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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; providing for the survival or continuation of an action <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>after the death or disability of a party;proposing coding for new law in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 540; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>573.01; 573.02, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</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.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[540.115] ACTION CONTINUES WHERE CAUSE OF ACTION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>SURVIVES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>(a) An action does not abate by the death or other disability of a party or by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>transfer of any interest therein if the cause of action survives or continues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an action against a nursing home licensed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>chapter 144A, a housing with services establishment under chapter 144D, or a boarding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>care home licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapters 4655 and 4660, does not abate by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>death or other disability of a party or by the transfer of any interest therein if the action <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>was pending at the time of the death or disability of the party.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to causes <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>of action commenced on or after that date.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[540.116] CAUSES OF ACTION SURVIVING DEATH OF PARTY; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var><b>BROUGHT BY OR AGAINST LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(a) Any injury or noninjury cause of action survives the death of a party to the action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(b) The personal representatives of the deceased may be substituted as plaintiff and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>prosecute the suit to final judgment and satisfaction. A cause of action for death by wrongful <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>act or omission is governed by section 573.02. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 573 shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>be construed as precluding the personal representative trustee or successors in interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>of the deceased party from pursuing a wrongful death action for all damages sustained <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>before death pursuant to section 573.02 and other causes of action arising from the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>occurrence including general damages suffered by a decedent before the decedent's death.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an injury or noninjury cause of action against a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>nursing home licensed under chapter 144A, a housing with services establishment under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>chapter 144D, or a boarding care home licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapters 4655 <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>and 4660, does not abate by the death of a party to the action if the action was pending at <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>the time of the death or disability of the party. Paragraph (b) applies to actions specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>by this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to causes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>of action commenced on or after that date.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 573.01; and 573.02, subdivision 2, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to causes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>of action commenced on or after that date.<br />
         		
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