Section 604.04. Administration.

 

(1)   Manager. Each fund under chs. 605 to 607 shall be administered by a manager who shall be the commissioner. In chs. 604 to 607 , “manager" means the commissioner in his or her capacity as manager.

(2)   Other personnel. The manager of a fund may employ such personnel as are necessary for proper administration. To the extent practicable, the manager shall manage the funds, issue policies and prepare reports in the same way that as commissioner he or she requires other insurers to do, except that periodic annual audits may not be required. The manager may make such reasonable rules for the administration of the funds as are necessary to implement the enabling statutes.

(3)   Expenses. No full-time state officer or employee may receive additional compensation for services under chs. 604 to 607 . Appropriate portions of the salaries of such persons who do work for the funds or supervise them, and other expenses including reasonable charges for state-owned or state-rented office space and the use of state-owned or state-rented office equipment shall be charged against each fund. Each fund shall pay to the commissioner amounts charged for organizational support services, which shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.145 (1) (g) 2. Each fund shall also be charged a sum equivalent to the state premium tax that would be paid by a domestic mutual insurer organized or operating under ch. 611 and doing the same kind of insurance business, except that no such charge shall be made for the insurance of governmental units.

(4)   Payment procedure. Any charges against a fund under sub. (3) shall be certified by the commissioner, audited by the department of administration under s. 16.53 , and paid by the secretary of administration out of the appropriate fund in accordance with procedures of the department of administration.

(5)   Advisory organization membership. The manager of a fund may have the fund join or subscribe to rate service organizations or other advisory organizations useful for the efficient operation of the fund.

(6)   Reinsurance. The manager may procure such reinsurance for the fund as he or she considers necessary for its sound operation.

(7)   Inspections. The manager may obtain such inspections and reports on risks insured in the fund as sound insurance practice requires.

(8)   Nondisclosure of personal information. The manager may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, any personally identifiable information, as defined in s. 19.62 (5) , that is obtained by the manager in the course of administering a fund under chs. 605 to 607 .

1973 c. 117 ; 1979 c. 102 ss. 84 , 236 (5) , (13); 1981 c. 20 ss. 1759m , 2202 (26) (c) ; 2001 a. 65 ; 2003 a. 33 ; 2007 a. 20 .