BOND IN LIEU OF CASH DEPOSIT. In lieu of the cash payment provided for in Section 3-405 of this title, the employer may file with the Commission a surety bond issued by an insurance company that is licensed by the Oklahoma Insurance Department to issue surety bonds in this state. The surety bond must be issued in an amount that is double the amount of the contribution, penalties, interest and fees assessed or owing, and include the conditions that the employer will faithfully and diligently prosecute the appeal to a final determination, and, in the event the order, judgment, ruling or finding of the Commission or its duly authorized representative be affirmed on appeal, will pay the contributions, interest, penalty, costs and fees assessed against, or owing by, the employer.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-406, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 318, § 7, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 219, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.