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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 841
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING CH OICE OF LAW.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
provisions of section 42a-1-301 of the general statutes, the parties to 2
any contract, agreement or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, in 3
consideration of, or relating to any obligation arising out of a 4
transaction with a value in the aggregate of not less than two hundred 5
fifty thousand dollars, may agree that the law of this state shall govern 6
their rights and duties in whole or in part, whether or not such 7
contract, agreement or undertaking bears a reasonable relation to this 8
state. 9
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any contract, 10
agreement or undertaking (1) for labor or personal services; or (2) 11
relating to any transaction for personal, family or household services. 12
(c) This section shall not be construed to limit or deny the 13
enforcement of any provision respecting choice of law in any other 14
contract, agreement or undertaking. 15
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Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding any 16
provision of the general statutes that limits or affects the right of a 17
person to maintain an action or proceeding, any person may maintain 18
an action or proceeding against a foreign juridical entity, nonresident, 19
or foreign state where the action or proceeding arises out of or relates 20
to any contract, agreement or undertaking for which a choice of the 21
law of this state has been made, in whole or in part, pursuant to the 22
provisions of section 1 of this act and which (1) is a contract, agreement 23
or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, in consideration of, or 24
relating to any obligation arising out of a transaction with a value in 25
the aggregate of not less than five hundred thousand dollars; and (2) 26
contains a provision or provisions whereby such foreign juridical 27
entity or nonresident agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts 28
of this state. 29
(b) This section shall not be construed to affect the enforcement of 30
any provision respecting choice of forum in any other contract, 31
agreement or undertaking. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure the enforcement of choice of law provisions contained in
certain contracts, agreements or undertakings.
[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.]