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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- | |
CAUSES OF ACTION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lawson, Britto, and Lauria | |
Date Introduced: June 06, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 9-1 of the General Laws entitled "Causes of Action" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 9-1-55. Washington bridge. |
4 | Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or public law to the contrary, the following |
5 | limitation shall apply to any action or proceeding brought against any person, firm, corporation, |
6 | unincorporated association or any other legal entity, in which damages are sought arising out of or |
7 | related to the design, construction, supervision or inspection of Washington bridge No. 700, or any |
8 | modification, repair, improvement or rehabilitation thereof, or the furnishing of materials, used in |
9 | the design, construction, supervision, inspection, modification, repair, improvement or |
10 | rehabilitation thereof that are not otherwise time barred as of the effective date hereof by any other |
11 | currently existing provision of the general laws. Any such action or proceeding shall be commenced |
12 | within ten (10) years of the discovery by the claimant of the existence and basis for any claim or |
13 | by December 31, 2033, whichever is later, and not thereafter. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- | |
CAUSES OF ACTION | |
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1 | This act would clarify the statute of limitations for all causes of action not otherwise time |
2 | barred that seek damages arising out of or related to the design, construction, supervision, or |
3 | inspection of the Washington Bridge No. 700, located in East Providence for a period not to exceed |
4 | ten (10) years following discovery of the existence of the claim or December 31, 2033, whichever |
5 | is later. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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