§ 160-hh. Membership in the fund; registration with the department. 1. The membership of the fund shall be composed of all central dispatch facilities. Each central dispatch facility shall be required, as a condition of doing business within this state, to pay the department a two hundred dollar annual fee for the purpose of registering as a member of the fund and receiving a certificate of registration. Such sums shall be used by the department for the administration of this article. The initial registration fee shall be due no later than ninety days after the effective date of this article. The department shall have the power to assess an additional fee against each registrant in the amount necessary to provide it with sufficient funds to cover its expenses in performing its duties pursuant to this article. The department shall provide the fund with an updated list of registrants on a monthly basis.

2. All central dispatch facilities shall be required, as a condition of obtaining or retaining their license from the local licensing authority, if any, to (a) be members of the fund; (b) be registered with the department as members of the fund; and (c) submit to the local licensing authority a copy of its certificate of registration as proof of such membership and registration.

3. Within sixty days of the effective date of this article, the board of the fund shall, on the basis of information from trade papers, local licensing authorities and other sources, identify the central dispatch facilities subject to this article and, on a regular and ongoing basis, confirm that all such entities have registered in accordance with subdivision one of this section.

4. The fund shall, within seventy-five days of the effective date of this article, provide to its members a copy of the proposed plan of operation filed with the department and shall inform its members of their rights and duties pursuant to this article.