Bill Text: CT HB05378 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Tolling Of Time Periods For Bringing A Dram Shop Action While Police Investigations Are Pending.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-15 - File Number 562 [HB05378 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05378-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5378*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 1681
		01681_______JUD
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TOLLING OF TIME PERIODS FOR BRINGING A DRAM SHOP ACTION WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS ARE PENDING.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) In any cause of action accruing under section 30-102 of the general statutes in which the state police, a local police department or other law enforcement agency has conducted an investigation of any factual circumstances underlying the cause of action and the report of such investigation has not been made public within thirty days of the act or omission complained of, the time period under said section for giving written notice to the seller of the intention to bring a civil action and the time period under said section for bringing such civil action shall be tolled until (1) one year after the date of the act or omission complained of, or (2) the date such department or agency makes the report of such investigation public, whichever is earlier. A report shall be deemed to be made public when it is released to the public or a supervisor of the law enforcement officer who prepared the report signs the report indicating its completion.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To provide that the time periods for giving notice of and bringing a dram shop action are suspended until a police investigation is completed or one year passes, whichever comes first.

[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.]