2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 6-F - New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, Inc.
160-FF - Management of the Fund; Board of Directors.

§  160-ff. Management of the fund; board of directors.  1. There shall
be appointed a board of directors of  the  fund,  consisting  of  eleven
directors,  six  of  whom  shall be selected by the black car assistance
corporation; four of whom shall be chosen by the governor, including one
chosen upon the recommendation of the temporary president of the  senate
and  one  chosen upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly;
one chosen to represent a transportation network company as  defined  by
article  forty-four-B  of  the  vehicle and traffic law; and one of whom
shall be the secretary, who shall serve ex officio. The  governor  shall
appoint  the  director  chosen  to  represent  a  transportation network
company no later than December thirty-first, two thousand seventeen. The
terms of all directors other than the secretary shall  be  three  years.
The  board  shall  have the power to remove for cause any director other
than the secretary.
  2. The directors shall elect annually from among their number a  chair
and a vice chair who shall act as chair in the chair's absence.
  3.  For  their attendance at meetings, the directors of the fund shall
be entitled to compensation, as  authorized  by  the  directors,  in  an
amount not to exceed two hundred dollars per meeting per director and to
reimbursement of their actual and necessary expenses.
  4.  Directors  of  the  fund, except as otherwise provided by law, may
engage in private or public employment or in a profession or business.
  5. (a) All of the directors shall have equal voting rights and five or
more directors shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote  of  five
directors  shall be necessary for the transaction of any business or the
exercise of any power or function of the fund.
  (b) The fund may delegate to one or more of its  directors,  officers,
agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.
  (c)  A vacancy occurring in a director position for which the governor
was the original appointing authority shall be filled by  the  governor,
upon  the  recommendation  of the legislative official, if any, that was
authorized to recommend the original appointee pursuant  to  subdivision
one  of  this  section.  A  vacancy occurring in a director position for
which the black car assistance corporation was the  original  appointing
authority  shall  be  filled  by the black car assistance corporation. A
vacancy in any one or more of the director positions shall  not  prevent
the remaining directors from transacting any business, provided a quorum
is present and voting.
  (d)  At  the  expiration  of  a  director's  term,  the authority that
appointed such director pursuant to subdivision one of this  section  or
paragraph  (c) of this subdivision shall re-appoint such director for an
additional term or appoint a new  director  for  such  subsequent  term,
provided  however that no individual may serve as director for more than
three successive terms.