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Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.508 (2026)

Authority to fix premium rates for employers

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      656.508 Authority to fix premium rates for employers. (1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall classify occupations or industries with respect to their degree of hazard and fix premium rates upon each of the occupations or industries sufficient to provide adequate funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the duties of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.

      (2) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may annually, and at such other times as it deems necessary, readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates of employers insured with the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation. Any such readjustment, increase or decrease shall be made and become effective on such dates as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may determine. The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall notify the employer of the rate.

      (3) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may establish a uniform system of rate modification conforming to recognized insurance principles including schedule rating and experience rating, premium discount and retrospective rating. [Amended by 1957 c.41 §1; 1957 c.386 §1; 1963 c.587 §1; 1965 c.285 §71; 1977 c.405 §8; 1981 c.854 §35]

 

      656.509 [1973 c.614 §6; 1974 c.41 §9; repealed by 1974 c.41 §9]

 

      656.510 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §4; 1963 c.214 §1; 1965 c.546 §1; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95 and 1965 c.546 §4]

 

      656.512 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §5; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]

 

      656.514 [Amended by 1965 c.546 §2; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95 and 1965 c.546 §4]

 

      656.516 [Amended by 1953 c.674 §13; 1957 c.453 §3; 1959 c.517 §4; 1963 c.323 §2; 1965 c.546 §3; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95 and 1965 c.546 §4]

 

      656.518 [Amended by 1957 c.440 §6; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]

 

      656.520 [Amended by 1957 c.574 §7; repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]

 

      656.522 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §71a; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1 and 1981 c.876 §1]

 

      656.524 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §29; repealed by 1981 c.854 §1 and 1981 c.876 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1975–2005 · leading case: Eckles v. State of Oregon, 760 P.2d 846 (Or. 1988).
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Eckles v. State of Oregon, 760 P.2d 846 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “See ORS 656.508 and 656.526. These benefits are set in the "discretion" of SAIF.”
Alsea Veneer, Inc. v. State of Oregon, 862 P.2d 95 (Or. 1993). “, ORS 656.508(2) (SAIF, annually, may "readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates").”
Alsea Veneer, Inc. v. State of Oregon, 843 P.2d 492 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). “See ORS 656.508 and 656.526. These benefits are set in the ‘discretion’ of SAIF.”
Alsea Veneer, Inc. v. State, 862 P.2d 95 (Or. 1993). “, ORS 656.508(2) (SAIF, annually, may “readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates”).”
Artisan Labs., Inc. v. SAIF Corp., 106 P.3d 677 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “, ORS 656.508(2) (SAIF, annually, may ‘readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates’).”
Blair v. State Accident Ins. Fund, 534 P.2d 523 (Or. Ct. App. 1975). “ORS 656.508(3). In substance we here have a situation in which a claimant has had two separate compensable injuries and is entitled to prove the extent of his claims on each.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.508(2) — 3 cases
Alsea Veneer, Inc. v. State of Oregon, 862 P.2d 95 (Or. 1993). “, ORS 656.508(2) (SAIF, annually, may "readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates").”
Alsea Veneer, Inc. v. State, 862 P.2d 95 (Or. 1993). “, ORS 656.508(2) (SAIF, annually, may “readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates”).”
Artisan Labs., Inc. v. SAIF Corp., 106 P.3d 677 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “, ORS 656.508(2) (SAIF, annually, may ‘readjust, increase or decrease the premium rates’).”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.508(3) — 1 case
Blair v. State Accident Ins. Fund, 534 P.2d 523 (Or. Ct. App. 1975). “ORS 656.508(3). In substance we here have a situation in which a claimant has had two separate compensable injuries and is entitled to prove the extent of his claims on each.”
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