LCO No. 246 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5215 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 246 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist. AN ACT EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR BRINGING AN ACTION WHEN A LATENT DEFECT IS DISCOVERED IN CONSTRUCTION-RELATED WORK. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 52-584a of the general statutes be amended to extend 1 the statute of limitations for bringing certain actions when a latent 2 defect is discovered in construction-related work. 3 Statement of Purpose: To protect property owners by tolling the statute of limitations when a latent defect is discovered in construction-related work.