NY S05129

Amends General Municipal Law to require all contracts between professional design firms (architecture, engineering, surveying) and municipal corporations include mandatory indemnification language protecting both parties based on their respective negligent acts or omissions.

Amends Public Authorities Law to require similar indemnification language in contracts between professional design firms and state and local authorities, with each party indemnifying the other for losses caused by their own negligence.

Amends State Finance Law to require state departments to include identical indemnification provisions in professional design firm contracts, protecting both the state and the professional firm from third-party claims arising from the other party's negligent performance.

Specifies that indemnification obligations cover death, bodily injury, and property damage claims including reasonable attorney's fees and defense costs, extending to sub-consultants and parties for whom the contracting entity is legally liable.

Clarifies that these indemnification requirements do not create new procedural obligations such as notices of claim or court of claims filings that did not previously exist.