N.Y. WKC Law § 65

§ 65. Rules and regulations. 1. The board of supervisors shall by\nlocal law adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the\nfair and equitable administration and operation of the plan. Such rules\nand regulations may provide standards and conditions with respect, but\nnot limited, to (a) entry and withdrawal of participants, (b) medical\nexaminations, (c) safety programs, (d) reports by participants and (e)\ncooperation by participants, provided, however, that such rules and\nregulations, or failure to adopt the same, shall not prevent withdrawal\nof a participant from the plan upon the condition that such participant\nshall pay, in a lump sum or in installments, an equitable share of the\noutstanding liabilities of the plan as of the date of withdrawal. Any\npayments required upon entry to or withdrawal from a plan may be\nfinanced, in whole or in part, by any municipal corporation or district\ncorporation by the issuance of bonds or capital notes pursuant to the\nlocal finance law.\n 2. Such rules and regulations may also provide that for any violation\nthereof or of this chapter, a participant may be expelled from the plan\nor be charged with a penalty. Any such penalty shall be collected at the\nsame time and in the same manner as other charges against participants\nas provided in section sixty-seven of this chapter, or in such other\nmanner as may be provided in such rules and regulations. A participant\nliable for the payment of a penalty may by action of its governing body\nelect to recover the amount thereof from the public officer or employee\nwhose act or failure to act resulted in the imposition of such penalty.\nIn such event, the amount of the penalty may be withheld from the salary\nor other remuneration payable to such officer or employee.\n