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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; reducing the limitation period for bringing certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>actions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 541.05, subdivision 1.<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 2010, section 541.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. ~~<b>Six-year</b>~~<b> Four-year</b><b> limitation</b><b>; exceptions</b><b>.</b> (a) Except as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>in paragraph (b) and where the Uniform Commercial Code otherwise prescribes, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>following actions shall be commenced within ~~six~~ four years:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>(1) upon a contract or other obligation, express or implied, as to which no other <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>limitation is expressly prescribed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(2) upon a liability created by statute, other than those arising upon a penalty or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>forfeiture or where a shorter period is provided by section 
         <statute_ref>541.07</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(3) for a trespass upon real estate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(4) for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>specific recovery thereof;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(5) for criminal conversation, or for any other injury to the person or rights of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(6) for relief on the ground of fraud, in which case the cause of action shall not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>the fraud;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(7) to enforce a trust or compel a trustee to account, where the trustee has neglected to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>discharge the trust, or claims to have fully performed it, or has repudiated the trust relation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>(8) against sureties upon the official bond of any public officer, whether of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>state or of any county, town, school district, or a municipality therein; in which case <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>the limitation shall not begin to run until the term of such officer for which the bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>was given shall have expired; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(9) for damages caused by a dam, used for commercial purposes~~; or~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>~~(10)~~ (b) An action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or other tort resulting in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>personal injury~~,~~ shall be commenced within six years if the conduct that gives rise to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>cause of action also constitutes domestic abuse as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>518B.01</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to causes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>of action accruing on or after that date.<br />
         		
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