Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.751 (2026)

State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation created; board; members’ qualifications; terms; compensation; expenses; function; report

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      656.751 State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation created; board; members’ qualifications; terms; compensation; expenses; function; report. (1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created as an independent public corporation. The corporation shall be governed by a board of five directors appointed by the Governor. Two members shall be chosen to represent the public. Of the remaining three members, a board member must be insured by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation at the time of appointment and for one year prior to appointment, or an employee of such an employer. Members of the board are subject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to section 4, Article III of the Oregon Constitution.

      (2) No member of the board of directors shall have any pecuniary interest, other than an incidental interest which is disclosed and made a matter of public record at the time of appointment to the board, in any corporation or other business entity doing business in the workers’ compensation insurance industry.

      (3) The term of office of a member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.

      (4) A member of the board of directors is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495.

      (5) The board of directors shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and with such duties and powers as the board of directors considers necessary for performance of the functions of those offices. A majority of the members of the board of directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

      (6) The board of directors shall meet at least once every three months at a time and place determined by the board of directors. The board of directors shall meet at such other times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the board of directors.

      (7) It is the function of the board of directors to establish the policies for the operation of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, consistent with all applicable provisions of law.

      (8) The board shall file with the Legislative Assembly and the Governor, not later than April 15 of each year, a report covering the activities and operations of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation for the preceding year. [1979 c.829 §2; 1981 c.854 §51]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Eckles v. State of Oregon, 760 P.2d 846 (Or. 1988).
Eckles v. State of Oregon, 760 P.2d 846 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “This is apparent from its name — State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation *862 (ORS 656.751); from its purpose — SAIF "is created for the purpose of transacting workers' compensation insurance and reinsurance business" (ORS 656.”
Frohnmayer v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 660 P.2d 1061 (Or. 1983). · cites it 2× “) 3 Apparently SAIF Corporation is the only Oregon “independent public corporation,” as that term is used in ORS 656.751. We find no other in our examination of the Oregon statutes.”
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 164 P.3d 278 (Or. 2007). · cites it 2× “” ORS 656.751(1) (emphases added). Indeed, the 1979 legislation creating SAIF directed Legislative Counsel to “substitute, for words designating the State Accident Insurance Fund as an agency, words designating the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.”
State Ex Rel. Eckles v. Woolley, 726 P.2d 918 (Or. 1986). “ORS 656.751. It meets the tests of a “public” rather than a “private” corporation stated in Cook v.”
Dryden v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 746 P.2d 240 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 3× “The legislature, by enacting Or Laws 1979, ch 829, § 2 (now ORS 656.751), created SAIF “as an independent public corporation.”
Dinicola v. State, 382 P.3d 547 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “rovided: “(2) ‘Employee’ means a person employed by or under contract with: “(a) The state or any agency of or political subdivision in the state; “(b) Any person authorized to act on behalf of the state, or agency of the state or subdivision in the state, with respect to…”
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 122 P.3d 66 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “Of the remaining three members, a board member must be insured by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation at the time of appointment and for one year prior to appointment, or an employee of such an employer.”
Cuddigan-Placito v. SAIF, 335 Or. App. 663 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “Workers’ compensation claims are assigned to claim adjusters, who manage the claim and work with physicians to determine the compensa- bility of the claim. The primary responsibility of the inves- tigator is to investigate the facts, including by conducting interviews, and…”
Glubka v. Long, 837 P.2d 553 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). “ORS 656.751(1); ORS 656.752. Long is the former Executive Director of SAIF Corporation.”
Cuddigan-Placito v. SAIF, 335 Or. App. 663 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “Workers’ compensation claims are assigned to claim adjusters, who manage the claim and work with physicians to determine the compensa- bility of the claim. The primary responsibility of the inves- tigator is to investigate the facts, including by conducting interviews, and…”
McCormick v. Myers, 91 P.3d 704 (Or. 2004). “The proposed measures share a common theme: they would abolish the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF) that the legislature created in ORS 656.751. The legislature created SAIF for the purpose, among other things, “of transacting workers’ compensation insurance and…”
Artisan Labs., Inc. v. SAIF Corp., 106 P.3d 677 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “ORS 656.751(1). The funding source for SAIF is the Industrial Accident Fund (IAF), also created by statute; employer premiums flow into the IAF and SAIF’s payments flow out of it.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.751(1) — 3 cases
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 164 P.3d 278 (Or. 2007). “” ORS 656.751(1) (emphases added). Indeed, the 1979 legislation creating SAIF directed Legislative Counsel to “substitute, for words designating the State Accident Insurance Fund as an agency, words designating the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.”
Glubka v. Long, 837 P.2d 553 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). “ORS 656.751(1); ORS 656.752. Long is the former Executive Director of SAIF Corporation.”
Artisan Labs., Inc. v. SAIF Corp., 106 P.3d 677 (Or. Ct. App. 2005). “ORS 656.751(1). The funding source for SAIF is the Industrial Accident Fund (IAF), also created by statute; employer premiums flow into the IAF and SAIF’s payments flow out of it.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.751(8) — 1 case
Dryden v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 746 P.2d 240 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “The legislature, by enacting Or Laws 1979, ch 829, § 2 (now ORS 656.751), created SAIF “as an independent public corporation.”
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