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| 7 | 6 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6592 | |
| 8 | 7 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 9 | 8 | LCO No. 4371 | |
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| 12 | 11 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 15 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 15 | (JUD) | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION FOR | |
| 21 | 21 | MALICIOUS PROSECUTIO N. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021, and applicable to any cause of 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | action arising from a criminal proceeding terminating prior to, on or after said 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | date) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 52-577 of the general 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | statutes, no action to recover damages for malicious prosecution may be 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | brought later than three years from the date of the termination of the 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | criminal proceeding that is the subject of such action. 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 32 | 32 | sections: | |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Section 1 July 1, 2021, and | |
| 35 | 35 | applicable to any cause of | |
| 36 | 36 | action arising from a | |
| 37 | 37 | criminal proceeding | |
| 38 | 38 | terminating prior to, on or | |
| 39 | 39 | after said date | |
| 40 | - | New section | |
| 41 | - | Raised Bill No. 6592 | |
| 40 | + | New section Raised Bill No. 6592 | |
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| 48 | - | JUD Joint Favorable | |
| 44 | + | LCO No. 4371 2 of 2 | |
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| 47 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 48 | + | To allow a claim for malicious prosecution to be brought no later than | |
| 49 | + | three years from the date of the termination of the criminal proceeding | |
| 50 | + | that forms the basis for such claim. | |
| 51 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 52 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 53 | + | underlined.] | |
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