New York Laws
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.