§41D-4 State risk management revolving fund. (a) The state risk management revolving fund is created and shall be funded in amounts reasonably necessary to:
(b) In addition to any appropriation the legislature shall make to the state risk management revolving fund, the comptroller may apportion to, and collect from, state agencies those amounts of money that, in the discretion of the comptroller, reflect benefits received by the agencies under this chapter. The comptroller may consider the relevant risk and loss experience of the agencies in making apportionments and assessments. Funds so collected shall be deposited into the state risk management revolving fund.
(c) The comptroller may establish deductibles for the state agencies for certain perils or classes of property losses and may:
(d) The comptroller may establish a formula for refunds to the state agencies based upon the agencies' risk and loss experience.
(e) Money in the state risk management revolving fund shall be expended only for the purposes delineated in subsection (a) and only upon the authority of the comptroller, who is given discretion when to permit expenditures from the fund. Money in the state risk management revolving fund shall not be garnished, attached, or otherwise subjected to legal compulsion to pay actual or alleged obligations of the State, any state agency, or any state employee.
(f) The comptroller shall prepare, for each fiscal year, a report of all claims arbitrated, compromised, or settled and paid from the state risk management revolving fund as provided in section 41D-3. The report shall be submitted to the legislature twenty days prior to the commencement of the regular session next succeeding the year for which the report is made.
(g) Money received from the settlement of claims or losses of the State as delineated in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be trust moneys and may be deposited into the state risk management revolving fund or into a trust account with and under the control of the affected agency at the discretion of the comptroller. These moneys and any interest earned thereon shall be used for the purpose identified in any such settlement. [L 1988, c 266, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 117, §2; am L 1991, c 122, §1; am L 2006, c 173, §1; am L 2019, c 118, §2]