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Assembly Bill A6034

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts the equine activity safety code act and limits the civil liability of farm or "u-pick" operations

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2009-A6034 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-103, add Art 18-B §§18-301 - 18-305, Gen Ob L

2009-A6034 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits civil causes of actions against the owner, tenant or lessee of land or premises for injuries to any person who is on the land or premises for the purpose of picking and purchasing agricultural or farm products at a farm or "u-pick" operation; enacts the equine activity safety code act which limits liability for an injury to or for a death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities.

2009-A6034 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6034

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. KOON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to limiting the
  civil liability of farm or "u-pick" operations and to enact the equine
  activity safety code act

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 9-103 of the general obligations law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  NO  CAUSE  OF  ACTION  SHALL  ARISE AGAINST THE OWNER, TENANT OR
LESSEE OF LAND OR PREMISES FOR INJURIES TO ANY  PERSON,  OTHER  THAN  AN
EMPLOYEE  OR  CONTRACTOR  OF  THE OWNER, TENANT OR LESSEE, WHO IS ON THE
LAND OR PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PICKING AND PURCHASING  AGRICULTURAL
OR  FARM  PRODUCTS  AT A FARM OR "U-PICK" OPERATION, UNLESS THE PERSON'S
INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY A CONDITION WHICH INVOLVED AN UNREASONABLE  RISK
OF HARM AND ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
  A. THE OWNER, TENANT OR LESSEE KNEW, HAD REASON TO KNOW OF, OR REASON-
ABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE CONDITION OR RISK.
  B.  THE  OWNER, TENANT OR LESSEE FAILED TO EXERCISE REASONABLE CARE TO
MAKE THE CONDITION SAFE, OR TO WARN THE PERSON OF THE CONDITION OR RISK.
  S 2. Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby finds that  horse-
back  riding  is  both  a  major recreational sport and a major industry
within the state of New York. The legislature further  finds:  (1)  that
horseback  riding,  like  many  other  sports,  contains  inherent risks
including, but not limited to, the risks of personal injury or death  or
property  damage,  which  may  be caused by the propensity of equines to
behave in ways not always controllable by the  participant;  the  unpre-
dictability  of  an  equine's  reaction to such things as sounds, sudden
movements, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals; surface or
subsurface conditions; collisions with other equines or objects; and the
potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner; (2) that it  is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02500-01-9
              

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