General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5598 February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2593 *02593_______JUD* Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: (JUD) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5598 February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2593 *02593_______JUD* Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: (JUD) AN ACT VALIDATING THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS BY THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 53 of the general statutes requiring the Claims Commissioner dispose of any claim (1) within two years after such claim was filed, or (2) prior to the expiration of any extension of time to dispose of such claim stipulated to by the parties to the claim or granted by the General Assembly, any such claim disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 4-158 of the general statutes, on or after April 4, 2012, but not later than January 1, 2017, shall be deemed to have been so disposed of within the period of time in which the Claims Commissioner is authorized under said chapter 53 to take such action. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To validate the disposition of certain claims by the Claims Commissioner. [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.]