Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission shall impose an assessment of 10%, not exceeding $4,500, against compensation awarded or likely to be awarded against an insured or self-insured employer and not paid if the Commission determines that the compensation is not awarded or is abated because of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>death; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>lack of a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee eligible for the compensation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On expiration of the time period within which a claim may be filed under this title, the Commission shall assess the insurer or self-insured employer $4,500 if a covered employee dies:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>due to an accidental personal injury or occupational disease; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>without any surviving dependent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commission shall direct payment of an assessment under subsection (b) or (c) of this section into the Fund.</text>
  </level>
</section>
