§ 60. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. “Public corporation.” A corporation as defined in section three of the general corporation law, except that a public benefit corporation shall not be deemed a public corporation for the purposes of this article unless it operates in a territory […]
§ 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 […]
§ 62. Participants. Each plan shall have at least two municipal corporations as participants. The county shall be one of the participants in a plan. Any contract agency or contract association with the approval of the county government and any other public corporation may by resolution of its governing body elect to become a participant […]
§ 63. Liability of county. 1. In the case of plans established pursuant to former subdivision three-a of section fifty of this chapter and continued pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-one of this chapter, payments with respect to (a) the liability of participants arising on and after January first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, and (b) […]
§ 64. Administration of plan. 1. The board of supervisors shall by local law provide for the administration of the plan, such plan to be administered by either a committee or an administrator. Any county officer or employee or other person may be appointed to such committee or act as administrator, or be appointed or […]
§ 65. Rules and regulations. 1. The board of supervisors shall by local law adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the fair and equitable administration and operation of the plan. Such rules and regulations may provide standards and conditions with respect, but not limited, to (a) entry and withdrawal of participants, (b) […]
§ 66. Apportionment of costs. 1. The total of the several amounts set forth in the annual estimate prepared pursuant to section sixty-seven of this chapter shall be apportioned to each participant in the proportion that the full valuation of its taxable real property bears to the aggregate full valuation of all participants; provided, however, […]
§ 67. Annual estimate; payments by participants. 1. The committee or administrator shall annually, not later than the fifteenth day of August, file with the board of supervisors an estimate of the several amounts necessary for the ensuing calendar year (a) to meet the payments with respect to the liability of participants required to be […]
§ 68. Advances to county self-insurance fund. If at any time there are insufficient moneys in the county self-insurance fund, exclusive of the reserve, to operate the plan, the county treasurer shall advance to such fund such amount from the general fund of the county, as shall be requested by the committee or administrator and […]
§ 69. Reserve. 1. The board of supervisors in connection with a plan may by local law establish a self-insurance reserve. Such local law shall prescribe the maximum amount which may be contributed to any such reserve. 2. The committee or administrator may at any time in its or his discretion expend moneys in such […]
§ 70. Excess or catastrophe insurance. The committee or administrator, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, may on behalf of the plan purchase excess or catastrophe insurance. The cost of such insurance shall be an administrative expense of the plan.
§ 71. Accrual of liabilities. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a county may by local law provide for the operation of a plan on an accrued liability basis whereby amounts charged to participants shall be based on the estimated total liability of participants actuarially computed, arising each year. A county also may […]
§ 72. Annual report. The county treasurer shall annually make a financial report of the plan to the state comptroller as of the close of the calendar year. Such reports shall be in such form and contain such information as may be prescribed by the state comptroller. All reports shall be duly verified and shall […]
§ 73. Abandonment of plan. The board of supervisors of a county may by local law provide for the abandonment of a plan, effective as of the close of the calendar year then in progress. Such plan, however, shall continue to operate thereafter until all liabilities of the plan incurred prior to such effective date […]
§ 74. Manner of adoption of local laws. A local law authorized by this article shall be adopted in the manner prescribed in the municipal home rule law, or, in the case of a county operating under an alternative form of county government, in the manner provided for such county for the adoption of local […]
§ 75. Transition provisions. 1. Existing plans continued. a. Notwithstanding the effective date of this article, plans heretofore established pursuant to former subdivision three-a of section fifty of this chapter and not abandoned pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-one of this chapter, shall continue to operate subject to the provisions of such subdivision through […]
§ 75-a. In a county which has established the office of county auditor the board of supervisors may by resolution place all duties of administration upon such auditor. This provision shall apply to all such plans whether established under this article or under former subdivision three-a of section fifty of this act.
