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Senate Bill S2287

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to noncommercial aviation

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2023-S2287 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3600
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-103, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2578, A5381
2025-2026: S3081, A2221

2023-S2287 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that there is no duty to keep premises safe for persons engaging in noncommercial aviation.

2023-S2287 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2287 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2287
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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  noncommer-
   cial aviation
 
   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,
 horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang gliding, motorized vehicle opera-
 tion for recreational purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gather-
 ing of wood for non-commercial purposes or training of dogs,  NONCOMMER-
 CIAL  AVIATION,  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.
                                                            LBD05029-01-3

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