Certificate of Designation

For Service of Notice of Claim

of

COUNTY OF LEWIS

(Pursuant to Section 53 of the General Municipal Law)

It is hereby certified that:

FIRST: COUNTY OF LEWIS 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: COUNTY OF LEWIS

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

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:	RICHARD J. GRAHAM, ESQ. LEWIS COUNTY ATTORNEY 7660 NORTH STATE STREET LOWVILLE, NY 13367
Email Address:	RGRAHAM@LEWISCOUNTYNY.ORG

SIXTH: The time limit for service of a Notice of Claim upon the public corporation is: Pursuant to General Municipal Law Section 50-e, notices of claim must be served upon Lewis County within ninety (90) days of when the claim arises. All the requirements relating to the form, content, time limitations, exceptions, extensions and any other procedural requirements imposed by GML 50-e with respect to a notice of claim served upon a public corporation shall correspondingly apply to a notice of claim served upon the secretary of state. See, GML Section 53.

SEVENTH: Any statutory provisions uniquely pertaining to the public corporation and the commencement of an action or proceeding against it are as follows: This certificate is filed pursuant to Resolution No. 260-2013, adopted by the Lewis County Legislature on July 2, 2013.

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:

LEWIS COUNTY TREASURER 7660 NORTH STATE STREET LOWVILLE, NY 13367

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: September 10, 2013

MICHAEL A. TABOLT		CHAIRMAN, LEWIS COUNTY LEGISLATURE
Signature		Title of Signer

FILED BY THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON: 09/10/2013

FILE NUMBER: 20130910001423