(a) The Insurance Commissioner shall establish a program to require the acceptance of disbursements by electronic transfer from the funds created in § 23-2C-1 et seq. of this code to employers, vendors, claimants, and all others lawfully entitled to receive such disbursements.

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(b) The Insurance Commissioner may establish a program to require payments of deposits and other funds into the funds created in § 23-2C-1 et seq. of this code by electronic transfer of funds.

(c) The Insurance Commissioner may establish a program whereby invoices and other charges against the funds created in § 23-2C-1 et seq. of this code may be submitted to the Insurance Commissioner by electronic means.

(d) Any program authorized by this section must be implemented through a rule promulgated by the Workers’ Compensation Industrial Council.