460-G - Surety requirement.

§  460-g.  Surety  requirement.  Every provider shall maintain in full  force and effect a bond, contract of indemnity, or irrevocable letter of  credit, payable to the people of the state of New York, in the principal  amount of fifty thousand dollars; provided, however, that every provider  that receives in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars  in  total  fees  and  other compensation for providing immigrant assistance service  during any twelve-month period shall maintain in full force and effect a  bond, contract of indemnity, or irrevocable letter of credit, payable to  the people of the state of New York, in the principal amount  of  twenty  percent  of  such  total fees and compensation. Such surety shall be for  the benefit of any customer who does not receive a refund of  fees  from  the  provider to which he or she is entitled, or is otherwise injured by  the provider. The attorney general on behalf  of  the  customer  or  the  customer  in  his  or  her  own name, may maintain an action against the  provider and the surety.