Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 20, 2018 |
committed to rules |
Feb 06, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 05, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 30, 2018 |
1st report cal.322 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to judiciary returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 19, 2017 |
referred to judiciary delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1888 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 22, 2017 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S5353
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S5353 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- General Obligations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §9-103, Gen Ob L
2017-S5353 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5353 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general obligations law, in relation to limiting liability for lands used for rock climbing PURPOSE OF THE BILL : This bill would expand the availability of rock climbing within the State by defining the legal duty of landowners that allow the public to rock climb on their property. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill would amend General Obligations Law § 9-103, known as the "Recreational Use Statute," to include rock climbing in the list of recreational activities to which the liability limitation applies. Section 2 of the bill would make it effective immediately. JUSTIFICATION : There is increased demand for more access to public and private rock climbing areas. Local climbing coalitions have asked the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Parks) for rock climbing access to locations such as the Niagara Gorge and the Palisades, and
2017-S5353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5353 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 22, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- (at request of the Office of Parks, Recre- ation and Historic Preservation) -- 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 limiting liability for lands used for rock climbing 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, trapping, hiking, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities, ROCK CLIMBING, 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, or to give warning of any hazardous condition or use of or struc- ture 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. LBD10163-01-7
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