{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-71-2611","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-71-2611","heading":"Duties, liabilities, and rights of fund.","body":"(1) The fund shall assume the workers' compensation obligations of a private self-insurer that come due after the private self-insurer has been determined to be an insolvent self-insurer.\n(2) The fund is not liable for the payment of any penalties or interest assessed for any act or omission of a person acting on behalf of the fund.\n(3) The fund is a party in interest in all proceedings involving workers' compensation claims against an insolvent private self-insurer whose workers' compensation obligations have been paid or assumed by the fund. The fund has the same rights and defenses as the insolvent private self-insurer, including but not limited to all of the following:\n(a) to appear and deny, defend, and appeal a claim; and\n(b) to receive notice of, investigate, adjust, compromise, settle, and pay a claim.\n(4) The fund shall concur in department decisions relating to allowing an employer to self-insure.","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 71. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","Part 26. Self-Insurers Guaranty Fund"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0710/part_0260/section_0110/0390-0710-0260-0110.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:44Z","sha256":"f53ea28c504219dae365e5a18c443cc0e791af401000c16f86cde05b71b4c59c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-71-2610","next":"us-mt/39-71-2612"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}