Section 205-C. Payments pending controversies where volunteer firemen are killed or injured

In  order  to  provide  for  the  prompt  payment  of  benefits  under sections two hundred five and two hundred nine-a of this
  chapter, and under the workmen's compensation law, where  such  benefits
  are conceded to be due to any person because of the death of or injuries
  to a volunteer fireman but controversy exists as to which city, village,
  town   or   fire  district  is  liable  for  the  payment  thereof,  the
  municipalities and districts involved  in  such  controversy  and  their
  insurance  carriers,  if  any,  may  agree  that any one or more of such
  municipalities or districts or  its  insurance  carrier  shall  pay  the
  benefits  to,  or  in relation to, the person conceded to be entitled to
  such  benefits  without  waiting  for  a  final  determination  of   the
  controversy,  and  may  carry  out  the provisions of such an agreement.
  Notwithstanding any such payment, any party to the agreement may seek  a
  final  determination  of  the  controversy in the same manner as if such
  payment had not been made.  After a final determination the  parties  to
  the  agreement  shall  make  any  necessary  and proper reimbursement to
  conform to the determination.   The term  "insurance  carrier"  as  used
  herein   shall   mean   an   insurance   company,  or  a  county  mutual
  self-insurance plan in accordance with subdivision  three-a  of  section
  fifty  of  the  workmen's  compensation  law, or any plan which shall be
  provided for by law in amendment of or substitution for such a plan.