Assembly Bill A2680

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that an owner of real property shall have no duty to keep the premises safe from entry or use by others for swimming or bathing in state or municipal waters

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2680 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3227
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-103, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7139, S4965
2015-2016: A6087, S4334

2017-A2680 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an owner of real property shall have no duty to keep the premises safe from entry or use by others for swimming or bathing in state or municipal waters.

2017-A2680 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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     S. 3227                                                  A. 2680
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, PALUMBO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the duty  of
   an  owner  of  property  to  keep  a premises safe for entry or use by
   others for swimming and bathing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the gener-
 al 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  to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for hunt-
 ing, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in section seventy-one-y  of
 the  agriculture and markets law, canoeing, boating, SWIMMING OR BATHING
 IN STATE OR MUNICIPAL WATERS, trapping,  hiking,  cross-country  skiing,
 tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities, horseback riding, bicy-
 cle  riding,  hang gliding, motorized vehicle operation for recreational
 purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gathering of  wood  for  non-
 commercial  purposes  or  training  of  dogs,  or 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.
                                                            LBD04081-01-7

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