(a) In addition to complying with the requirements of this article, any risk retention group operating in this state prior to enactment of the amendments made to this article in the regular session of the Legislature during the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-two shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a), section four of this article before the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two.
(b) Any purchasing group which was doing business in this state prior to enactment of the amendments made to this article in the regular session of the Legislature during the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-two shall furnish notice to the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section seventeen of this article before the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two.