AN ACT CONCERNING JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 150*
*January Session, 2007*		LCO No. 1038

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (f) of section 33-929 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a foreign corporation shall be subject to suit in this state on any cause of action arising out of a tortious act outside this state causing injury to person or property within this state, except as to a cause of action for defamation of character arising from the act.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide that a foreign corporation shall be subject to suit in this state on any cause of action arising out of a tortious act outside this state causing injury to person or property within this state, except as to a cause of action for defamation of character arising from the act.