Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 656 § 656.278 — based on those accidental injuries. If the surety bond or other

based on those accidental injuries. If the surety bond or other security remains on deposit or in effect at the expiration of the 62-month period, or of another period the director may consider proper, the director may accept in lieu of the surety bond or other security deposited with the director a policy of paid-up insurance in a form approved by the director. (b) The director may adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection. (4) If a self-insured employer or self-insured employer group is in default, is decertified by the director or cancels the employer’s or the group’s certification under ORS 656.434, the director may: (a) Order members of the group to pay an assessment for the continuing claim liabilities as specified in ORS 656.430 (7)(a)(D)(i); and (b) Determine the claims processing agent that processes claims of the self-insured employer or self-insured employer group. The claims processing agent may be the assigned claims agent selected under ORS 656.054. (5) Member assessments collected under subsection (4) of this section must be deposited in the Consumer and Business Services Fund created in ORS 705.145. (6) Failure to pay an assessment ordered under subsection (4) of this section subjects members of the self-insured employer group to civil penalties as provided in ORS 656.745. (7) A claims processing agent that the director designates under subsection (4) of this section, other than the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, may choose the legal counsel the claims processing agent employs for representation under this section. [1975 c.556 §36; 1981 c.854 §31; 1987 c.373 §32; 2007 c.241 §14; 2014 c.48 §6; 2017 c.69 §1; 2019 c.74 §1]