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.
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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