160-DDD - Use of the fund.

§  160-ddd.  Use  of the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be  used to  provide  benefits  under  the  workers'  compensation  law,  by  purchase  of  a  policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier  licensed  to  write  workers'  compensation  insurance  to  the   extent  permitted  by  section  three  thousand  four  hundred  fifty-one of the  insurance law, for  livery  drivers  dispatched  by  independent  livery  bases,  to  provide  benefits  under  the  workers' compensation law for  deaths of livery drivers arising out of and in the course  of  providing  covered  services,  and all injuries arising out of and in the course of  providing covered services either:  (1) resulting from a  crime  against  such  livery  driver  as  evidenced  by  a  police report or (2) for the  following conditions: (a) the amputation or loss of an arm,  leg,  hand,  foot,  multiple  fingers, index finger, multiple toes, ear, or nose, (b)  paraplegia or quadriplegia, or (c)  total  and  permanent  blindness  or  deafness.  The  provisions of the workers' compensation law shall govern  any application for and the receipt of such benefits.