Bill Text: NY A02680 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A02680 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02680-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 3227                                                  A. 2680
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        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:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the gener-
     2  al obligations law, as separately amended by chapters 141 and 286 of the
     3  laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  an owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as
     5  provided in section 11-2111 of the environmental conservation law,  owes
     6  no  duty  to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for hunt-
     7  ing, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in section seventy-one-y  of
     8  the  agriculture and markets law, canoeing, boating, swimming or bathing
     9  in state or municipal waters, trapping,  hiking,  cross-country  skiing,
    10  tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities, horseback riding, bicy-
    11  cle  riding,  hang gliding, motorized vehicle operation for recreational
    12  purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gathering of  wood  for  non-
    13  commercial  purposes  or  training  of  dogs,  or to give warning of any
    14  hazardous condition or use of or structure or activity on such  premises
    15  to persons entering for such purposes;
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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