SB 913 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXTENSION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

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913 January Session, 2019 LCOAN No.ACT CONCERNING THE EXTENSION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

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(JUD) AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXTENSION OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Section 54-193 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to any offense committed on or after October 1, 2019, and to any offense committed prior to October 1, 2018,2019, for which the statute of limitations in effect at the time of the commission of the offense had not yet expired as of October 1, 2019):

(a) There shall be no limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for (1) a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, a class A felony or a violation of section 53a-54d or 53a-169, (2) a violation of section 53a-165aa or 53a-166 in which such person renders criminal assistance to another person who has committed an offense set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, (3) a violation of section 53a-156 committed during a proceeding that results in the conviction of another person subsequently determined to be actually innocent of the offense or LCOoffenses No.of which such other person was convicted, or (4) a motor vehicle violation or offense that resulted in the death of another person and involved a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-224.

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(b)913 No person may be prosecuted for a class B felony violation of section 53a-70 or 53a-70a or a violation of section 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a- 72a or 53a-72b for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except within ten years next after the offense has been committed.

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