§ 519a-6

519A.6 Stabilization reserve fund. 1. There is created a stabilization reserve fund. The fund shall be administered by three directors, one of whom shall be the commissioner. The remaining two directors shall beappointed by the commissioner, one of whom shall be a representative of the association andthe other a representative of its policyholders. 2. The directors shall act by majority vote with two directors constituting a quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power of the fund. The directors shallserve without salary, but each director other than the commissioner shall be reimbursed foractual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a director.The directors shall not be subject to any personal liability with respect to the administrationof the fund for acts or decisions made in good faith pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 3. Each policyholder shall pay to the association a stabilization reserve fund charge determined by the directors which shall not exceed the amount of one annual premium duefor insurance through the association.

cyholder shall pay to the association a stabilization reserve fund charge determined by the directors which shall not exceed the amount of one annual premium duefor insurance through the association. Such charge shall be separately stated in the policy.The association shall cancel the policy of any policyholder who fails to pay the stabilizationreserve fund charge. 4. The association shall promptly pay to the fund all stabilization reserve fund charges which it collects from its policyholders and any retrospective premium refunds payable underany group retrospective rating plan approved by the commissioner under the provisions ofthis chapter. 5. All moneys received by the fund shall be held in trust by a corporate trustee selected by the directors. The corporate trustee may invest the moneys held in trust, subject tothe approval of the directors. All investment income shall be credited to the fund, and allexpenses of administration of the fund shall be charged against the fund. The moneys heldin trust shall be used solely for the purpose of discharging when due any retrospectivepremium charges payable by policyholders of the association under the group retrospectiverating plan

moneys heldin trust shall be used solely for the purpose of discharging when due any retrospectivepremium charges payable by policyholders of the association under the group retrospectiverating plan approved by the commissioner. Payment of retrospective premium charges shall be made by the directors upon certification to them by the association of the amountdue. If all moneys accruing to the fund are finally exhausted in payment of retrospectivepremium charges, all liability and obligations of the association’s policyholders with respectto the payment of retrospective premium charges shall there upon terminate and shall beconclusively presumed to have been discharged. Any moneys remaining in the fund afterall such retrospective premium charges have been paid shall be returned to policyholderspursuant to procedures authorized by the directors. [C77, 79, 81, §519A.6]2017 Acts, ch 29, §154Referred to in §519A.1, 519A.2, 519A.3, 519A.4, 519A.5, 519A.10, 519A.13 Sat Dec 23 00:51:50 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 519A.6 (16, 0)