Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00841 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 4032 1 of 2
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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 841
6	6	January Session, 2019
7	7	LCO No. 4032
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10	10	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING CH OICE OF LAW.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21	Assembly convened:
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23	23	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding the 1
24	24	provisions of section 42a-1-301 of the general statutes, the parties to 2
25	25	any contract, agreement or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, in 3
26	26	consideration of, or relating to any obligation arising out of a 4
27	27	transaction with a value in the aggregate of not less than two hundred 5
28	28	fifty thousand dollars, may agree that the law of this state shall govern 6
29	29	their rights and duties in whole or in part, whether or not such 7
30	30	contract, agreement or undertaking bears a reasonable relation to this 8
31	31	state. 9
32	32	(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any contract, 10
33	33	agreement or undertaking (1) for labor or personal services; or (2) 11
34	34	relating to any transaction for personal, family or household services. 12
35	35	(c) This section shall not be construed to limit or deny the 13
36	36	enforcement of any provision respecting choice of law in any other 14
37	37	contract, agreement or undertaking. 15
38	38	Raised Bill No. 841
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42	42	LCO No. 4032 2 of 2
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44	44	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding any 16
45	45	provision of the general statutes that limits or affects the right of a 17
46	46	person to maintain an action or proceeding, any person may maintain 18
47	47	an action or proceeding against a foreign juridical entity, nonresident, 19
48	48	or foreign state where the action or proceeding arises out of or relates 20
49	49	to any contract, agreement or undertaking for which a choice of the 21
50	50	law of this state has been made, in whole or in part, pursuant to the 22
51	51	provisions of section 1 of this act and which (1) is a contract, agreement 23
52	52	or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, in consideration of, or 24
53	53	relating to any obligation arising out of a transaction with a value in 25
54	54	the aggregate of not less than five hundred thousand dollars; and (2) 26
55	55	contains a provision or provisions whereby such foreign juridical 27
56	56	entity or nonresident agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts 28
57	57	of this state. 29
58	58	(b) This section shall not be construed to affect the enforcement of 30
59	59	any provision respecting choice of forum in any other contract, 31
60	60	agreement or undertaking. 32
61	61	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
62	62	sections:
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64	64	Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
65	65	Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 New section
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67	67	Statement of Purpose:
68	68	To ensure the enforcement of choice of law provisions contained in
69	69	certain contracts, agreements or undertakings.
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71	71	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
72	72	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
73	73	not underlined.]
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