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First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1115
Item 1
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An Act To Rescind the Statute of Limitations on the Ability To File a Civil Suit in Cases Dealing with Unlawful Sexual Contact

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §755  is enacted to read:

§ 755 Unlawful sexual contact

An action based upon a complaint of unlawful sexual contact may be commenced at any time. For purposes of this section, "unlawful sexual contact" has the same meaning as delineated in Title 17-A, section 255-A.

summary

This bill removes the statute of limitations for a civil action based upon the complaint of unlawful sexual contact.


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