§ 221. New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. 1. There is\ncreated a not-for-profit corporation to be known as The New York Jockey\nInjury Compensation Fund, Inc. and referred to in this section as "the\nfund". To the extent that the provisions of the not-for-profit\ncorporation law do not conflict with the provisions of this article, or\nthe plan of operation of the fund hereunder, the not-for-profit\ncorporation law shall apply to the fund and the fund shall be a type C\ncorporation pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law. If an\napplicable provision of this article or the plan of operation of the\nfund hereunder relates to a matter embraced in a provision of the\nnot-for-profit corporation law but is not in conflict therewith, both\nprovisions shall apply. The fund shall perform its functions under the\nplan of operation established and approved under this section and shall\nexercise its powers through a board of directors established under this\nsection.\n 2. a. The board of directors shall consist of seven members, six of\nwhom are to be selected from the general membership of the fund in a\nmanner and for terms to be prescribed by the initial fund board. For the\npurposes of establishing and organizing the fund, at least one hundred\nfifty days prior to the date that this article shall take effect, the\nboards of directors of the horsemen's organizations representing at\nleast fifty-one percent of the horsemen utilizing the facilities of any\nracing corporation, shall designate six members who shall serve as the\ninitial board of directors of the fund. The seventh member shall be\nelected every two years on the second Tuesday of June, or as designated\nby the fund, pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision by a vote of\njockeys and apprentice jockeys duly licensed pursuant to this article or\narticle four of this chapter. The members of the board shall elect\nannually from the members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall\nact as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. Each member of the\nboard of directors shall have equal voting rights with the others.\n b. (i) The election of the seventh board member shall be conducted by\nan election administrator selected by the fund no later than November\nfifteenth of the year preceding the election. The fund shall inform the\ncommission of its selection thereof. The fund shall enter into a\ncontract with the election administrator at least one hundred twenty\ndays prior to the date of the election. The fund shall be responsible\nfor costs associated with the contract with the election administrator.\n (ii) The election administrator may be the individual, organization,\nor corporation under contract with the fund to provide management\nservices as of November fifteenth of the year preceding the election.\nThe election administrator shall devise and provide nominating petitions\nto candidates, shall validate such petitions upon submittal by verifying\nthe eligibility of the jockeys and apprentice jockeys to sign such\npetitions, and shall be responsible for the printing, dissemination,\nvalidation, and tabulation of ballots for such election. The commission\nshall provide a list of all duly licensed jockeys and apprentice jockeys\nto the fund for purposes of validating nominating petitions and ballots.\nThe election administrator shall report the results of the election to\nthe commission, which shall then certify the election of the seventh\nboard member.\n (iii) Any individual seeking election pursuant to this subdivision\nshall provide a nominating petition containing the signatures of no\nfewer than ten duly licensed jockeys or apprentice jockeys eligible to\nsign such petition. To be eligible to sign such petition, a jockey or\napprentice jockey shall possess a valid jockey's license as of March\nfirst in the year of the election. Such petitions may be signed by\neligible jockeys or apprentice jockeys beginning April first of an\nelection
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