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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 501
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2449
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE
CRIME OF ABUSING AN ELDERLY PERSON.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193 of the general 2
statutes, no person may be prosecuted for any offense under title 53 or 3
53a of the general statutes as a result of an investigation of the 4
exploitation of an elderly person, as defined in section 17b-450 of the 5
general statutes, except within five years from the date of the 6
discovery of such offense or within five years from the date of the 7
death of such elderly person, whichever shall first occur. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To amend the statute of limitations for the crime of abusing an elderly
person to provide that the five-year period be based on the discovery
of the offense or the death of the elderly person.