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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 693 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking page 1, line 31, through page 4, 1 3 line 10, and inserting the following: 1 4 "Sec. ___. Section 614.1, Code 1997, is amended by 1 5 adding the following new subsection: 1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCTS. 1 7 Those founded on the death of a person or injuries to 1 8 the person or property brought against the 1 9 manufacturer, assembler, designer, supplier of 1 10 specifications, seller, lessor, or distributor of a 1 11 product based upon an alleged defect in the design, 1 12 inspection, testing, manufacturing, formulation, 1 13 marketing, packaging, warning, labeling of the 1 14 product, or any other alleged defect or failure of 1 15 whatever nature or kind, based on the theories of 1 16 strict liability in tort, negligence, or breach of an 1 17 implied warranty shall not be commenced more than 1 18 twelve years after the product was first purchased, 1 19 leased, bailed, or installed for use or consumption 1 20 unless expressly warranted for a longer period of time 1 21 by the manufacturer, assembler, designer, supplier of 1 22 specifications, seller, lessor, or distributor of the 1 23 product. This subsection shall not affect the time 1 24 during which a person found liable may seek and obtain 1 25 contribution or indemnity from another person whose 1 26 actual fault caused a product to be defective. This 1 27 subsection shall not apply if the manufacturer, 1 28 assembler, designer, supplier of specifications, 1 29 seller, lessor, or distributor of the product 1 30 intentionally misrepresents facts about the product or 1 31 fraudulently conceals information about the product 1 32 and that conduct was a substantial cause of the 1 33 claimant's harm." 1 34 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 LAMBERTI of Polk 1 39 HF 693.209 77 1 40 tm/jj/28
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