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Senate Bill S3536

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires skiers to wear helmets and imposes civil penalties for failure to do so

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2009-S3536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5087
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง18-105-a, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3288, A5441
2013-2014: A2214

2009-S3536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires skiers to wear helmets and imposes civil penalties for failure to do so; such penalties shall be $50 for the first offense and $100 for each subsequent offense; parents would be responsible for payment of fines if minor less than 16 years of age commits a violation hereof.

2009-S3536 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3536

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the  use  of
  protective headgear at ski areas

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

  Section 1. The general obligations law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 18-105-a to read as follows:
  S 18-105-A. USE OF PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR AT SKI AREAS. 1. NO PARTICIPANT
SHALL  ENGAGE  IN SKI AREA ACTIVITY UNLESS SUCH PARTICIPANT IS WEARING A
HELMET MEETING THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STAND-
ARDS INSTITUTE OR THE SNELL-MEMORIAL FOUNDATION'S STANDARDS FOR  PROTEC-
TIVE  HEADGEAR.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF THIS SUBDIVISION WEARING A HELMET
MEANS HAVING A HELMET OF GOOD FIT FASTENED SECURELY UPON THE  HEAD  WITH
HELMET STRAPS.
  2.  ANY  PARTICIPANT WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION SHALL PAY A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND
A FINE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. ANY MINOR WHO
IS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION  ONE
OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE WITH HIS OR HER
PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN FOR THE FINE IMPOSED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08695-01-9

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