The 2024 Florida Statutes
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. . . quarterly assessments to the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund (WCATF) pursuant to section 440.51 . . . assessments for the Special Disability Trust Fund under s. 440.49 and expenses of administration under s. 440.51 . . . refunds Amerisure requested “would be inconsistent with the provisions” of Sections 440.49(9)(b) and 440.51 . . . (emphasis supplied); 440.51(1)(b), Fla. . . . (emphasis supplied); 440.51(5), Fla. . . .
. . . .” § 440.51(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (1999), amended by.ch. 2000-150, § 3, at 565-66, Laws of Fla. . . . history that is also pertinent to the present case: In 1975, the Legislature amended sections 440.49 and 440.51 . . . SDTF) and the Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund (WCATF), pursuant to sections 440.49 and 440.51 . . . Stat. (2005); § 440.51(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (2005). . . . . So.2d 261, 262 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004), "that the term 'net premiums collected,’ as contained in section 440.51 . . .
. . . Concluding that the term “net premiums collected,” as contained in section 440.51, Florida Statutes, . . . be prorated among insurance carriers writing compensation insurance in Florida and self-insurers. § 440.51 . . . HISTORY OF THE STATUTES In 1975, the Legislature amended sections 440.49 and 440.51, which had both used . . . In looking at the plain language of sections 440.49(9)(b)3. and 440.51(l)(b) and the terms “net premiums . . . Such an outcome would be contrary to the intent of sections 440.49 and 440.51. . . . I do, however, agree that (1) the interpretation of sections 440.49(9)(b)3 and 440.51(l)(b) urged by . . . this litigation and, therefore, have no bearing on the outcome; and (3) sections 440.49(9)(b)3 and 440.51 . . .
. . . aforementioned credits described in Rule 12B-8.001(3), F.AC., with the exception of assessments made under s. 440.51 . . .
. . . states which are comparable to the worker’s compensation administrative assessment imposed by section 440.51 . . .
. . . states which are comparable to the worker’s compensation administrative assessment imposed by section 440.51 . . . rule requires the inclusion of “[t]he workers compensation administrative assessment imposed by s. 440.51 . . . Thus the parties and the hearing officer addressed their reasoning to whether section 440.51 is a “special . . . We conclude that if section 440.51 is a “special purpose obligation or assessment,” Zurich may not be . . . Section 440.51 clearly provides that these monies are to be deposited into a “special fund” to be used . . .
. . . adjudicatory power attending Travelers’ election to make direct payment in accordance with section 440.51 . . . As the Division points out in its brief, Section 440.51(1)(b) allows a carrier to elect to pay supplemental . . . see to the payment of such benefits even if it meant an election to pay them directly under Section 440.51 . . . of supplemental benefits for claimant in its estimate of expense required to be made under Section 440.51 . . . treated as having elected to pay the supplemental benefits directly to claimant pursuant to Section 440.51 . . . provides for the establishment of the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund, and Section 440.51 . . .
. . . .-15(l)(e), 440.49(2)(h), 440.50, 440.51, Fla. Stat. (1979); Fla.Admin.Code Ch. 38F-4. . . .
. . . In accordance with § 440.51(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1981), the carrier initially assumed the responsibility . . . Section 440.51(l)(b) provides: The insurance companies may elect to make the payments required under . . .
. . . See F.S. section 440.51, F.S.A. . . . of group self-insurer funds to pay such assessments is clearly evident from the language of Section 440.51 . . .
. . . through pro rata contributions to the fund established and administered pursuant to Sections 440,50 and 440.51 . . .
. . . . § 19.291, Comp.Laws 1948, § 440.51; Taylor v. . . .
. . . Chapter 440.51 (b), Florida Statutes, 1941, is the authority for imposing this assessment and is as follows . . .