§ 85A-118. Fees.  


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  • A.  A fee of One Hundred Forty Dollars ($140.00) per case, including any Joint Petition authorized by this act, shall be collected by the Workers' Compensation Commission and assessed as costs to be paid by the party against whom any award becomes final, to be deposited as follows:

    1.  One Hundred Five Dollars ($105.00) to the credit of the Workers' Compensation Fund created by this act;

    2.  Ten Dollars ($10.00) to the credit of the Attorney General's Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit Revolving Fund created by Section 19.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

    3.  Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to the credit of the Workers' Compensation Fund for purposes of implementing the provisions of this act, including strengthening and providing additional funding for the Attorney General's Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit, providing counseling services pursuant to the workers' compensation counselor or ombudsman program and safety in the workplace.

    B.  A fee of One Hundred Thirty Dollars ($130.00) per action to reopen any case pursuant to Section 32 of this act shall be collected by the Commission and assessed as costs to be paid by the party that reopens the case.  The fee collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the Workers' Compensation Fund for purposes of implementing the provisions of this act, including strengthening and providing additional funding for the Attorney General's Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit, providing counseling services pursuant to the workers' compensation counselor or ombudsman program and safety in the workplace.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 161, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.