N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 65: Rules and regulations

§ 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) medical

examinations, (c) safety programs, (d) reports by participants and (e)

cooperation by participants, provided, however, that such rules and

regulations, or failure to adopt the same, shall not prevent withdrawal

of a participant from the plan upon the condition that such participant

shall pay, in a lump sum or in installments, an equitable share of the

outstanding liabilities of the plan as of the date of withdrawal. Any

payments required upon entry to or withdrawal from a plan may be

financed, in whole or in part, by any municipal corporation or district

corporation by the issuance of bonds or capital notes pursuant to the

local finance law.

2. Such rules and regulations may also provide that for any violation

thereof or of this chapter, a participant may be expelled from the plan

or be charged with a penalty. Any such penalty shall be collected at the

same time and in the same manner as other charges against participants

as provided in section sixty-seven of this chapter, or in such other

manner as may be provided in such rules and regulations. A participant

liable for the payment of a penalty may by action of its governing body

elect to recover the amount thereof from the public officer or employee

whose act or failure to act resulted in the imposition of such penalty.

In such event, the amount of the penalty may be withheld from the salary

or other remuneration payable to such officer or employee.