Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.01-234 or any other section in this chapter, every action against a manufacturer or supplier of asbestos or material containing asbestos brought by or on behalf of any agency of the Commonwealth incorporated for charitable or educational purposes; counties, cities or towns; or school boards, to recover for (i) removal of asbestos or materials containing asbestos from any building owned or used by such entity, (ii) other measures taken to correct or ameliorate any problem related to asbestos in such building or (iii) reimbursement for such removal, correction or amelioration which would otherwise be barred prior to July 1, 1990, as a result of expiration of the applicable period of limitation, is hereby revived or extended. Any action thereon may be commenced prior to July 1, 1990.
1985, c. 262; 1986, c. 458.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 4 - Limitations of Actions
§ 8.01-228. Scope of limitations; "personal action" defined
§ 8.01-230. Accrual of right of action
§ 8.01-231. Commonwealth not within statute of limitations
§ 8.01-232. Effect of promises not to plead statute of limitations
§ 8.01-234. Repeal of limitation not to remove bar of statute
§ 8.01-236. Limitation of entry on or action for land
§ 8.01-237. Effect of disabilities upon right of entry on, or action for, land
§ 8.01-240. Liens for water, sewer, or sidewalk assessments
§ 8.01-241.1. Permissible form for certificate
§ 8.01-242. Same; when no maturity date is given; credit line deeds of trust
§ 8.01-243.1. Actions for medical malpractice; minors
§ 8.01-243.2. Limitations of actions by confined persons; exhaustion
§ 8.01-244. Actions for wrongful death; limitation
§ 8.01-246. Personal actions based on contracts
§ 8.01-247.1. Limitation on action for defamation, etc.
§ 8.01-248. Personal actions for which no other limitation is specified
§ 8.01-249. When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions
§ 8.01-250.1. Limitation on actions involving removal of asbestos
§ 8.01-251. Limitations on enforcement of judgments
§ 8.01-253. Limitation of suits to avoid voluntary conveyances, etc.
§ 8.01-254. Limitation on enforcement of bequests and legacies
§ 8.01-255. Time for presenting claim against Commonwealth
§ 8.01-256. As to rights and remedies existing when this chapter takes effect