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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 864
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING LI ABILITY FOR INJURIES OCCURRING IN A
SKATEBOARD PARK OR A DOG PARK MAINTAINED BY A
MUNICIPALITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) Each person engaged in 1
skateboarding activities at a municipally maintained skateboard park 2
shall assume the risk and legal responsibility for any injury to his or 3
her person or property arising out of the hazards inherent with the 4
activity of skateboarding, unless the injury was proximately caused by 5
the municipality's failure to guard or warn against a dangerous 6
condition, use or structure at the municipally maintained skateboard 7
park. 8
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) A municipality that makes 9
part of the municipality's land available to the public without charge, 10
rent, fee or other commercial service for use as a dog park shall be 11
immune from liability in any civil action that results from injury to any 12
person or property at such dog park unless such injury was 13
proximately caused by the negligence of the municipality for failing to 14 Raised Bill No. 864
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guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity 15
at the municipality's dog park. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce a municipality's potential exposure for liability for injuries
occurring in a municipally maintained skateboard park or dog park.
[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.]