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SECTION 1600-Q
Actions against the authority
Public Authorities (PBA) CHAPTER 43-A, ARTICLE 7, TITLE 18
* § 1600-q. Actions against the authority. 1. In every action against
the authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or
for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, the
complaint shall contain an allegation that at least thirty days have
elapsed since the demand, claim or claims upon which such action is
founded were presented to a member of the authority, or to its
secretary, or to its chief executive officer and that the authority has
neglected or refused to make an adjustment or payment thereof for thirty
days after such presentment.

2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the
authority for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or for
the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have been
sustained, shall not be commenced more than one year after the cause of
action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a notice of intention to
commence such an action and of the time when and place where the damages
or personal injuries were incurred or sustained, together with a
verified statement showing in detail the property alleged to have been
damaged or destroyed and the value thereof, or the personal injuries
alleged to have been sustained and by whom, shall have been filed with
the secretary of the authority in the principal office of the authority
within six months after such cause of action shall have accrued. An
action against the authority 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.

* NB Ceased to exist December 31, 1999