General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 831
January Session, 2011 *_____SB00831ENVJUD031011____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 831
January Session, 2011
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AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL LIABILITY FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON CERTAIN OPEN SPACE LANDS.
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 Section 52-557f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
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, a municipality, political subdivision of the state or nonprofit municipal corporation;
(4) "Recreational purpose" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following, or any combination thereof: Hunting, fishing, swimming, bicycling, mountain biking, using a nonmotorized vehicle, horseback riding, 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 from passage 52-557f
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
52-557f
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