§ 160-aaa. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:

1. "Independent livery driver" means a livery driver that is
dispatched by an independent livery base.

2. "Annualized basis" means the product of the number of livery
drivers affiliated with a dispatching livery base and the number of
months each such driver is affiliated with the livery base, divided by
twelve.

3. "Covered services" means all dispatches from a livery base
regardless of where the pick-up or discharge occurs.

4. "Fund" means the independent livery driver benefit fund as
established in this article.

5. "Independent livery base" has the same meaning as set forth in
section eighteen-c of the workers' compensation law.

6. "Livery" means a for-hire vehicle licensed by a local taxi and
limousine commission, carrying no more than five passengers or such
other limited number as set by a local taxi and limousine commission,
which charges for service on the basis of flat rate, time, mileage or
zones, and which is dispatched by a livery dispatch facility, but shall
not include a vehicle owned or driven by a black car operator, as
defined in article six-F of this chapter.

7. "Livery driver" means an individual that drives a livery, is
dispatched by a livery base, receives compensation for such driving, and
is licensed to do so by a local taxi and limousine commission.

8. "Livery base" means a central facility that manages, organizes or
dispatches liveries, and is licensed to do so by a local taxi and
limousine commission.

9. "Livery registrant" means a person in whose name a livery is
licensed by a local taxi and limousine commission.

10. "Local taxi and limousine commission" means a unit of local
government in New York city, Nassau county or Westchester county
authorized to license and regulate liveries.