§ 672. Application of article. This article shall apply to every
employer during any part of the twelve consecutive months beginning
February first, nineteen hundred seventy and February first of each
subsequent year, preceded by a calendar year in which the cash
remuneration paid to all employees aggregated twelve hundred dollars or
more, provided, however, that one hundred eighty days after this act
shall take effect this article shall apply to every employer if in the
previous calendar year the cash remuneration paid to all employees
aggregated two thousand dollars or more and on July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-four this article shall apply to every employer if in the
previous calendar year the cash remuneration paid to all employees
aggregated three thousand dollars or more.