39-71-2602. Purpose -- construction. (1) The purposes of this part are to provide a mechanism for the payment of covered workers' compensation claims of employers bound by compensation plan No. 1 who are unable to pay the claims because of insolvency, to establish a fund from which the claims may be paid, and to establish a board to assess the cost of the protection among those employers.
     (2) This part must be liberally construed to effect its purposes. The statement of its purposes constitutes an aid and a guide to the act's interpretation.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 244, L. 1989.