(a) An action against the fund for personal injury or property damage or founded on tort, except an action for wrongful death, shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety days after the cause of action thereof shall have accrued nor unless a notice of claim shall have been served on a trustee of the fund or officer or employee thereof designated by the fund for such purpose, within the time limited by, and in compliance with the requirements of section fifty-e of the general municipal law. 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 this chapter. (b) The venue of every action, suit or special proceeding brought against the fund shall be laid in the county of New York. (c) Neither any trustee of the fund nor any officer, employee, or agent of the fund, while acting within the scope of their authority, shall be subject to any personal liability resulting from exercising or carrying out of any of the fund's purposes or powers.
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