§ 6280. Actions against fund. (a) Except in an action for wrongful\ndeath, an action against the fund for personal injury or property damage\nor founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety\ndays after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a\nnotice of claim shall have been served on a trustee of the fund or\nofficer or employee thereof designated by the fund for such purpose,\nwithin the time limited by, and in compliance with the requirements of,\nsection fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action against the fund\nfor wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of\nclaim and time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of\nthe public authorities law.\n (b) The venue of every action, suit or special proceeding brought\nagainst the fund shall be laid in the county in which the cause of\naction arose for all claims which arise within the city of New York, or\nin the county of New York.\n (c) Neither any trustee of the fund nor any officer, employee, or\nagent of the fund, while acting within the scope of his authority, shall\nbe subject to any personal liability resulting from the providing of\nfacilities for the city university or from any other exercise or\ncarrying out of any of the fund's purposes or powers.\n (d) Upon an appeal taken by the city university construction fund in\nany action or other proceeding to which the fund is a party, the service\nof notice of appeal shall perfect the appeal and shall stay the\nexecution of the judgment or order appealed from without any undertaking\nor other security being furnished by the fund.\n (e) No provision of this article shall be construed as a defense and\nindemnification provision within the meaning of section eighteen of the\npublic officers law or any other similar law or as otherwise precluding\nany employee, as defined in said section of the public officers law, of\nthe fund from recourse to the provisions thereof.\n
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