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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 331 | |
| 2 | 2 | February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1627 | |
| 3 | 3 | *01627_______JUD* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (JUD) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 331 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | February Session, 2010 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 1627 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | *01627_______JUD* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | (JUD) | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT PROVIDING LOCAL JURISDICTION FOR VICTIMS OF TORTIOUS CONDUCT. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of any civil action for a tort committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States and, subject to the common law doctrine of forum non conveniens, shall hear any such civil action in tort only if: | |
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| 30 | 30 | (1) Any plaintiff in such action resides in this state; | |
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 32 | (2) Any defendant in such action resides in this state; | |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 34 | (3) Any defendant in such action owns property located in this state; | |
| 35 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 36 | (4) Any defendant in such action is personally served with process in this state; | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | (5) The tortious act complained of in such action was committed in this state; | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | (6) The harm complained of in such action was suffered in this state; or | |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | (7) International law confers universal jurisdiction to adjudicate such action in this state. | |
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| 46 | 46 | ||
| 47 | 47 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 48 | 48 | Section 1 October 1, 2010 New section | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 | 52 | Section 1 | |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | 54 | October 1, 2010 | |
| 55 | 55 | ||
| 56 | 56 | New section | |
| 57 | 57 | ||
| 58 | 58 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 60 | 60 | To allow residents of this state to bring civil actions in Connecticut courts for tortious violations of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. | |
| 61 | 61 | ||
| 62 | 62 | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |