As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

Am. S. B. No. 224

Senator Obhof 

Cosponsors: Senators Balderson, Grendell, LaRose, Lehner, Patton, Wagoner, Eklund 

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A BILL

To amend section 2305.06 of the Revised Code to

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shorten the period of limitations for actions upon

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a contract in writing.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 2305.06 of the Revised Code be	4
amended to read as follows:	5

Sec. 2305.06.  Except as provided in sections 126.301 and	6
1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an	7
agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within	8
fifteeneight years after the cause thereofof action accrued.	9

Section 2. That existing section 2305.06 of the Revised Code	10
is hereby repealed.	11

Section 3. Section 2305.06 of the Revised Code, as amended by	12
this act, applies to actions in which the cause of action accrues	13
on or after the effective date of this act.	14

Section 4. For causes of action that are governed by section	15
2305.06 of the Revised Code and accrued prior to the effective	16
date of this act, the period of limitations shall be eight years	17
from the effective date of this act or the expiration of the	18
period of limitations in effect prior to the effective date of	19
this act, whichever occurs first.	20