New York Laws
Article 77 - Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and Costs
3810 - No Costs to Plaintiffs in Certain Cases.

§ 3810. No costs to plaintiffs in certain cases. 1. In any action
against school officers, including supervisors of towns, in respect to
their duties and powers under this chapter, for any act performed by
virtue of or under the color of their offices, or for any refusal or
omission to perform any duty enjoined by law, and which might have been
the subject of an appeal to the commissioner of education, no costs
shall be allowed to the plaintiff, in cases where the court shall
certify that it appeared on the trial that the defendants acted in good
faith.

2. The provision of subdivision one of this section shall not extend
to suits for penalties, nor to suits or proceedings to enforce the
decisions of the commissioner of education.

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