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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 913
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8	6		January Session, 2019
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E EXTENSION OF THE STATUTE OF
13	20		LIMITATIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SEXUA L ASSAULT.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. Section 54-193 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
18	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019, and 2
19	26		applicable to any offense committed on or after October 1, 2019, and to any 3
20		-	offense committed prior to October 1, ~~2019~~, for which the statute of 4
	27	+	offense committed prior to October 1, 2018, for which the statute of 4
21	28		limitations in effect at the time of the commission of the offense had not yet 5
22	29		expired as of October 1, 2019): 6
23	30		(a) There shall be no limitation of time within which a person may 7
24	31		be prosecuted for (1) a capital felony under the provisions of section 8
25	32		53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, a class A felony or a violation 9
26	33		of section 53a-54d or 53a-169, (2) a violation of section 53a-165aa or 10
27	34		53a-166 in which such person renders criminal assistance to another 11
28	35		person who has committed an offense set forth in subdivision (1) of 12
29	36		this subsection, (3) a violation of section 53a-156 committed during a 13
30	37		proceeding that results in the conviction of another person 14
31		-	subsequently determined to be actually innocent of the offense or 15
	38	+	subsequently determined to be actually innocent of the offense or 15 Raised Bill No. 913
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32	44		offenses of which such other person was convicted, or (4) a motor 16
33	45		vehicle violation or offense that resulted in the death of another person 17
34	46		and involved a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-224. 18
35	47		(b) No person may be prosecuted for a class B felony violation of 19
36		-	section 53a-70 or 53a-70a or a violation of section 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-20 Substitute Bill No. 913
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	48	+	section 53a-70 or 53a-70a or a violation of section 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-20
43	49		72a or 53a-72b for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in 21
44	50		excess of one year, except within ten years next after the offense has 22
45	51		been committed. 23
46	52		[(b)] (c) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an 24
47	53		offense set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, for which the 25
48	54		punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except 26
49	55		within five years next after the offense has been committed. 27
50	56		[(c)] (d) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an 28
51	57		offense set forth in subsection (a), [or] (b) or (c) of this section, except 29
52	58		within one year next after the offense has been committed. 30
53	59		[(d)] (e) If the person against whom an indictment, information or 31
54	60		complaint for any of said offenses is brought has fled from and resided 32
55	61		out of this state during the period so limited, it may be brought against 33
56	62		such person at any time within such period, during which such person 34
57	63		resides in this state, after the commission of the offense. 35
58	64		[(e)] (f) When any suit, indictment, information or complaint for any 36
59	65		crime may be brought within any other time than is limited by this 37
60	66		section, it shall be brought within such time. 38
61	67		Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 12-660 of the general statutes is 39
62	68		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 40
63	69		October 1, 2019): 41
64	70		(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection [(b)] (c) of section 42
65	71		54-193, as amended by this act, a person may be prosecuted for a 43
66	72		violation of any provision of this chapter more than five years after 44
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68	79		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
69	80		sections:
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77	82		Section 1 October 1, 2019, and
78	83		applicable to any offense
79	84		committed on or after
80	85		October 1, 2019, and to
81	86		any offense committed
82		-	prior to October 1, ~~2019~~,
	87	+	prior to October 1, 2018,
83	88		for which the statute of
84	89		limitations in effect at the
85	90		time of the commission of
86	91		the offense had not yet
87	92		expired as of October 1,
88	93		2019
89	94		54-193
90	95		Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 12-660(c)
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92		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
93		-	In Section 1, a typo in the effective date language was fixed.
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	97	+	Statement of Purpose:
	98	+	To extend to ten years the statute of limitations for the prosecution of
	99	+	certain sexual assault crimes.
	100	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	101	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	102	+	not underlined.]
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