1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to civil actions; reducing the limitation
1.3 	period for bringing certain actions; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 541.05, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 541.05,
1.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.six-year four-year limitation.  Except
1.9 	where the Uniform Commercial Code otherwise prescribes, the
1.10 	following actions shall be commenced within six four years:
1.11 	(1) upon a contract or other obligation, express or
1.12 	implied, as to which no other limitation is expressly
1.13 	prescribed;
1.14 	(2) upon a liability created by statute, other than those
1.15 	arising upon a penalty or forfeiture or where a shorter period
1.16 	is provided by section 541.07;
1.17 	(3) for a trespass upon real estate;
1.18 	(4) for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property,
1.19 	including actions for the specific recovery thereof;
1.20 	(5) for criminal conversation, or for any other injury to
1.21 	the person or rights of another, not arising on contract, and
1.22 	not hereinafter enumerated;
1.23 	(6) for relief on the ground of fraud, in which case the
1.24 	cause of action shall not be deemed to have accrued until the
1.25 	discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the
2.1 	fraud;
2.2 	(7) to enforce a trust or compel a trustee to account,
2.3 	where the trustee has neglected to discharge the trust, or
2.4 	claims to have fully performed it, or has repudiated the trust
2.5 	relation;
2.6 	(8) against sureties upon the official bond of any public
2.7 	officer, whether of the state or of any county, town, school
2.8 	district, or a municipality therein; in which case the
2.9 	limitation shall not begin to run until the term of such officer
2.10 	for which the bond was given shall have expired;
2.11 	(9) for damages caused by a dam, used for commercial
2.12 	purposes; or
2.13 	(10) for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or other
2.14 	tort, resulting in personal injury, if the conduct that gives
2.15 	rise to the cause of action also constitutes domestic abuse as
2.16 	defined in section 518B.01.

2.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.18 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to
2.19 	causes of action arising on or after that date.