AN ACT EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN IDENTITY THEFT CASES.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 972*
*January Session, 2007*		LCO No. 3041

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. HANDLEY, 4th Dist.

AN ACT EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN IDENTITY THEFT CASES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to extend the statute of limitations for the criminal prosecution of a violation of section 53a-129b, 53a-129c or 53a-129d of the general statutes concerning identity theft.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide for a longer period to prosecute an identity theft case since a person might not discover that his or her identity has been stolen until many years after the actual theft.