§ 53. Alternative service of notice of claim upon the secretary of\nstate. 1. In lieu of serving a notice of claim upon a public corporation\nas provided for in section fifty-e of this article, a notice of claim\nsetting forth the same information as required by such section may be\nserved upon the secretary of state in the same manner as if served with\nthe public corporation. All the requirements relating to the form,\ncontent, time limitations, exceptions, extensions and any other\nprocedural requirements imposed in such section with respect to a notice\nof claim served upon a public corporation shall correspondingly apply to\na notice of claim served upon the secretary of state as permitted by\nthis section. For purposes of this article, the secretary of state shall\nbe deemed to be the agent for all public corporations upon whom a notice\nof claim may be served prior to commencement of any action or proceeding\nsubject to the requirements of this article.\n 2. All public corporations entitled to have served upon them a notice\nof claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or\nproceeding shall, no later than thirty days after the date upon which\nthis section shall take effect, file a certificate with the secretary of\nstate designating the secretary as the agent for service of a notice of\nclaim and shall in such statement provide the secretary with the name,\npost office address and electronic mail address, if available, of an\nofficer, person, or designee, nominee or other agent-in-fact for the\ntransmittal of notices of claim served upon the secretary as the public\ncorporation's agent. Any designated post office address or electronic\nmail address to which the secretary of state shall transmit a copy of\nthe notice of claim served upon him or her as agent shall continue to be\nthe address to which such notices shall be transmitted until the public\ncorporation sends a notice to the secretary informing him or her of a\nnew post office address or electronic mail address to which such notices\nshall be transmitted. The initial filing with the secretary of state\nshall also contain the applicable time limit for filing a notice of\nclaim upon that public corporation, or if later changed by statute, a\nnew filing shall be made detailing the new time limit. Any public\ncorporation that does not have a current and timely statutory\ndesignation filed with the secretary of state shall not be entitled to\nthe portion of the fee to which it would otherwise be entitled pursuant\nto subdivision four of this section. Failure of the public corporation\nto so file with the secretary of state will not invalidate any service\nof a notice of claim upon the public corporation which has been received\nby the secretary of state.\n 3. The secretary of state is hereby empowered to accept properly\ntransmitted notices of claims on behalf of a public corporation, with\nthe same effect as if served directly upon a public corporation. The\nsecretary of state shall accept such service upon the following terms\nand conditions:\n (a) the secretary of state shall set and notify the public, on his or\nher website, of times, places and manner of service upon him or her of\nnotices of claims necessary to comply with the provisions of this\nsection;\n (b) upon receipt of a notice of claim, the secretary of state shall\nissue a receipt or other document acknowledging his or her receipt of\nsuch notice, and such receipt shall contain the date and time of receipt\nof the notice, an identifying number or name particular to the notice\nreceived, and the logo or seal of the department of state embossed upon\nit. Such receipt shall be prima facie evidence of service upon the\nsecretary of state for all purposes;\n (c) nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter, waive or\notherwise abrogate any defense available to a public corporation as to\nthe nature, sufficiency, or appropriateness of the notice of claim\nitself, or to any challen
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