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NY Exec L § 160-FF (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-FF - Management of the Fund; Board of Directors.

§  160-ff. Management of the fund; board of directors.  1. There shall be appointed a board of directors of  the  fund,  consisting  of  eleven directors,  six  of  whom  shall be selected by the black car assistance corporation; four of whom shall be chosen by the governor, including one chosen upon the recommendation of the temporary president of the  senate and  one  chosen upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly; one chosen to represent a transportation network company as  defined  by article  forty-four-B  of  the  vehicle and traffic law; and one of whom shall be the secretary, who shall serve ex officio. The  governor  shall appoint  the  director  chosen  to  represent  a  transportation network company no later than December thirty-first, two thousand seventeen. The terms of all directors other than the secretary shall  be  three  years. The  board  shall  have the power to remove for cause any director other than the secretary.   2. The directors shall elect annually from among their number a  chair and a vice chair who shall act as chair in the chair's absence.   3.  For  their attendance at meetings, the directors of the fund shall be entitled to compensation, as  authorized  by  the  directors,  in  an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars per meeting per director and to reimbursement of their actual and necessary expenses.   4.  Directors  of  the  fund, except as otherwise provided by law, may engage in private or public employment or in a profession or business.   5. (a) All of the directors shall have equal voting rights and five or more directors shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote  of  five directors  shall be necessary for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power or function of the fund.  (b) The fund may delegate to one or more of its  directors,  officers, agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.  (c)  A vacancy occurring in a director position for which the governor was the original appointing authority shall be filled by  the  governor, upon  the  recommendation  of the legislative official, if any, that was authorized to recommend the original appointee pursuant  to  subdivision one  of  this  section.  A  vacancy occurring in a director position for which the black car assistance corporation was the  original  appointing authority  shall  be  filled  by the black car assistance corporation. A vacancy in any one or more of the director positions shall  not  prevent the remaining directors from transacting any business, provided a quorum is present and voting.  (d)  At  the  expiration  of  a  director's  term,  the authority that appointed such director pursuant to subdivision one of this  section  or paragraph  (c) of this subdivision shall re-appoint such director for an additional term or appoint a new  director  for  such  subsequent  term, provided  however that no individual may serve as director for more than three successive terms.
NY Exec L § 160-GG (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-GG - Plan of Operation.

§  160-gg.  Plan  of  operation.    1. Within seventy-five days of the effective date of this article, the fund shall file with the  department its  plan  of  operation,  which  shall  be designed to assure the fair, reasonable and  equitable  administration  of  the  fund.  The  plan  of operation  and  any subsequent amendments thereto shall become effective upon being filed with the department.   2. The plan of operation shall constitute the by-laws of the fund  and shall,  in  addition  to  the  requirements enumerated elsewhere in this article:  (a) establish procedures for collecting and managing the assets of the fund;  (b) establish regular places and times  for  meetings  of  the  fund's board of directors;  (c)  establish the procedure by which the fund shall determine whether to provide the benefits due pursuant to this article by self-insuring or by purchasing insurance;  (d)  establish  accounting  and  record-keeping  procedures  for   all financial  transactions  of  the  fund,  its  agents  and  the  board of directors;  (e)  establish  a  procedure  for  determining  and   collecting   the appropriate amount of surcharges and assessments under this article;  (f)  set forth the procedures by which the fund may exercise the audit rights granted to it under this article;  (g) establish procedures to ensure prompt and accurate notification to the fund by its members of all  accidents  and  injuries  to  black  car operators, and provide for full reimbursement of the fund by any central dispatch  facility whose failure to provide such notification results in the imposition of a penalty on the fund by the board; and  (h) contain such additional provisions as the board of  the  fund  may deem  necessary  or proper for the execution of the powers and duties of the fund.
NY Exec L § 160-HH (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-HH - Membership in the Fund; Registration With the Department.

§ 160-hh. Membership in the fund; registration with the department. 1.   The  membership  of  the  fund shall be composed of all central dispatch   facilities. Each central dispatch  facility  shall  be  required,  as  a   condition  of  doing business within this state, to pay the department a   two hundred dollar annual fee for the purpose of registering as a member   of the fund and receiving a certificate of registration. Such sums shall   be used by the department for the administration of  this  article.  The   initial  registration  fee  shall be due no later than ninety days after   the effective date of this article. The department shall have the  power   to  assess  an  additional  fee  against  each  registrant in the amount   necessary to provide it with sufficient funds to cover its  expenses  in   performing  its  duties  pursuant  to this article. The department shall   provide the fund with an updated list of registrants on a monthly basis.2. All central dispatch facilities shall be required, as  a  condition   of  obtaining  or  retaining  their  license  from  the  local licensing   authority, if any, to (a) be members of the fund; (b) be registered with   the department as members of the fund;  and  (c)  submit  to  the  local   licensing  authority  a copy of its certificate of registration as proof   of such membership and registration.3. Within sixty days of the effective date of this article, the  board   of  the fund shall, on the basis of information from trade papers, local   licensing authorities and other sources, identify the  central  dispatch   facilities  subject to this article and, on a regular and ongoing basis,   confirm that all  such  entities  have  registered  in  accordance  with   subdivision one of this section.4.  The  fund shall, within seventy-five days of the effective date of   this article, provide to its members a copy  of  the  proposed  plan  of   operation  filed  with  the  department  and shall inform its members of   their rights and duties pursuant to this article.
NY Exec L § 160-II (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-II - Securing of Compensation.

§  160-ii. Securing of compensation. 1. Within two hundred ten days of   the effective date of this article, the fund shall secure the payment of   workers' compensation  to  all  black  car  operators  entitled  thereto   pursuant to this chapter by either: (a) self-insuring in accordance with   subdivision  three of section fifty of the workers' compensation law and   the rules promulgated by the board  pursuant  to  such  section  or  (b)   purchasing workers' compensation insurance covering, on a blanket basis,   all black car operators who are the fund's employees pursuant to section   two of the workers' compensation law.2. If the fund initially seeks to apply to the board for authorization   to  self-insure  pursuant  to  subdivision three of section fifty of the   workers'  compensation  law,  it  shall  submit  its   application   and   accompanying  proof  to  the  board within one hundred fifty days of the   effective date of this article. The board shall notify the fund and  the   secretary   in  writing  of  any  change  in  the  fund's  status  as  a   self-insurer or of any additional requirements that the board  may  deem   necessary for continuation of such status.3.  If the fund chooses to secure the payment of workers' compensation   pursuant to the workers' compensation law  by  purchasing  an  insurance   policy  from  the  state insurance fund or a, licensed insurer, it shall   file  with  the  department  no  later  than  thirty  days   after   the   commencement of a new policy year a copy of the policy it has purchased.   In  such  case,  the  department  shall  be  treated by the insurer as a   certificate holder for purposes of receiving notice of  cancellation  of   the policy.4.  No provision of this article shall be construed to alter or affect   the liability  under  the  workers'  compensation  law  of  any  central   dispatch  facility with respect to black car operators prior to the fund   liability date.* 5. The fund shall have the authority to  provide  additional  health   benefits,  consistent  with  its  plan  of  operation, for all black car   operators entitled thereto pursuant to this chapter, provided  that  the   fund  shall  have  complied with all applicable statutory and regulatory   requirements. The surcharge amount not related to payments  of  workers'   compensation  claims  and the administration of those claims shall be up   to one-half of one percent (0.5%).* NB Repealed December 20, 2022
NY Exec L § 160-KK (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-KK - Financial Oversight of the Fund.

§ 160-kk. Financial oversight of the fund.  No later than May first of   each  year,  the  fund  shall  submit  to  the  governor and legislature   certified financial statements prepared  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted  accounting  principles  by  a certified public accountant. The   members of the fund shall be required on and after January first of each   year to afford the certified public accountant convenient access at  all   reasonable  hours  to  all books, records and other documents, including   but not limited to invoices and vouchers, necessary  or  useful  in  the   preparation  of  such  statements and in the verification of the monthly   statements submitted to the fund.
NY Exec L § 160-LL (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-LL - Exemption From Taxes.

§ 160-ll. Exemption from taxes.  The fund shall be exempt from payment   of  all  fees and taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions,   except taxes levied on real property.
NY Exec L § 160-MM (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-MM - Liability Insurance.

§ 160-mm. Liability insurance.  The fund shall purchase such insurance   as  is necessary to protect the fund and any director, officer, agent or   other representative from liability  for  their  administration  of  the   fund,  and  shall,  to  the  extent  permitted  by  law,  indemnify such   directors, officers, agents  or  other  representatives  and  hold  them   harmless from liability for their administration of the fund.
NY Exec L § 160-NN (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 160-NN - Regulations.

§   160-nn.   Regulations.  The  department  shall  adopt  regulations   implementing the provisions of this article, including the  conduct  and   notice of hearings held pursuant to section one hundred sixty-oo of this   article.
NY Exec L § 160-AAA (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-AAA - Definitions.

§ 160-aaa. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:1.   "Independent  livery  driver"  means  a  livery  driver  that  is   dispatched by an independent livery base.2. "Annualized basis" means  the  product  of  the  number  of  livery   drivers  affiliated  with  a  dispatching  livery base and the number of   months each such driver is affiliated with the livery base,  divided  by   twelve.3.  "Covered  services"  means  all  dispatches  from  a  livery  base   regardless of where the pick-up or discharge occurs.4.  "Fund"  means  the  independent  livery  driver  benefit  fund  as   established in this article.5.  "Independent  livery  base"  has  the same meaning as set forth in   section eighteen-c of the workers' compensation law.6. "Livery" means a for-hire vehicle licensed  by  a  local  taxi  and   limousine  commission,  carrying  no  more  than five passengers or such   other limited number as set by a local taxi  and  limousine  commission,   which  charges  for  service on the basis of flat rate, time, mileage or   zones, and which is dispatched by a livery dispatch facility, but  shall   not  include  a  vehicle  owned  or  driven  by a black car operator, as   defined in article six-F of this chapter.7. "Livery driver" means  an  individual  that  drives  a  livery,  is   dispatched by a livery base, receives compensation for such driving, and   is licensed to do so by a local taxi and limousine commission.8.  "Livery  base" means a central facility that manages, organizes or   dispatches liveries, and is licensed to  do  so  by  a  local  taxi  and   limousine commission.9.  "Livery  registrant"  means  a  person  in  whose name a livery is   licensed by a local taxi and limousine commission.10. "Local taxi and  limousine  commission"  means  a  unit  of  local   government  in  New  York  city,  Nassau  county  or  Westchester county   authorized to license and regulate liveries.
NY Exec L § 160-CCC (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-CCC - Contributions to the Fund.

§  160-ccc.  Contributions  to  the fund. Each independent livery base   shall be assessed an annual payment to the fund, to be set by the  board   of  directors  no later than January first of each calendar year or such   other date as the board of directors may set  consistent  with,  and  as   necessary  to  effectuate, this article. The total amount of the payment   shall be determined by the fund as sufficient to provide it  with  total   assets  equal  to  one hundred fifty percent of the cost of an insurance   policy issued under section one hundred sixty-ddd of this  article,  and   to  provide for any administrative expense of the fund. Each independent   livery base's own share of  such  payments  shall  be  determined  by  a   formula  set  by  the  board  of directors, to be based on the number of   liveries affiliated with each livery base at the time the  payments  are   calculated,  or  such  other  measure  set  by the chair of the workers'   compensation board. Each independent livery base shall make the payments   assessed against it annually within thirty days of assessment. If it  is   determined  by  the board of directors that there may be an insufficient   amount of money in the fund to purchase the requisite coverage or to pay   administrative expenses in a given year,  the  board  of  directors  may   require  each  independent  livery base to make an additional payment to   the fund based on the amount of its affiliated drivers on an  annualized   basis or such other criteria as shall be established by the chair of the   workers'  compensation  board,  except  that  no  such payments shall be   assessed, such that the fund will have funds greater than  necessary  to   provide  compensation under the workers' compensation law, to the extent   set forth in section one hundred sixty-ddd of this article for  eighteen   months.
NY Exec L § 160-DDD (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-DDD - Use of the Fund.

§  160-ddd.  Use  of the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be   used to  provide  benefits  under  the  workers'  compensation  law,  by   purchase  of  a  policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier   licensed  to  write  workers'  compensation  insurance  to  the   extent   permitted  by  section  three  thousand  four  hundred  fifty-one of the   insurance law, for  livery  drivers  dispatched  by  independent  livery   bases,  to  provide  benefits  under  the  workers' compensation law for   deaths of livery drivers arising out of and in the course  of  providing   covered  services,  and all injuries arising out of and in the course of   providing covered services either:  (1) resulting from a  crime  against   such  livery  driver  as  evidenced  by  a  police report or (2) for the   following conditions: (a) the amputation or loss of an arm,  leg,  hand,   foot,  multiple  fingers, index finger, multiple toes, ear, or nose, (b)   paraplegia or quadriplegia, or (c)  total  and  permanent  blindness  or   deafness.  The  provisions of the workers' compensation law shall govern   any application for and the receipt of such benefits.
NY Exec L § 160-EEE (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-EEE - Regulations.

§  160-eee.  Regulations. The chair of the workers' compensation board   may promulgate regulations necessary to  effectuate  the  provisions  of   this article.
NY Exec L § 160-FFF (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-FFF - Membership in the Fund.

§ 160-fff. Membership in the fund. 1. The membership of the fund shall   be   comprised   of  all  independent  livery  bases.  If  the  workers'   compensation board or local taxi  and  limousine  commission  revokes  a   livery  base's  authorization  to  act as an independent livery base, it   shall cease to be  a  member  of  the  fund  within  thirty  days.  Such   revocation shall not entitle the livery base to the return of any moneys   deposited into the fund.2.  Each livery base shall be required, as a condition of obtaining or   retaining any license it receives to operate as a  livery  base  from  a   local  taxi  and  limousine commission either: (a) to be a member of the   fund, to submit to the local taxi and limousine commission proof of such   membership and to maintain such records  as  the  workers'  compensation   board,  state  department  of motor vehicles or local taxi and limousine   commission  may  direct  in  order  to  carry  out  the  livery   base's   responsibilities  under  this article, and as necessary to determine the   appropriate cost  of  compensation  the  fund  must  provide  under  the   workers' compensation law; or (b) to present proof to the local taxi and   limousine commission that it has secured compensation under the workers'   compensation  law,  to  the extent required of employers, for all livery   drivers it dispatches.3. Each local taxi and limousine commission shall supply the fund  and   the  workers'  compensation  board,  at  any  such  time  as the fund or   workers' compensation board requests, a list of all liveries  affiliated   with each livery base licensed by the commission.4.  The fund shall, within seventy-five days of the appointment of the   fund's board of directors, provide to its members a copy of the proposed   plan of operation filed with the workers'  compensation  board  and  all   local  taxi  and  limousine  commissions and shall inform its members of   their rights and duties pursuant to this article.
NY Exec L § 160-GGG (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-GGG - Plan of Operation.

§  160-ggg.  Plan  of  operation.  1.  Within seventy-five days of the appointment of the fund's board of directors, the fund shall  file  with the workers' compensation board and local taxi and limousine commissions its  plan  of  operation,  which  shall  be designed to assure the fair, reasonable and  equitable  administration  of  the  fund.  The  plan  of operation  and  any subsequent amendments thereto shall become effective upon being filed with the workers' compensation board and all  taxi  and limousine commissions.   2.  The plan of operation shall constitute the by-laws of the fund and shall, in addition to the  requirements  enumerated  elsewhere  in  this article:  (a) establish procedures for collecting and managing the assets of the fund;  (b)  establish  regular  places  and  times for meetings of the fund's board of directors;  (c)  establish  accounting  and  record-keeping  procedures  for   all financial  transactions  of  the  fund,  its  agents  and  the  board of directors;  (d)  establish  a  procedure  for  determining  and   collecting   the appropriate amount of assessments under this article; and  (e)  contain  such  additional provisions as the board of directors of the fund may deem necessary or proper for the execution  of  the  powers and duties of the fund.
NY Exec L § 160-III (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-G - Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund 160-III - Insurance Premiums.

§  160-iii.  Insurance  premiums.  Nothing  in  this article or in the   provisions of the workers' compensation law pertaining  to  coverage  of   livery  drivers  under  this  article shall be construed as limiting the   discretion of the state insurance fund, in providing coverage to the New   York independent livery driver benefit fund, inc., in choosing a premium   basis, rating plan or setting a rate to cover the risk posed by insuring   such fund.
NY Exec L § 160-BBBB (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-BBBB - Registration Required.

§  160-bbbb.  Registration required. It shall be unlawful for a person   to, directly or indirectly, engage or attempt to engage in  business  as   an  appraisal management company, or to advertise or hold oneself out as   engaging in or conducting business as an  appraisal  management  company   without  first  obtaining  a  certificate  of registration issued by the   department under the provisions of this article.
NY Exec L § 160-CCCC (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-CCCC - Exemptions.

§ 160-cccc. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply   to any person that exclusively employs appraisers for the performance of   appraisals or to any appraisal management company that is a wholly-owned   subsidiary of a financial institution, which is regulated by the federal   financial  institution regulatory agency. The registration provisions of   this article  shall  not  apply  to  the  state,  any  state  agency  or   authority,  or  any  political  subdivision  of  the  state that employs   appraisers.
NY Exec L § 160-DDDD (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-DDDD - Forms.

§  160-dddd.  Forms. An applicant for a certificate of registration as   an appraisal management company shall  submit  an  application  on  such   forms as prescribed by the department.