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N.Y. WKC Law § 60

This is the official text of N.Y. WKC Law § 60, part of New York’s WKC Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "WKC Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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§ 60. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nmean and include:\n 1. "Public corporation." A corporation as defined in section three of\nthe general corporation law, except that a public benefit corporation\nshall not be deemed a public corporation for the purposes of this\narticle unless it operates in a territory coterminous with the county or\na tax district or districts within the county.\n 1-a. "Contract agency", "contract association". A not-for-profit\ncorporation or association which provides services exclusively to a\nsingle county on a contractual basis and receives at least eighty-five\npercent of its funding from the local, state or federal government.\n 2. "Municipal corporation," "district corporation" and "public benefit\ncorporation." A municipal corporation, district corporation and public\nbenefit corporation, respectively, as defined in section three of the\ngeneral corporation law.\n 3. "Plans." The plan of self-insurance provided for in this article.\n 4. "Committee." The committee appointed pursuant to section sixty-four\nof this chapter to administer the plan.\n 5. "Administrator." The administrator appointed pursuant to section\nsixty-four of this chapter to administer the plan.\n 6. "Participant." A public corporation participating in a plan.\n 7. "Liability." The liability of a participant to pay compensation,\nassessments and all other obligations imposed by or pursuant to this\nchapter, the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, and the volunteer\nambulance workers' benefit law except as otherwise provided in section\nsixty-one of this chapter.\n 8. "Reserve." The self-insurance reserve provided for in section\nsixty-nine of this chapter.\n

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