Bill Text: CT SB00043 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Municipal Liability For Land Opened To The Public For Recreational Purposes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-21 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary [SB00043 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00043-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 4903 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development |
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AN ACT EXPANDING THE RECREATIONAL LAND USE ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 52-557f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
As used in sections 52-557f to 52-557i, inclusive:
(1) "Charge" means the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land;
(2) "Land" means land, roads, water, watercourses, private ways and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the realty;
(3) "Owner" means the possessor of a fee interest, a tenant, lessee, occupant or person in control of the premises and includes any municipality, as defined in section 7-148, any district, as defined in section 7-324, any metropolitan district created by special act or pursuant to sections 7-333 to 7-339, inclusive, and any railroad company;
(4) "Recreational purpose" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following, or any combination thereof: Hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, pleasure driving, nature study, water skiing, snow skiing, ice skating, sledding, hang gliding, sport parachuting, hot air ballooning and viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic or scientific sites.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
52-557f |
Statement of Purpose:
To extend the immunity provided under the Recreational Land Use Act to municipalities, special taxing districts, metropolitan districts and railroad companies that open their land to the public without charge for recreational purposes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]