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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 365 | |
| 2 | 2 | February Session, 2012 LCO No. 1576 | |
| 3 | 3 | *01576_______JUD* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (JUD) | |
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| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 365 | |
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| 12 | 12 | February Session, 2012 | |
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| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 1576 | |
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| 16 | 16 | *01576_______JUD* | |
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| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
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| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | 22 | (JUD) | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CASES. | |
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| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | 28 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage, and applicable to any cause of action arising from exposure to carbon monoxide occurring prior to, on or after said date) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 52-577 and 52-577a of the general statutes, an action to recover damages for personal injury caused by exposure to carbon monoxide, may be commenced within two years from the date of discovery that exposure to carbon monoxide was the cause of such injury, or within two years from the date when, through the exercise of reasonable diligence, the cause of such injury should have been discovered, whichever is later. | |
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| 33 | 33 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 34 | 34 | Section 1 from passage, and applicable to any cause of action arising from exposure to carbon monoxide occurring prior to, on or after said date New section | |
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| 36 | 36 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 38 | 38 | Section 1 | |
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| 40 | 40 | from passage, and applicable to any cause of action arising from exposure to carbon monoxide occurring prior to, on or after said date | |
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| 42 | 42 | New section | |
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| 44 | 44 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 46 | 46 | To extend the statute of limitations for personal injury claims emanating from exposure to carbon monoxide. | |
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| 48 | 48 | [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.] |