Consumer Protection Construction Defect Time Period

The bill:

• Increases the statutory limitation period for actions based on construction defects from 6 years to 10 years;
• Allows tolling of the limitation period on any statutory or equitable basis; and
• Requires tolling of the limitation period until the claimant discovers not only some physical manifestation of a construction defect but also its cause.
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)