(a) delivery by the town board or its agent, servant, official or
employee against whom the legal action or proceeding was commenced to
the attorney general or an assistant attorney general at an office of
the department of law in the state, the original or a copy of any
summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading within thirty
days after such document is served upon the town board or such other
party; and
(b) the full cooperation of the town board or such other party against
whom the action or proceeding was commenced in the defense of such
action or proceeding and in defense of any action or proceeding against
the state based upon the same act or omission, and in the prosecution of
any appeal.