Bill Text: NY S02578 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02578 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02578-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2578

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 21, 2021
                                       ___________

        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:

     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,  trapping,  hiking,
     9  cross-country  skiing,  tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities,
    10  horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang gliding, motorized vehicle opera-
    11  tion for recreational purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gather-
    12  ing of wood for non-commercial purposes or training of dogs,  noncommer-
    13  cial  aviation,  or to give warning of any hazardous condition or use of
    14  or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering  for  such
    15  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.
                                                                   LBD04497-01-1