(a) Every insurance carrier insuring employers who are or may be liable under this chapter to pay for compensation for personal injuries to or death of their employees under this chapter shall pay to the Department annually, on or before March 1 and October 1 of each year, a sum not to exceed 1 percent at each date on all workers’ compensation or employer liability premiums received by the carrier during the calendar year next preceding the due date of such payment.

(b) Such sums shall be paid by the Department to the State Treasurer, to be deposited in a special account known as “Workers’ Compensation Fund.” Such sums shall not be a part of the General Fund of the State. Any balance remaining in such special account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

(c) The amounts paid under this section shall constitute an element of loss for the purpose of establishing workers’ compensation premium rates.

(d) Should the Department subsequently determine that the amounts assessed are insufficient to meet the Fund’s obligations during a calendar year, it may assess insurance carriers to cover any anticipated deficiency, based upon the allocations for that calendar year as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Should the Department subsequently determine that the amounts assessed are sufficient to meet the Fund’s obligations during a calendar year, it shall not assess insurance carriers until a deficiency is projected based upon the anticipated expenditures for the next calendar year as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

Code 1915, § 3193j; 29 Del. Laws, c. 233; 30 Del. Laws, c. 203, § 3; Code 1935, § 6080; 45 Del. Laws, c. 299, § 1; 46 Del. Laws, c. 26; 19 Del. C. 1953, § 2395; 58 Del. Laws, c. 96, §§ 2, 3; 58 Del. Laws, c. 531, § 6; 59 Del. Laws, c. 554, §§ 1, 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 172, §§ 3, 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 84, §§ 3, 9, 21, 22.