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Assembly Bill A5441

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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2011-A5441 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง18-105-a, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5087
2013-2014: A2214

2011-A5441 (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; provides parents would be jointly liable for payment of fines if minor who is 16 years of age commits a violation hereof.

2011-A5441 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5441

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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.
                                                           LBD06434-01-1

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