{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-21.39.045","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 21.39.045","heading":"Workers' compensation rate filings.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a rate filing for workers' compensation insurance that classifies a risk in the construction industry may not contain or impose a higher premium rate if the risk upon which the higher rate filing is based consists only of a higher wage rate paid by the employer.\n(b) The director shall accept a rate filing for workers' compensation insurance if the filing includes a reasonable method of recognizing differences in rates of pay for the construction industry, and the method uses a credit scale that begins at an amount equal to the average weekly wage in this state for the construction industry as determined by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.","path":["Title 21. Insurance.","Chapter 39. Rates and Rating Organizations."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#21.39.045","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:40Z","sha256":"3e3d7ef7b34d3d6ee93150a6d6f46f2caaf4f41d188130bd5c2db4ca70a70a3f","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-21.39.043","next":"us-ak/as-21.39.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}