Biannual recognition of liabilities; payment; proration in event of insufficient funds

Sec. 17. On June 30 and December 31 of every year, the commission shall recognize every liability that has qualified for partial payment under this section during the six (6) month period that ended on that day. The commission shall pay the part of each liability that is payable under section 13 of this chapter within fifteen (15) days after the liability is recognized as qualifying for partial payment. However, if the balance in the fund is insufficient to pay the full payable amount of every liability that has qualified for partial payment during a six (6) month period, the commission shall pay a prorated portion of each liability that qualified for partial payment during the period. Any part of the payable amount of a liability left unpaid due to the prorating of payments under this subsection must be paid before the payment of liabilities that qualify for partial payment during any of the following six (6) month periods.