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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to civil actions; changing the limitation period for civil actions involving <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>sexual abuse;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 541.073.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 541.073, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>541.073 ACTIONS FOR DAMAGES DUE TO SEXUAL ABUSE; SPECIAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>PROVISIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> As used in this section,: <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>(1) "sexual abuse" means conduct described in sections 
         <statute_ref>609.342</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.345<br />
            		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var></statute_ref> 609.3451; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(2) "person" includes a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>partnership, organization, association, or other entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limitations period.</b> (a) An action for damages based on personal injury <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>caused by sexual abuse: (1) must be commenced within six years of the time the plaintiff <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>knew or had reason to know that the injury was caused by the sexual abuse alleged sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>abuse in the case of alleged sexual abuse of an individual 18 years or older; and (2) subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>to subdivision 4, may be commenced at any time in the case of alleged sexual abuse of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>individual under the age of 18.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(b) The plaintiff need not establish which act in a continuous series of sexual abuse <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>acts by the defendant caused the injury.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(c) The knowledge of a parent or guardian may not be imputed to a minor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(d) (c) This section does not affect the suspension of the statute of limitations during <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>a period of disability under section 
         <statute_ref>541.15</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Applicability.</b> This section applies to an action for damages commenced <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>against a person who caused was a cause of the plaintiff's personal injury damages either <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>by (1) committing sexual abuse against the plaintiff, or (2) negligently permitting sexual <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>abuse against the plaintiff to occur negligence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Vicarious liability or respondeat superior claims.</b> A claim for vicarious <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>liability or liability under the doctrine of respondeat superior must be commenced within <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>six years of the alleged sexual abuse, provided that if the plaintiff was under the age of 18 at <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>the time of the alleged abuse, the claim must be commenced before the plaintiff is 24 years <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>of age. This subdivision does not limit the availability of these claims under other law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Title.</b> This section may be cited as the "Child Victims Act."<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.</b>(a) This section is effective the day <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>following final enactment. Except as provided in paragraph (b), this section applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>actions that were not time-barred before the effective date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of alleged sexual abuse <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>of an individual under the age of 18, if the action would otherwise be time-barred <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>under a previous version of Minnesota Statutes, section 541.073, or other time limit, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>action against a person, as defined in section 541.073, subdivision 1, clause (2), may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>commenced no later than three years following the effective date of this section. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>paragraph does not apply to a claim for vicarious liability or respondeat superior, but does <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>apply to other claims, including negligence. This paragraph applies to actions pending on <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>or commenced on or after the effective date.<br />
         		
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