N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 60: Definitions

§ 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 coterminous with the county or

a tax district or districts within the county.

1-a. "Contract agency", "contract association". A not-for-profit

corporation or association which provides services exclusively to a

single county on a contractual basis and receives at least eighty-five

percent of its funding from the local, state or federal government.

2. "Municipal corporation," "district corporation" and "public benefit

corporation." A municipal corporation, district corporation and public

benefit corporation, respectively, as defined in section three of the

general corporation law.

3. "Plans." The plan of self-insurance provided for in this article.

4. "Committee." The committee appointed pursuant to section sixty-four

of this chapter to administer the plan.

5. "Administrator." The administrator appointed pursuant to section

sixty-four of this chapter to administer the plan.

6. "Participant." A public corporation participating in a plan.

7. "Liability." The liability of a participant to pay compensation,

assessments and all other obligations imposed by or pursuant to this

chapter, the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, and the volunteer

ambulance workers' benefit law except as otherwise provided in section

sixty-one of this chapter.

8. "Reserve." The self-insurance reserve provided for in section

sixty-nine of this chapter.