Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  291

BY: Committee

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 15-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     15-1-3.  (1)  The completion of the period of limitation prescribed to bar any action, shall defeat and extinguish the right as well as the remedy.  However, the former legal obligation shall be a sufficient consideration to uphold a new promise based thereon.

     (2)  In any case founded on a debt, when any part of the debt shall have been paid, or an acknowledgment of an existing liability, debt or claim, or any promise to pay the same shall have been made, the statute of limitations not having run, an action may be brought in such case within the period prescribed for the same, with the said period to begin after such payment, acknowledgment or promise.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 15-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON DEBTS WHEN PARTIAL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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