§ 151. Assessments for annual expenses. 1. The annual expenses\nnecessary for the board to administer the provisions of this chapter,\nthe volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, the volunteer\nfirefighters' benefit law, the disability benefits law, and the\nworkmen's compensation act for civil defense volunteers shall be borne\nby affected employers securing compensation for their employees pursuant\nto section fifty of this chapter. The board shall collect such annual\nexpenses from affected employers through assessments as provided by the\nprovisions of this section, including for purposes of this subdivision:\n(a) the aggregate assessment amount described in subparagraph four of\nparagraph (h) of subdivision eight of section fifteen of this chapter\nfor the special disability fund in accordance with each financing\nagreement described in such subparagraph, (b) the aggregate assessment\namount described in section fifty-c of this chapter for the self-insurer\noffset fund in accordance with each financing agreement described in\nsuch section, (c) the assessment amount described in subdivision three\nof section twenty-five-a of this chapter for the fund for reopened\ncases, (d) the assessment amount described in section two hundred\nfourteen of this chapter for the special fund for disability benefits\nand (e) a sum sufficient as determined by the chair but no greater than\n0.4% of the total estimated statewide premium to cover the establishment\nand maintenance of dedicated workers' compensation fraud units within\nNew York state district attorneys' offices; provided, that the foregoing\nand any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding,\nassessment receipts shall be applied first to fully fund the amount\ndescribed in subparagraph four of paragraph (h) of subdivision eight of\nsection fifteen of this chapter and then to fully fund the amount\ndescribed in section fifty-c of this chapter in accordance with each\nthen applicable financing agreement pursuant to such provisions prior to\napplication to any other purpose other than to pay any actual costs of\ncollecting such assessment that are not otherwise funded. For purposes\nof this section, affected employer means all employers required to\nobtain workers' compensation coverage pursuant to this chapter.\n 2. On the first day of November, two thousand thirteen, and annually\nthereafter, the chair shall establish an assessment rate for all\naffected employers in the state of New York in an amount expected to be\nsufficient to produce assessment receipts at least sufficient to fund\nall estimated annual expenses pursuant to subdivision one of this\nsection except those expenses for which an assessment is authorized for\nself-insurance pursuant to subdivision five of section fifty of this\nchapter. Such rate shall be assessed effective the first of January of\nthe succeeding year and shall be based upon a single methodology\ndetermined by the chair. The chair may also establish an additional\nassessment rate, not to exceed thirty percent of annual premiums, for\nthose affected employers who are in default in the payment of their\ncompensation pursuant to subparagraph (b) of paragraph seven of\nsubdivision three-a of section 50 of this chapter. Such additional\nassessment shall be collected and remitted to the chair consistent with\nsubdivisions four and five of this section. The chair shall make\navailable for public inspection an itemized statement of the estimated\nannual expenses in the office of the board for thirty days immediately\nafter the rate is established.\n 3. The chair and department of audit and control annually as soon as\npracticable after the first of April of each year shall ascertain the\nactual total amount of expenses, including in addition to the direct\ncosts of personal service, the cost of maintenance and operation, the\ncost of retirement contributions made and workers' compensation premiums\npaid by the state for or on acco
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