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This bill expands liability protection for landowners who allow any recreational use of their property, not just specific activities.
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Protect Landowners From Lawsuits
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8 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
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- Referred to judiciary
- Referred to judiciary
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Limit Landowner Recreation Liability
In Senate Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2045
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, CROUCH, GOODELL, MONTESANO, STEC, FRIEND, BRABENEC, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the liability of landowners who permit recreational uses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the general obligations law, as separately amended by chapters 141 and 286 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
a. an owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as provided in section 11-2111 of the environmental conservation law, owes no duty: (1) to keep the premises safe for entry, passage over premises or use by others for hunting, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in section seventy-one-y of the agriculture and markets law, canoeing, boating, trapping, hiking, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities, horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang gliding, motorized vehicle operation for recreational purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gathering of wood for non-commercial purposes [or], training of dogs, and any other recreational use; or (2) to give warning of any hazardous condition or use of or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering for such purposes;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00891-01-9
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