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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6302
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 982
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KENNEDY, 119th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL LIABILITY WHEN PROVIDING
PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL AREAS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 925 of general statutes be amended to provide that: (1) 1
A municipality that operates a dog park shall be immune from liability 2
for any action that resulted from injury to property or person unless 3
the injury was proximately caused by the negligence of the 4
municipality for failure to guard or warn against a dangerous 5
condition, use, structure or activity, and (2) any person engaged in a 6
recreational activity at a bike park shall assume the risk and legal 7
responsibility for any injury to person or property arising out of the 8
hazards inherent with the activity, unless the injury was proximately 9
caused by the negligence of the municipality for failure to guard or 10
warn against a dangerous condition, use or structure. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce municipal liability for certain activities that are inherently
dangerous.