NY Work Comp L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 5 - County Self-Insurance Plan 61 - Continuance of Existing Plans; Establishment of New Plans.

§  61.  Continuance  of existing plans; establishment of new plans. 1.   Plans  of  mutual  self-insurance  heretofore  adopted  by   boards   of   supervisors  of  counties  pursuant  to  former  subdivision  three-a of   section fifty of this chapter, are hereby continued; provided,  however,   that  the board of supervisors of a county must provide by local law for   the continuation of the plan and for the administration thereof pursuant   to this  article  on  or  before  July  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred   fifty-six,  or  such  plan  shall  be  deemed  abandoned  as  of October   thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-six, subject to the  provisions  of   subdivision  two of section seventy-five of this chapter. All such plans   not so abandoned shall be operated pursuant to the  provisions  of  this   article and local laws adopted pursuant thereto.2. The board of supervisors of a county may by local law establish the   plan of self-insurance provided for in this article.3.  A  local  law  establishing  a  plan pursuant to this article may,   notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph  f  of  subdivision  one  of   section  eleven  of  the  municipal  home  rule  law,  provide  that the   provisions of subdivision three of section sixty-three of this  article,   as  amended  from  time  to time, shall not be applicable to the plan in   that county and, if such plan is established, the term  "liability",  as   used in this article, shall not include any compensation, assessments or   other  obligations under the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and the   provisions of subdivision three of section sixty-three of this  article,   as  amended  from  time  to time, shall not be applicable in relation to   such plan.4. If a plan has been continued pursuant to this article, the board of   supervisors may,  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  paragraph  f  of   subdivision  one of section eleven of the municipal home rule law, adopt   a local law on or before the first day of August in any year to  provide   that  the provisions of subdivision three of section sixty-three of this   article, as amended from time to time, shall not be  applicable  to  the   plan in that county after the thirty-first day of December in such year,   except  as  to  liabilities existing on such latter date, and, if such a   local law is adopted, the term "liability", as  used  in  this  article,   shall  not  include  any  compensation, assessments or other obligations   under the volunteer firefighters' benefit law,  and  the  provisions  of   subdivision  three  of  section sixty-three of this article shall not be   applicable in relation to such  plan,  after  the  thirty-first  day  of   December in such year, except as to, and in connection with, liabilities   existing on such thirty-first day of December.5.  If  a  local  law  has been adopted pursuant to either subdivision   three or subdivision four of this section, the board of supervisors may,   notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph  f  of  subdivision  one  of   section  eleven  of the municipal home rule law, adopt a local law on or   before the first  day  of  August  in  any  year  to  provide  that  the   provisions  of subdivision three of section sixty-three of this chapter,   as amended from time to time, shall be applicable to the  plan  in  that   county after the thirty-first day of December in such year, and, if such   a  local  law  is adopted, the term "liability", as used in this article   shall include any compensation, assessments, or other obligations  under   the   volunteer  firefighters'  benefit  law,  the  volunteer  ambulance   workers' benefit law, and the provisions of subdivision three of section   sixty-three of this chapter shall be  applicable  in  relation  to  such   plan, after the thirty-first day of December in such year, and, further,   the   provisions  of  section  sixty-seven  of  this  chapter  shall  be   applicable on and after the first day of August in such year in relation   to such plan. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph f of subdivision one of   section eleven of the municipal home rule law, the board of  supervisors   of  a  county  may  by local law amend the definition of "liability", as   defined in subdivision seven  of  section  sixty  of  this  article,  to   exclude  any  liability  under paragraph m of subdivision one of section   five of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law.