US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  262.  Actions  against the fund. 1. In any case founded upon tort a
  notice of claim shall be  required  as  a  condition  precedent  to  the
  commencement  of an action or special proceeding against the fund or any
  officer, appointee or employee thereof, and the  provisions  of  section
  fifty-e  of  the  general  municipal law shall govern the giving of such
  notice.
    2.  Except in an action for wrongful death,  no  action  founded  upon
  tort  shall be commenced (a) prior to the expiration of thirty days from
  the date on which the notice of claim upon which the action is  founded,
  served  pursuant  to  section  fifty-e of the general municipal law, was
  presented to a member of the board of directors of  the  fund  or  other
  officer  thereof  designated for such purpose nor (b) more than one year
  after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. An action against
  the fund for wrongful death shall be commenced in  accordance  with  the
  notice  of  claim  and  time  limitation  provisions  of title eleven of
  article nine of the public authorities law.