House
File
3
H-1102
Amend
House
File
3
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
2
and
inserting:
3
<
Section
1.
Section
614.1,
subsection
11,
Code
4
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
11.
Improvements
to
real
property.
6
a.
In
addition
to
limitations
contained
elsewhere
7
in
this
section,
an
action
arising
out
of
the
unsafe
or
8
defective
condition
of
an
improvement
to
real
property
9
based
on
tort
and
implied
warranty
and
for
contribution
10
and
indemnity,
and
founded
on
injury
to
property,
real
11
or
personal,
or
injury
to
the
person
or
wrongful
death,
12
shall
not
be
brought
more
than
fifteen
the
number
of
13
years
specified
below
after
the
date
on
which
occurred
14
the
act
or
omission
of
the
defendant
alleged
in
the
15
action
to
have
been
the
cause
of
the
injury
or
death
.
:
16
(1)
For
an
action
arising
from
or
related
to
a
17
nuclear
power
plant
licensed
by
the
United
States
18
nuclear
regulatory
commission
or
an
interstate
pipeline
19
licensed
by
the
federal
energy
regulatory
commission,
20
fifteen
years.
21
(2)
For
an
action
arising
from
or
related
to
22
residential
construction,
as
defined
in
section
572.1,
23
ten
years.
24
(3)
For
an
action
arising
from
or
related
to
any
25
other
kind
of
improvement
to
real
property,
eight
26
years.
27
b.
Notwithstanding
subsection
“a”
,
an
action
28
arising
from
or
related
to
the
intentional
misconduct
29
or
fraudulent
concealment
of
an
unsafe
or
defective
30
condition
of
an
improvement
to
real
property
shall
not
31
be
brought
more
than
fifteen
years
after
the
date
on
32
which
occurred
the
act
or
omission
of
the
defendant
33
alleged
in
the
action
to
have
been
the
cause
of
the
34
injury
or
death.
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c.
If
the
unsafe
or
defective
condition
is
1
discovered
within
one
year
prior
to
the
expiration
of
2
the
applicable
period
of
repose,
the
period
of
repose
3
shall
be
extended
one
year.
4
d.
However,
this
This
subsection
does
not
bar
an
5
action
against
a
person
solely
in
the
person’s
capacity
6
as
an
owner,
occupant,
or
operator
of
an
improvement
7
to
real
property.
8
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
does
not
apply
to
9
an
improvement
to
real
property
in
existence
prior
to
10
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
>
11
______________________________
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BALTIMORE
of
Boone,
Chairperson
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