Certificate of Designation

For Service of Notice of Claim

of

GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

(Pursuant to Section 53 of the General Municipal Law)

It is hereby certified that:

FIRST: GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is a public corporation as defined in Section 66 of the General Construction Law of the State of New York.

SECOND: The name of the public corporation is: GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

THIRD: The principal location of the public corporation is in the county of: COLUMBIA

FOURTH: The public corporation hereby designates the Secretary of State of the State of New York as its agent upon whom a Notice of Claim against the public corporation may be served.

FIFTH: The name, post office address and email address of an officer, person or designee, nominee or other agent-in-fact to which the Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of any Notice of Claim served upon the Secretary of State as the Public Corporation’s agent is:

Post Office Address:	PATRICK J. GABRIEL, JR. 123 MAIN STREET GERMANTOWN, NY 12526
Email Address:	PGABRIEL@GERMANTOWNCSD.ORG

SIXTH: The time limit for service of a Notice of Claim upon the public corporation is: 90 days

SEVENTH: Any statutory provisions uniquely pertaining to the public corporation and the commencement of an action or proceeding against it are as follows: In accordance with the provisions of Section 53 of the Gerneral Municipal Law, Germantown Central School District designates the New York Secretary of State as its agent for service for notices of claims required to be served on the School District pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-e of the Gernal Municipal Law. The School District directs that notices of claims served on the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 53 of the General Municipal Law be forwarded to the School District addressed to the Superintendent at 123 Main Street, Germantown, NY 12526. All notices of claims required to be served on the School District pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-e of the General Municipal Law must be served within 90 days after the claim arises, except that in wrongful death actions the ninety days shall run from the appointment of a representative of the decedent's estate.

EIGHTH: The New York State Vendor Identification Number (Vendor ID) for the public corporation is: REDACTED

Note: If the public corporation does not have a Vendor ID issued by the Office of the State Comptroller the Department of State will contact the public corporation regarding issuance of a Vendor ID when fees for service of Notices of Claim are available for distribution. The public corporation will not receive distributions of its share of fees for service of Notices of Claim until it has been assigned a Vendor ID by the Office of the State Comptroller.

NINTH: Distributions to the public corporation for its share of fees for service of Notices of Claim will be sent to the following Remittance Address:

GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 123 MAIN STREET GERMANTOWN, NY 12526

Note: The Remittance Address for public corporations with a Vendor ID must match the public corporation’s Remittance Address in the New York State Vendor Management System. If the Remittance Address provided does not match the address on file in the New York State Vendor Management System, the public corporation’s share of fees cannot be distributed. To update the public corporation’s Remittance Address on file in the New York State Vendor Management System the public corporation must access and update its vendor record at www.osc.state.ny.us.

Date: August 06, 2013

PATRICK J. GABRIEL, JR.		SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Signature		Title of Signer

FILED BY THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON: 08/06/2013

FILE NUMBER: 20130806001290